Zabad

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Zabad is the name of seven men in the Hebrew Bible. Zabad means gift or endowment.

• In 1 Chronicles 2:36-37, Zabad is a member of the Tribe of Judah, the family of Hezron and the house of Jahahmeel. He was the son of Nathan and the father of Ephlal.
• In 1 Chronicles 7:21, Zabad is an Ephraimite of the family of Shuthelah. He was the son of Tanath and the father of Suthelah.
• In 1 Chronicles 11:41, Zabad is one of King David's mighty men. He is the son of Ahlai.
• In 2 Chronicles 24:26, Zabad is one of two servants of King Joash who kill him in his bed. He is the son of Shimeath, an Amonite woman. In 2 Kings 12:21 this same man seems to be called Jozachar (Hebrew: יוֹזָכָר‎; Latin: Josachar). His fellow conspirator is Jehozabad (Hebrew: יהוֹזָבָד‎; Latin: Jozabad), the son of Shomer (Hebrew: שֹׁמֵר‎; Latin: Somer).
• In Ezra 10:27,33,34, three men named Zabad are listed as having taken foreign wives, whom Ezra persuades them to send away.^[1]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Gift. 1. One of David's valiant men (1Ch_11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the “children of Sheshan” (1Ch_2:31). 2. A descendant of Tahath (1Ch_7:21). 3. The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and slew him (2Ch_24:25, 2Ch_24:26). He is called also Jozachar (2Ki_12:21). 4. Ezr_10:27. 5. Ezr_10:33. 6. Ezr_10:43.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Contracted from Zebadijah, "Jehovah hath given him." 1. Son of Nathan, great grandson of Ahlai, Sheshun's daughter (1Ch_2:31-37). See Smith's Dict. in proof that this genealogy ends in the time of Hezekiah. "Son" means great grandson "of Ahlai" (1Ch_11:41). One of David's mighty men. Sheshan married an Egyptian husband, Jarha; of her as being the Israelite parent Zabad is called "the son," i.e. descendant, just as Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, are called from the mother's side sons of Zeruiah, who married a foreigner. 2. An Ephraimite (1Ch_7:21). 3. A domestic palace servant of king Joash, one of the slayers of Joash; son of Shimeath an Ammonitess (2Ch_24:26). Jozachar in 2Ki_12:20-21; Zachar is the abbreviation, and Zabad is a transcriber's error for Zachar! One of a powerful conspiracy stirred up by Joash's unpopularity owing to his idolatries, oppression, and foreign disasters (2 Chronicles 24). Amaziah executed him, but not his children (2Ch_25:3-4; Deu_24:16). 4. Son of Zattu; put away his foreign wife (Ezr_10:27). 5. Descendant of Hashum; did the same (Ezr_10:33). 6. Son of Nebo; did the same (Ezr_10:43).

Hitchcock's Bible Names

dowry; endowed (same as Zabdi)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

zā´bad (זבד, zābhādh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyāh, “Yahweh has given,” i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdı̄'ēl, “El (God) is my gift” (HPN, 222 f); Ζαβέδ(τ), Zabéd(t), with many variants): 1. A Jerahmeelite (1Ch_2:36, 1Ch_2:37), son of Nathan (see NATHAN, IV.). 2. An Ephraimite, son of Tahath (1Ch_7:21). 3. Son of Ahlai (1Ch_11:41) and one of David's mighty men (the name is wanting in 2Sa_23:24-29). 4. Son of Shimeath the Ammonitess (2 Ch 26); he was one of the murderers of King Joash of Judah; called “Jozacar” in 2Ki_12:21 (Hebrew verse 22). Perhaps the name in Chronicles should be Zacar (זכר, zākhār), 5. Name of three men who had married foreign wives: (a) son of Zattu (Ezr_10:27)= “Sabathus” of 1 Esdras 9:28; (b) son of Hashum (Ezr_10:33) = “Sabanneus” of 1 Esdras 9:33; (c) son of Nebo (Ezr_10:43) = “Zabadeas” of 1 Esdras 9:35.

Nave's Topical Bible

1. Son of Nathan 1Ch_2:36-37 2. An Ephraimite 1Ch_7:21 3. One of David's valiant men 1Ch_11:41 4. An assassin of King Joash: General references 2Ch_24:26; 2Ch_25:3-4 Called Jozachar 2Ki_12:21 5. Three Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives Ezr_10:27; Ezr_10:33; Ezr_10:43

Smith's bible Dictionary

Za'bad. (gift). 1. Son of Nathan, son of Attai, son of Ahlai, Sheshan's daughter, 1Ch_2:31-37, and hence, called son of Ahlai. 1Ch_11:41. (B.C. 1046). He was one of David's mighty men, but none of his deeds have been recorded. The chief interest connected with him is in his genealogy, which is of considerable importance, in a chronological point of view. 2. An Ephraimite, if the text of 1Ch_7:21 is correct. 3. Son of Shimeath, an Ammonitess; an assassin who, with Jehozabad, slew King Joash, according to 2Ch_24:26. (B.C. 840); but in 2Ki_12:21, his name is written, probably more correctly, as Jozachar. 4. A layman of Israel, of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra's command. Ezr_10:27. (B.C. 458). 5. One of the descendants of Hashum who had married a foreign wife after the captivity. Ezr_10:33. (B.C. 458). 6. One of the sons of Nebo, whose name is mentioned under the same circumstances as Zabad, 4 and Zabad, 5. Ezr_10:43.

Reference

• 1. Wikipedia Article on Zabad