International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zabdiel

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zabdiel


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zab´di-el (זבדּיאל, zabhdı̄'ēl, “my gift is El (God)”; Ζαβδιήλ, Zabdiḗl):

(1) Father of Jashobeam (), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f).

(2) An overseer of the priests ().

(3) An Arabian who beheaded Alexander Balas and sent his head to Ptolemy (1 Macc 11:17).