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Jashobeam (I)

I. JASHOBEAM, the son of Zabdiel, commanded a body of Troops consisting of four and twenty thousand men, who did duty in King David’s Court in the month Nisan, which answers to our March. Some believe him to be the same as Jeshobeam the son of Hachmoni, who is spoken of above. Hachmoni signifies the Wise; Zabdiel it may be was his true name, and Hachmoni a sort of surname.

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