And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Jobab the son of Zerah. This grandson of Esau is, in the Septuagint addition to the book of Job, borrowed from the Syriac, identified with the patriarch of Uz.
Bozrah. Dr. Robinson ('Biblical Researches in Palestine,' 2:, p. 570) states that, besides the Moabite Bozrah (now Busrah), there was another Bozrah within the territory of Edom, now El Buseireh, near Petra; and this view seems to be countenanced by Scripture (Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 49:7-22; Amos 1:12.