Kabzeel
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KABZEEL (PLACE) [Heb qabṣĕ˒ēl (קַבְצְאֵל)]. Var. JEKABZEEL. A city in S Judah listed as part of Judah’s inheritance (Josh 15:21). It was known traditionally for supplying great warriors (see 2 Sam 23:20 and 1 Chr 11:22). The Chronicler lists Kabzeel as one of the towns reoccupied after the Exile (1 Chr 11:22). The variant Jekabzeel mentioned in Neh 11:25 is most likely the same city. According to Aharoni (LBHG [1967 ed]: 295–98) we can identify Kabzeel-Jekabzeel with Tell Gharreh (M.R. 148071) midway between Beer-sheba and Arad. See IRA, TEL. He also suggested that the town was probably named after a man or clan (LBHG [1967 ed]: 97). Since, however, the Bible does not mention any people with a similar name, it is just as likely that the name arose from its root meaning, “a gathering place”; compare the modern Hebrew word kibbutz denoting a collective farm or settlement.
Tom Wayne Willett
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (3:1135). New York: Doubleday.
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Kabzeel — gathering of God, a city in the extreme south of Judah, near to Idumaea (Josh. 15:21), the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Chr. 11:22). It was called also Jekabzeel (Neh. 11:25), after the Captivity.
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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KABZEEL City located in the extreme south of Judah’s territory adjacent to neighboring Edom (Jos 15:21; also called Jekabzeel in Neh 11:25). Benaiah, one of David’s valiant warriors, came from there (2 Sm 23:20; 1 Chr 11:22). The reference in Nehemiah indicates that Judah’s tribe returned to this area after the exile. Its exact site is not known, but Khirbet Hora has been suggested.
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (767). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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KAB´ZEEL (kabʹzîl; “God has gathered”). A city in the S of Judah, the birthplace of Benaiah (Josh. 15:21; 2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Chron. 11:22). In Neh. 11:25 it is called Jekabzeel (which see). Perhaps it was located at Khirbet Hora, about ten miles NE of Beersheba.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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KABZEEL. A town in S Judah; birthplace of Benaiah ben-Jehoiada (2 Sa. 23:20); resettled in Nehemiah’s time (called Jekabzeel in Ne. 11:25). Khirbet Hora, site of an Israelite fortress 13 km E of Beer-sheba, is a possible identification. See F.-M. Abel, Géographie de la Palestine, 2, 1938, pp. 89, 353; Y. Aharoni, IEJ 8, 1958, pp. 36–38. r.p.g.
Wood, D. R. W., Wood, D. R. W., & Marshall, I. H. (1996, c1982, c1962). New Bible Dictionary. Includes index. (electronic ed. of 3rd ed.) (641). Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press.
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Kabzeel (kabʹzay-el; Heb., ‘may God gather’), a town of Judah near the Edomite border (Josh. 15:21), the home of Benaiah (2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Chron. 11:22). Modern Khirbet Hora, about ten miles northeast of Beer-sheba, may be the site of ancient Kabzeel. The city is called Jekabzeel in Neb. 11:25.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (522). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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Kabzeel (Heb. qaḇṣĕ˒ēl)
A city in southern Judah, near the border of Edom (Josh. 15:21), the home of Benaiah, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:20 = 1 Chr. 11:22). Following the Exile it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel (Neh. 11:25). The site may be identified with modern Khirbet Gharreh/Tell ˓Ira (148071), near Wadi Mishash ca. 21 km. (13 mi.) NE of Beer-sheba.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (759). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
