Reference: Azmaveth
Easton
strong as death.
(1.) One of David's thirty warriors (2Sa 23:31).
(2.) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1Ch 27:25).
(3.) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Ne 12:29; Ezr 2:24).
(4.) 1Ch 8:36
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Fausets
3. 1Ch 12:3.
4. 1Ch 27:25.
5. A place in Benjamin (Ezr 2:24). Beth-Azmaveth (Ne 7:28; 12:29). The singers from it built villages round Jerusalem.
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Hastings
1. A descendant of Saul (1Ch 8:36). 2. One of David's mighty men (2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:33), probably identical with the Azmaveth of 1Ch 12:3; 27:25, whose sons joined David at Ziklag, and who was 'over the king's treasuries.' 3. A Benjamite town (1Ch 12:3; Ezr 2:24; Ne 7:28 [Beth-azmaveth], 1Es 5:18 [Bethasmoth]); mod. Higmeh, S.E. of Gibeah.
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Morish
Azma'veth
1. The 'Barhumite,' one of David's valiant men. 2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:33.
2. Son of Jehoadah, descendant of Saul. 1Ch 8:36; 9:42.
3. One whose two sons resorted to David at Ziklag. 1Ch 12:3.
4. Treasurer of David. 1Ch 27:25.
5. Village lying on the borders of Judah and Benjamin. Ezr 2:24; Ne 12:29. Called BETH-AZMAVETH in Ne 7:28. Identified with Hizmeh, 31 50' N, 35 15' E.
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Smith
Az'maveth
(strong unto death).
1. One of David's mighty men, a native of Bahurim,
and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060).
2. A descendant of Mephibosheth, or Merib-baal.
3. The father of Jeziel and Pelet, two of the skilled Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag
perhaps identical with No. 1.
4. Overseer of the royal treasures in the reign of David.