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(Hebrews Metsobayah', îְöֹáָéָä , garrison of Jehovah, being apparently the name of the place itself, used for a gentile, the preceding noun being regarded as in the construct; Sept. Ìåóùâßá v. r. Ìåéíáâåßá , Vulg. Masobia), a designation of Jasiel, the last named of David's body-guard (1Ch_11:47), probably meaning of Mesobaiah, as being his place of residence; but, no other clue being given to its locality there is no room even to conjecture its position. Possibly it is rather the name of a person from whom he was descended; but the form and construction are equally difficult as a patronymic. Perhaps we should point äִîַּöֹּáָéֹä , and thus refer to ZOBAH as the place of his nationality. Kennicott's conclusion (Dissertation, p. 233, 234) is that originally the word was “the Metsobaites” ( äִîְּöֹáָéַí ), and applied to the three names preceding it.