“And Baal–hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.”
When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab. The eighth Edomite king's wife is named — one of the few women named in a king list in the Old Testament. The application: the unusual detail of the queen's name and her genealogy is the kind of historical specificity that distinguishes genuine record-keeping from invention.
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