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Shashak is an ancestor of King Saul and the father of Elam in the Books of Chronicles (Chronicles I 8:14). He, like Elpaal, Beriah, Shema, and Jeremoth, was the head of his family (or clan) and lived in post-exilic Jerusalem. [1]

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References

  1. Dawson, Nancy S.; Merrill, Eugene H.; Kostenberger, Andreas J. (2023-10-31). All the Genealogies of the Bible: Visual Charts and Exegetical Commentary. Zondervan Academic. p. 232. ISBN   978-0-310-53659-8.