Bible Characters & Character Studies
Jashobeam
First appears at 1 Chronicles 11:11
First named in Scripture at 1 Chronicles 11:11 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chronicles 11:11), one of David’s chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem (2 Samuel 23:13-17). He is also called Adino the Eznite (8).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
