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Azmaveth
Strong as death. (1.) One of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam 23:31).
(2.) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr 27:25).
(3.) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh 12:29; Ezra 2:24).
(4.) 1 Chr 8:36
Named in the Bible
8 verses
- 2 Samuel 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
- 1 Chronicles 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
- 1 Chronicles 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
- 1 Chronicles 11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
- 1 Chronicles 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
- Ezra 2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
- Nehemiah 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
