Topic
JABEZ
1. A city of the tribe of Judah 1CH 2:55
Passages on this topic · 3
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.”
- 1 Chronicles 4:10
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).