Zabad
“Gift or he has given”
Summary
A name borne by several men in the Old Testament, including one of David's mighty warriors and an assassin of King Joash of Judah.
☩Zabad, David's Warrior
One Zabad was among David's mighty men, a descendant of Judah through Sheshan's daughter Ahlai by the Egyptian slave Jarha. He is listed in 1 Chronicles 11:41, though his name does not appear in the parallel account in 2 Samuel 23. This Zabad was the son of Nathan and father of Ephlal in the genealogical line.
☩Zabad the Assassin
Another Zabad, son of an Ammonitess named Shimeath, was one of two servants who conspired to assassinate King Joash of Judah. Along with Jehozabad, whose mother was a Moabitess, he slew the king in his bed as retribution for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest whom Joash had caused to be murdered. In 2 Kings 12:21, this same person is called Jozachar. The assassins were eventually executed by Amaziah, Joash's successor, though their children were spared according to the law of Moses.
☩Other Men Named Zabad
An Ephraimite named Zabad, son of Tahath and father of Shuthelah, is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:21. Additionally, three men named Zabad—descendants respectively of Zattu, Hashum, and Nebo—divorced their foreign wives at Ezra's command after the return from Babylonian captivity.
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References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Zabad," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Zabad," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Zabad," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).