Husham was a king of
Edom
Edom (; Edomite language, Edomite: ; , lit.: "red"; Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ; Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan and Israel. Edom and the Edomi ...
mentioned in the
Bible
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, in
Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded
Jobab ben Zerah in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is mentioned as being from "the land of Temani", which may refer to the Edomite clan
Teman. Husham was succeeded upon his death by
Hadad ben Bedad.
The date and even historicity of his reign are unknown, as he is not mentioned in any other surviving source.
Kings of Edom
Book of Genesis people
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