International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ahasbai

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ahasbai


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a-has´bı̄ (אחסבּי, 'aḥaṣbay, “blooming”): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in David's army (). He was either a native of Abel-beth-maacah () or, more probably, of Maacah in Syria (). The list in , gives different names entirely. Here we have Ur and Hepher, which simply show that the text is corrupt in one or both places.