Kabzeel

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("collected by God".) Standing at the confluence of wady el Jeib and Fikreh and Kuseib; the farthest S. of Judah's cities ( Joshua 15:21). (See Benaiah was of Kabzeel ( 2 Samuel 23:20;  1 Chronicles 11:22). On its reoccupation after the return from Babylon it was called Jekabzeel ( Nehemiah 11:25, where "its hamlets," Hebrew, are spoken of, namely, outlying pastoral settlements). A wady, El Kuseib, seemingly answers to it; S. of the Dead Sea, the bed of a torrent descending from the Arabah to the Ghor.

At its mouth is its fountain, the only good water of the region, where the road from Jerusalem diverges E. by the Dead Sea to Moab and S. to Petra; a spot likely to be occupied, though remote, as a stronghold, the key of Palestine toward Moat and Edom, guarding the pass Ez Zuweirah, by which the Moabites under Sanballat, the Ammonites under Tobiah, and the Arabians under Geshem, might attack the Jews ( Nehemiah 4:12). Hot as the summer is, snow falls deep at times in winter. Benaiah's "slaying two lion-like men of Moab" accords with the position of Kadesh toward Moab; also "the lion in a pit on a snowy day" accords with there being dense jungle, the haunt of wild beasts, in the neighbourhood.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Kabzeel ( Kăb'Se-El ), Gathered By God. Called Jekabzeel when rebuilt after the captivity,  Nehemiah 11:25, a city of the tribe of Judah, situated farthest to the south,  Joshua 15:21; was the birthplace of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada.  2 Samuel 23:20;  1 Chronicles 11:22.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kab'ze-el. (Gathered By God). One of the "cities" of the tribe of Judah,  Joshua 15:21, the native place of the great hero Benaiah ben-Jehoiada.  2 Samuel 23:20;  1 Chronicles 11:22. After the captivity, it was reinhabited by the Jews, and appears as Jekabzeel.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

KABZEEL . A town in the extreme south of Judah, on the border of Edom (  Joshua 15:21 ,   2 Samuel 23:20 ); called in   Nehemiah 11:25 Jekabzeel . its site has not been identified.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 11:25 Joshua 15:21 2 Samuel 23:20 1 Chronicles 11:22 Nehemiah 11:25

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:21 2 Samuel 23:20 1 Chronicles 11:22 Nehemiah 11:25

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

There was a city in the south of Judah called by this name. ( Joshua 15:21) The word is compounded of Kabatz, to assemble—and El, God.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See JEKABZEEL.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kab´zḗ - el , kab´zēl ( קבצאל , kabhce'ēl "(whom) God collects"): One of the "uttermost cities" of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South (Negeb) (  Joshua 15:21 ). It was the native place of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, one of David's mighty men ( 2 Samuel 23:20;  1 Chronicles 11:22 ). "Jekabzeel and the villages thereof," one of the places re-inhabited by the men of Judah ( Nehemiah 11:25 ), appears to be the same place. The site is unknown.