Jabez
Jabez, a place associated with the families of scribes.
The name Jabez means “sorrow; trouble”
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
A location near Bethlehem only mentioned at 1 Chronicles 2:55; only referred to as Jabez (יַעְבֵּץ).
Location
- Identified as
- within 5 km of Bethlehem 1
- Certainty
- Possible (37% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 31.704° N, 35.208° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- יַעְבֵּץJabez
Mentions
- …and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.