Zabdiel

ZABDIEL

zab'-di-el (zabhdi'el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel):

(1) Father of Jashobeam (1 Chronicles 27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f).

(2) An overseer of the priests (Nehemiah 11:14).

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


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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZABDIEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.