Kabzeel () is a
Hebrew Bible place name. It was the most remote city of
Judah; located in southern Judah on the border of
Edom (Idumaea) (). The location is tentatively identified with ''Khirbet Hora'' (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of
Beersheba
Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...
. Kabzeel was the birthplace of
Benaiah
Benaiah (, "Yahweh builds up") is a common name in the Hebrew Bible.
Etymology
In the etymology of the name, the first part of Benaiah comes from the root-verb בנה (bana), which is a common Hebrew verb meaning "to build". The second part of ...
, one of
David
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...
's chief warriors (; ). Following
the Exile
''The eXile'' was a Moscow-based English-language biweekly free tabloid newspaper, aimed at the city's expatriate community, which combined outrageous, sometimes satirical, content with investigative reporting. In October 2006, co-editor Jake ...
, it was resettled under the name ''Jekabzeel'' ().
See also
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List of biblical places starting with K
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Benaiah
Benaiah (, "Yahweh builds up") is a common name in the Hebrew Bible.
Etymology
In the etymology of the name, the first part of Benaiah comes from the root-verb בנה (bana), which is a common Hebrew verb meaning "to build". The second part of ...
Footnotes
References
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{{EBD, Kabzeel
External links
Tel Be'er Shev'a - Nearby ancient sites
Hebrew Bible cities