Zabud
Zabud [1]
zā´bud ( זבוּד , zābhūdh , "bestowed"):
(1) A son of Nathan (the prophet, probably) said in Kings to be chief minister to Solomon and also the king's friend ( 1 Kings 4:5; 1 Chronicles 2:36 ). The American Revised Version margin has "priest" for "chief minister." Benzinger ( Kurz. Hand-Commentary , 18) holds that "this expression is a marginal gloss here," while Kittel ( Handkomm ., 31) holds it to be genuine, though it is wanting in the Septuagint. Some suggest סכן , ṣōkhēn (see Shebna ) for כּהן , kōhēn . The expression "king's friend" (compare 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16 ) is, says Kittel, an old Canaanite title, found also in the Tell el - Amarna Letters .
(2) See Zaccur , (4); Priests And Levites .
