Kabzeel

Kabzeel was a city in the far south of Judah, near the border with Edom (Joshua 15:21). Its best-known son is Benaiah, described in 2 Samuel 23:20 as the son of Jehoiada, “a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts”. He killed two lionlike men of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion. The same account is repeated in 1 Chronicles 11:22. Benaiah later served David’s household as a trusted captain. A small town in the dry south is remembered mainly because one brave man grew up there.

3 verses

Joshua

Joshua 15:21

And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Gathering of God, a city in the extreme south of Judah, near to Idumaea (Josh. 15:21), the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Chr. 11:22). It was called also Jekabzeel (Neh. 11:25), after the Captivity.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(gathered by God), one of the "cities" of the tribe of Judah, (Joshua 15:21) the native place of the great hero Benaiah ben-Jehoiada. (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22) After the captivity it was reinhabited by the Jews, and appears as Jekabzeel.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.