Jekabzeel

יְקַבְצְאֵל · ye.qav.tse.el · H3343“the congregation of God” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Nehemiah

Where it is

31.19° N, 34.97° E · Located through Adadah

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Mentioned most in

Nehemiah · 1

Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Jekabzeel was a town in Judah that was inhabited by the people of Judah after their return from the Babylonian exile (Nehemiah 11:25). It is mentioned in the context of the resettlement of Jerusalem and the surrounding towns during the time of Nehemiah. The town is listed among other settlements in the Negev region, suggesting that it was located in the southern part of Judah. Its exact location is unknown.

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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Nehemiah 1 mention

Nehemiah 11:25As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,

What the dictionary says

(what God gathers), a fuller form of the name of KABZEEL, the most remote city of Judah on the southern frontier.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

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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