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Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
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Verse 2. Jesboam. Hebrew “Jashobham,” as Calmet. 11:11. He was the first after Joab, ( Bible.) and a descendant of Pharez, like David, and waiting upon the king in the month of Nisan, which almost agrees with our March ( Menochius.) and April. Bible.—Zabdiel, the Hachmonite, may therefore denote his country; (Kennicott) or Zabdiel might be his ancestor, though the same man has frequently different names. We find several companions of this general in the sequel.
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