Azmaveth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:36

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Azmaveth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/azmaveth.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33.

2. 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42; 1 Chronicles 12:3.

3. 1 Chronicles 12:3.

4. 1 Chronicles 27:25.

5. A place in Benjamin (Ezra 2:24). Beth-Azmaveth (Nehemiah 7:28; Nehemiah 12:29). The singers from it built villages round Jerusalem.

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Samuel 23:311 Chronicles 8:3631 Chronicles 12:31 Chronicles 27:25Ezra 2:24Nehemiah 12:29

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AZMAVETH . 1 . A descendant of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:36 ). 2 . One of David’s mighty men ( 2 Samuel 23:31 , 1 Chronicles 11:33 ), probably identical with the Azmaveth of 1 Chronicles 12:3; 1 Chronicles 27:25 , whose sons joined David at Ziklag, and who was ‘over the king’s treasuries.’ 3 . A Benjamite town ( 1 Chronicles 12:3 , Ezra 2:24 , Nehemiah 7:28 [ Beth-azmaveth ], 1Es 5:18 [ Bethasmoth ]); mod. Higmeh , S.E. of Gibeah.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. The 'Barhumite,' one of David's valiant men. 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33 .

2. Son of Jehoadah, descendant of Saul. 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42 .

3. One whose two sons resorted to David at Ziklag. 1 Chronicles 12:3 .

4. Treasurer of David. 1 Chronicles 27:25 .

5. Village lying on the borders of Judah and Benjamin. Ezra 2:24; Nehemiah 12:29 . Called BETH-AZMAVETH in Nehemiah 7:28 . Identified with Hizmeh , 35 15' E 31 50' N .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Az'maveth. (strong unto death).

1. One of David's mighty men, a native of Bahurim, 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33, and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060).

2. A descendant of Mephibosheth, or Merib-baal. 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42.

3. The father of Jeziel and Pelet, two of the skilled Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag 1 Chronicles 10:3 perhaps identical with Azmaveth, 1.

4. Overseer of the royal treasures in the reign of David. 1 Chronicles 27:25.

5. A place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that tribe. Ezra 2:24. The name elsewhere occurs as Beth-Azmaveth.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Azma'veth, עִזְמָיֶת perhaps strong as death; Sept. Ἀσμώθ and Ἀζμώθ ), the name of three men, and also of a place.

1. A Barhumite (or Baharumite), one of David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33), and father of two of his famous slingers (1 Chronicles 12:3). B.C. 1061.

2. The second named of the three sons of Jehoadah (1 Chronicles 8:36) or Jarah (1 Chronicles 9:42), a descendant of Jonathan. B.C. post 1037.

3. A son of Adiel, and overseer of the royal treasury under David and Solomon (1 Chronicles 27:25). B.C. 1014.

4. A villae of Judah or Benjamin, and mentioned in connection with Geba (Nehemiah 12:29). Forty-two persons residents of this place were enrolled in the list of those that returned from the captivity at Babylon (Ezra 2:24; Nehemiah 7:28; in which latter passage the place is called BETH-AZMAVETH). The corresponding Arabic name Azment is still found in Palestine, but not in a location corresponding to the one in question (Robinson's Researches, 3, 102; De Saulcy's Narrative, 1, 91). Schwarz (Palest. p. 129) conjectures that the name of this place may have been derived from that of the Benjamite preceding; but he confounds it with Alemeth, Almon, and even Bahurim. The notices seem to point to some locality in the northern environs of Jerusalem; hence Ritter (Erdk. 16, 519) identifies it with Hizmeh, a village north of the site of Anathoth (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 291).