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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Gideon overtook them. The people fled in dismay, and Gideon captured the two kings and brought
them to his native village, Ophrah where he slew them because they had killed his brothers.
Zebaim
(the gazelles), mentioned in the catalogue of the families of “Solomon’s slaves” who returned
from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59)
Zebedee
(my gift) (Greek form of Zabdi) a fisherman of Galilee, the father of the apostles James the
Great and John (Matthew 4:21) and the husband of Salome. (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40) He
probably lived either at Bethsaida or in its immediate neighborhood. It has been inferred from the
mention of his “hired servants,” (Mark 1:20) and from the acquaintance between the apostle John
and Annas the high priest, (John 18:15) that the family of Zebedee were in easy circumstances.
comp. (John 19:27) although not above manual labor. (Matthew 4:21) He appears only twice in
the Gospel narrative, namely, in (Matthew 4:21,22; Mark 1:19,20) where he is seen in his boat with
his two sons mending their nets.
Zebina
(purchase), one of the sons of Nebo who had taken foreign wives after the return from Babylon,
(Ezra 10:43)
Zeboim
(gazelles).
•One of the five cities of the “plain” or circle of Jordan. It is mentioned in (Genesis 10:19; 14:2,8;
29:23; Hosea 11:8) in each, of which passages it is either coupled with Admah or placed next it
in the lists—perhaps represented by Talaa Sebaan, a name attached to extensive ruins on the high
ground between the Dead Sea and Kerak . In (Genesis 14:2,8) the name is given more correctly
in the Authorized Version ZEBOIIM.
•The valley of Zeboim, a ravine or gorge, apparently east of Michmash, mentioned only in (1
Samuel 13:18) The road running from Michmash to the east is specified as “the road of the border
that looketh to the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.” The wilderness is no doubt the district
of uncultivated mountain tops and sides which lies between the central district of Benjamin and
the Jordan valley. In that very district there is a wild gorge bearing the name of Shuk ed-Dubba’,
ravine of the hyena, “the exact equivalent of Ge hat-tsebo’im .
Zebudah
(bestowed), wife of Josiah and mother of King Jehoiakim. (2 Kings 23:36) (B.C. 653.)
Zebul
(habitation), chief man (Authorized Version “ruler”) of the city of Shechem at the time of the
contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites. (Judges 9:28,30,36,41) (B.C. 1209.)
Zebulonite
a member of the tribe of Zebulun. (Judges 12:11,12) Applied only to Elon, the one judge
produced by the tribe. (Judges 12:11,12)
Zebulun
(a habitation), the tenth of the sons of Jacob, according to the order in which their births are
enumerated, the sixth and last of Leah. (Genesis 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 1 Chronicles 2:1) His birth
is mentioned in (Genesis 30:19,20) Of the individual Zebulun nothing is recorded. The list of
Genesis46 ascribes to him three sons, founders of the chief families of the tribe (comp.) (Numbers
26:26) at the time of the migration to Egypt. The tribe is not recorded to have taken part, for evil
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