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Jashobeam יָשׇׁבְעָם
David's warrior. Jashobeam, also known as Josheb-basshebet, was the chief of David's mighty men and the son of Hachmoni.
Also called Josheb-basshebeth.
Family
| Father | Zabdiel |
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Where Jashobeam appears
1 Chronicles (2), 2 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- 2 Samuel 23:8 first mention — These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
- 1 Chronicles 11:11 — And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
- 1 Chronicles 27:2 — Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.