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Zabdiel
ZABDIEL (zăb'dĭ-ĕl, Heb. zavdî’ēl, God has given)
The father of Jashobeam (
ZABDIEL zăb’ dĭ əl (זַבְדִּיאֵ֑ל, LXX Ζαβδίηλ, meaning “gift of God,” my gift is El [God]). The name is known at Palmyra as Zabd-ila, and in Akkad. as Zab-di-ilu. 1. Father of Jashobeam, one of David’s senior officers in charge of a section of the army. His course of duty lay during the first month of the year (
2. A prominent official (Heb. פָּקִיד, H7224), in the days of Nehemiah (
3. An Arab who beheaded Alexander Balas when he fled to Arabia and sent his head to Ptolemy Philopator (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(zabhdi’el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel):
(1) Father of Jashobeam (
(2) An overseer of the priests (
(3) An Arabian who beheaded Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Macc 11:17).