Jabez

Jabez Scripture - 1 Chronicles 4:9

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow....

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Jabez in Wikipedia

In the I Book of Chronicles Jabez is a well-respected man (ancestor in the lineage of the kings' tribe of Judah) whose prayer to God for blessing was answered, see 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. Moreover the author paused in this long list to give Jabez a place of honour in the long list of Kings and lineage. This short passage of scripture came to the ...

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Jabez Scripture - 1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested....

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Jabez Scripture - 1 Chronicles 2:55

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab....

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Jabez in Easton's Bible Dictionary

affiction. (1.) A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that "God granted him that which he requested" (1 Chr. 4:9, 10). (2.) A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chr. 2:55)....

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Jabez in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)): (1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1 Ch 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the passage see EB, under the word (2) Person: The head of a family of Judah, noted for his "honorable" character, though "his mother bare him with sorrow" (1 Ch 4:9,10), ...

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Jabez in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A city of the tribe of Judah 1Ch 2:55 -2. The head of a family 1Ch 4:9,10...

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Jabez in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sorrow). 1. Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. 1Ch 2:55 2. The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, 1Ch 4:9,10 in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4....

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