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Kabzeel ( , Trans : Qabtsĕ'el, "God gathers") is a Hebrew Bible place name .1 It was the most remote city of Judah ; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom (Idumaea) (Joshua 15:21). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beer-sheba . Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah , one of David 's chief warriors (2 Sam. 23:20; I Chr. 11:22). Following the Exile , it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel (Nehemiah 11:25).2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Kabzeel , literally "gathering of God", was a city in the extreme south of Judah , near Idumaea (Joshua 15:21). Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah , one of David 's chief warriors (II Samuel 23:20; I Chronicles 11:22). It was called also Jekabzeel (Nehemiah 11:25).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Place in Israel Kabzeel ( , Trans : Qabtsĕ'el , "God gathers") is a Hebrew Bible place name . It was the most remote city of Judah ; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom (Idumaea) ( Joshua 15:21 ). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beer-sheba . Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah , one of David 's chief warriors ( 2 Samuel 23:20 ; 1 Chronicles 11:22 ). Following the Exile , it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel ( Nehemiah 11:25 ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Place in Israel Kabzeel ( , Trans : Qabtsĕ'el , "God gathers") is a Hebrew Bible place name . It was the most remote city of Judah ; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom (Idumaea) ( Joshua 15:21 ). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beer-sheba . Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah , one of David 's chief warriors ( 2 Samuel 23:20 ; 1 Chronicles 11:22 ). Following the Exile , it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel ( Nehemiah 11:25 ).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Place in Israel Kabzeel ( Hebrew : קַבְצְאֵל , romanized : Qavṣəʾel , lit. ' God gathers ' ) is a Hebrew Bible place name . It was the most remote city of Judah ; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom (Idumaea) ( Joshua 15:21 ). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora (Horvat Hur), about 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Beersheba . Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah , one of David 's chief warriors ( 2 Samuel 23:20 ; 1 Chronicles 11:22 ). Following the Exile , it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel ( Hebrew : יקַּבְצְאֵל , romanized : Yəqqavṣəʾel ).
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city in the extreme south of judah
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hebrew bible place name
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