Jabez
Where it is
31.71° N, 35.21° E · Located through Bethlehem
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Mentioned most in
Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Jabez is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah (1Ch.2.55). The passage states that the families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These families were associated with the Kenites, who were descendants of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 Chronicles 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Affiction.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain