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Elzabad

אֶלְזָבָד/el-ZAY-bad/

“God has bestowed (equivalent to Theodore)”

Summary

A name meaning 'God has bestowed' borne by a Gadite warrior who joined David and by a Levitical doorkeeper.

☩Gadite Warrior

Elzabad was the ninth of eleven Gadite heroes who crossed the Jordan during flood season to join David in his wilderness stronghold. These Gadites are described as mighty warriors whose 'faces were like the faces of lions' and who were 'swift as the gazelles upon the mountains.'

Key verses:1 Chronicles 12:12

☩Levitical Doorkeeper

Another Elzabad was a son of Shemaiah and grandson of Obed-edom the Levite. He was one of the able-bodied men who served as a doorkeeper for the house of the Lord under David's organization of temple worship.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 26:7

Related Verses2 mentions

1 Chronicles· 2 verses

12:1226:7

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Elzabad," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Elzabad," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).