Topic
Zabdiel
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 27:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Father of Jashobeam
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- Nehemiah 11:14Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An overseer of one-hundred twenty eight mighty men of valor, who lived in Jerusalem
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
- 1 Maccabees 11:17ISBE
For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- Father of Jashobeam, a chief of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 27:2) (B.C. before 1046.)
- A priest, son of the great men or as the margin gives it, "Haggedolim." (Nehemiah 11:14) (B.C. 459.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
zab'-di-el (zabhdi'el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel):
(1) Father of Jashobeam (1Ch 27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f).
(2) An overseer of the priests (Ne 11:14).
(3) An Arabian who beheaded Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Macc 11:17).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.