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 ( ρ Ο2 τπ ), Zabéd ( t ), with many variants):
(1) A J erahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:36 , 1 Chronicles 2:37 ), son of Nathan (see NATHAN , IV.).
(2) An Ephraimite, son of Tahath (1 Chronicles 7:21 ).
(3) Son of Ahlai (1 Chronicles 11:41 ) and one of David's mighty men (the name is wanting in 2 Samuel 23:24-29 ).
(4) Son of Shimeath the Ammonitess (2 Chronicles 26 ); he was one of the murderers of King Joash of Judah; called "Jozacar" in 2 Kings 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 ( Ezra 10:27 )= "Sabathus" of 1 Esdras 9:28; (b ) son of Hashum (Ezra 10:33 ) = "Sabanneus" of 1 Esdras 9:33; (c ) son of Nebo (Ezra 10:43 ) = "Zabadeas" of 1 Esdras 9:35.
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