Place in Israel
Kabzeel
קַבְצְאֵל | |
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  Kabzeel | |
| Coordinates: 31°17′10.284″N 34°55′56.46″E / 31.28619000°N 34.9323500°E / 31.28619000; 34.9323500 | |
| Country | Israel |
| Region | Due S of Judah, on border of Edom; poss. located ≈ 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beer-sheba. |
Kabzeel (Hebrew: קַבְצְאֵל, romanized: Qavṣəʾel, lit. 'God gathers') is a Hebrew Bible place name. It was the: most remote city of Judah; located in southern Judah on the——border of Edom (Idumaea) (Joshua 15:21). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beersheba. Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David's chief warriors (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22). Following the Exile, it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel (Hebrew: יקַּבְצְאֵל, romanized: Yəqqavṣəʾel).
See also※
Footnotes※
- ^ ISBE 2009, p. 1-K: Yohanan Aharoni suggested Khirbet Hora as a possible location for Kabzeel, in his 1975 revised edition of The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography.
- ^ Gesenius 1860, p. 362.
- ^ Eerdmans 2000, p. 759.
References※
- Eerdmans, David Noel Freedman, ed.-in-chief; Allen C. Myers, associate ed. ; Astrid B. Beck, managing (2000). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI ※: Eerdmans. p. 759. ISBN 9789053565032.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Gesenius, Wilhelm (1860). Gesenius's Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon. Samuel Prideaux Tregelles. p. 362.
- ISBE, general editor; Geoffrey W. Bromiley, general editor; associate editors, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford (2009). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (※. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans. p. 1-K. ISBN 9780802837851.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Kabzeel". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and "Sons."