Eshbon was one of the sons of Gad, who was a son of Jacob and Zilpah. He is mentioned among those who followed Jacob to Egypt when the family settled there during the famine. Eshbon is counted among the founders of Israel's tribal clans through the tribe of Gad.
Esbon is mentioned again in the census of the tribes of Israel in the wilderness, where his descendants form a clan within the tribe of Gad. He is also called Osbon here.
7The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri — five, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors. Their genealogical record numbered twenty-two thousand thirty-four.