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SHOBI.—According to 2Sa_17:27, a son of Nahash the king of Ammon, who, with Machir of Lo-debar, showed kindness to David when he fled to Mahanaim at the time of Absalom’s rebellion. There is some doubt about the name, however, as in 1Ch_19:1 f. the son of Nahash who succeeded him was Hanun. S. A. Cook (AJSL xvi. 164) suggests that the text of 2Sa_17:27 is corrupt, and that it originally read ‘and Nahash came,’ instead of ‘Shobi, son of Nahash.’ The very existence of Shobi seems, therefore, uncertain. If, however, the present text of Samuel is sound, it is a better historical authority than Chronicles.
George A. Barton.