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Jeziel

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Jeziel, a Benjamite, was one of the warriors who joined David at Ziklag.

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Also known as Jezuel

Jeziel is mentioned in 1Ch.12.3 as one of the Benjamite warriors who joined David at Ziklag when he was fleeing from King Saul. Along with his fellow Benjamites, Jeziel is described as a brave warrior and an archer who could shoot arrows and sling stones with either his right or left hand. These skilled warriors provided valuable support to David during his time of exile and later when he became king over Israel.

Family

Father
Azmaveth
Sibling
Pelet

Bible dictionary

Jeziel Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Assembled by God, a son of Azmaveth. He was one of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3).

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Jeziel Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(the assembly of God), a Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:3) (B.C. 1055.)

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Jeziel Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

JE'ZIEL (assembly of God), a Benjamite archer who joined David at Ziklag. 1 Chr 12:3.

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Jeziel Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

JE'ZIEL (assembly of God), a Benjamite archer who joined David at Ziklag. 1 Chr 12:3.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Jeziel appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3149

1 Chronicles1

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.