Before there were kings in Israel, the following kings ruled Edom one after another:Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah;Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;Husham from the land of Teman;Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (Bedad had defeated the Midianites in Moab);Samlah from Masrekah;Shaul from the city of Rehoboth on the River Euphrates;Baalhanan son of Achbor;Hadar from the city of Pau (his wife Mehetabel was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Mezahab).