Zabdiel

Gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David’s officers (1 Chr. 27:2).

(2.) An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh. 11:14).

(gift of God).

1. Father of Jashobeam, a chief of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 27:2) (B.C. before 1046.)

2. A priest, son of the great men or as the margin gives it, "Haggedolim." (Nehemiah 11:14) (B.C. 459.)

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

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

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

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