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Kabzeel

also known as: Jekabzeel / Hebrew: יקַּבְצְאֵל

Hebrew: קַבְצְאֵל —transliteration: Kabzeel —meaning: gathering of God, or God gathers

This was a city in the extreme south of Judah, near to Idumaea (Joshua 15:21), the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David’s chief warriors (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22).

It was called also Jekabzeel (Neh. 11:25), after the Captivity.

Its remains are possibly located in modern Hura, Israel (Khirbet Hora; Horvat Hur), 6 miles (10 km) from Beersheba (Be'er Sheva, Israel).1

1. Yohanan Aharoni, The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography (1975 revised edition)

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