ZABADEANS, Arabians who dwelt to the East of the Mountains of Gilead. Jonathan the Maccabee overcame them in 3860. See 1 Macc. xii. 31. But it is very probable, that instead of Zabadeans, which is a Name entirely unknown, it ought to be read Nabatheans, as Josephus has done. The Nabatheans are well known.
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