Places in the Bible · Settlement

Kabzeel

Kabzeel is a settlement mentioned in 4 verses. Its most likely location is Khirbet Hora. The name means “the congregation of God.”

Where is Kabzeel?

Approx. 31.2862, 34.9323 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
Khirbet HorasettlementMedium
Tel IrasettlementLow

Kabzeel in the Bible dictionary

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.

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Verses that mention Kabzeel

  • 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 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 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.

  • Nehemiah 11:25

    And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath–arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,