Dict: smith - ZABAD

smith:

ZABAD - Z>@ - (gift). Son of Nathan son of Attai, son of Ahlai Sheshan’s daughter, ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:31-37) and hence called son of Ahlai. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:41) (B.C. 1046.) He was one of David’s mighty men but none of his deeds have been recorded. The chief interest connected with him is in his genealogy, which is of considerable importance in a chronological point of view. An Ephraimite, if the text of ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:21) Isa correct. Son of Shimeath, an Ammonitess; an assassin who, with Jehozabad, slew King Joash, according to ( kjv@2Chronicles:24:26) (B.C. 840); but in ( kjv@2Kings:12:21) his name is written, probably more correctly, JOZACHAR. A layman of Israel, of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s command. kjv@Ezra:10:27) (B.C. 458.) One of the descendants of Hashum who had married a foreign wife after the captivity. kjv@Ezra:10:33) (B.C. 458.) One of the sons of Nebo whose name is mentioned under the same circumstances as the two preceding. kjv@Ezra:10:43)

ZABADEANS - Z>@ - an Arab tribe who were attacked and spoiled by Jonathan, on his way back to Damascus from his fruitless pursuit of the army of Demetrius. 1 Macc. 12:31. Their name probably survives in the village of Zebdany , about 26 miles from Damascus.