Zabdiel
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gift of God.
- 1. The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David's officers (1Ch_27:2).
- 2. An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh_11:14).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("gift of God".) 1. Father of Jashobeam. (See JASHOBEAM.) (1Ch_27:2). 2. A priest, "son of (one of) the great men," overseer of 128 brethren (Neh_11:14).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
zab´di-el (זבדּיאל, zabhdı̄'ēl, “my gift is El (God)”; Ζαβδιήλ, Zabdiḗl): 1. Father of Jashobeam (1Ch_27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f). 2. An overseer of the priests (Neh_11:14). 3. An Arabian who beheaded Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Macc 11:17).
Nave's Topical Bible
1. Father of Jashobeam 1Ch_27:2 2. An overseer of one hundred and twenty-eight mighty men of valor, who dwelt in Jerusalem Neh_11:14
Smith's bible Dictionary
Zab'di-el. (gift of God). 1. Father of Jashobeam, a chief of David's guard. 1Ch_27:2. (B.C. before 1046). 2. A priest, son of the great men or, as the margin gives it, "Haggedolim." Neh_11:14. (B.C. 459).
