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(Heb. Zabdiel', æִáְãַּéàֵì , gift of God), the name of three Jews mentioned in the Old Test and Apocrypha.
1. (Sept. Æáâäéήë .) The father of Jashobeam, the chief of David's warriors (1Ch_27:2). B.C. ante 1046.
2. (Sept. Æï÷ñéήë v.r. Âáäéήë ) Son of Haggedolim (“one of the great men”) and overseer of 128 of the captives returned from Babylon (Neh_11:14). B.C. 459.
3. (Sept. Æáâäéήë ; Josephus, ÆÜâçëïò ; Vulg. Zabdiel.) An: Arabian chieftain who put Alexander Balas to death (1Ma_11:17; Josephus, Ant. 13:4, 8). According to Diodorus, Balas was murdered by two of the officers who accompanied him (Müller, Fragm. Hist. 2, 16).