Ashbel

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Ash’bel. (reproof of God). Second son of Benjamin and ancestor of the Ashbelites. Gen 46:21; Num 26:38; 1Ch 8:1.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

Gen 46:21; Num 26:38; 1Ch 8:1.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880) ↑

(Heb. Ashbel’, אִשְׁבֵּל, prob. for Eshbaal; Sept. Α᾿σβήλ; in Numbers Α᾿σουβήλ v. r. Α᾿συβήρ), the second son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21; 1Ch 8:1). B.C. 1856. SEE JEDIAEL. His descendants were called Ashbelites ( Num 26:38). SEE BECHER.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906) ↑

By: Morris Jastrow, Jr., Gerson B. Levi

A son of Benjamin (Gen. xlvi. 21, and in the genealogical list of I Chron. viii. 1). The gentilic name "Ashbelite" is found in Num. xxvi. 38.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

ASHBEL (‘man of Baal’).—The second son of Benjamin (1Ch 8:1; cf. Gen 46:21, Num 26:38). In Num 26:38 Ashbelite, inhabitant of Ashbel, occurs.