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Zabdiel

Man living at the time of United Monarchy

Zabdiel was the father of Jashobeam, a commander in King David's army.

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Zabdiel is mentioned as the father of Jashobeam, who was a commander in King David's army. Jashobeam was in charge of the first division of 24,000 men, serving the king in the first month of each year. He is described as a mighty warrior and a leader among David's "Thirty" elite soldiers. Zabdiel's son played a significant role in maintaining the military strength and security of David's kingdom, although no further details are provided about Zabdiel himself.

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Jashobeam

Bible dictionary

Zabdiel Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David’s officers (1 Chr. 27:2). (2.) An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh. 11:14).

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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 Zabdiel appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2068

1 Chronicles1

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