ZABUD
A son of Nathan the prophet, the confidential friend and adviser of king Solomon, probably having shared with him the instructions of the venerable prophet, 1Ki 4:5 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Zabud
(Heb. Zabud’, , given; Sept. v.r. ), son of Nathan the prophet (1Ki 4:5). B.C. 1012. He is described as a priest (A. V. principal officer), and as holding at the court of Solomon the confidential post of king’s friend, which had been occupied by Hushai the Archite during the reign of David (2Sa 15:37; 2Sa 16:16; l Chronicles 27:33). This position, if it were an official one, was evidently distinct from that of counselor, occupied by Ahithophel under David, and had more of the character of private friendship about it, for Absalom conversely calls David the friend of Hushai (2Sa 16:17). Azariah, another son of Nathan, was over all the (household) officers of king Solomon; and their advancement may doubtless be ascribed not only to the young king’s respect for the venerable prophet, who had been his instructor, but to the friendship he had contracted with his sons during the course of education. The office, or rather honor, of friend of the king we find in all the despotic governments of the East. It gives high power, without the public responsibility which the holding of a regular office in the State necessarily imposes. It implies the possession of the utmost confidence of, and familiar intercourse with, the monarch, to whose person the friend at all times has access, and whose influence is therefore often far greater, even in matters of state, than that of the recognized ministers of government. In the Vat. MS. of the Sept. the word priest is omitted, and in the Arabic of the London Polyglot it is referred to Nathan. The Peshito-Syriac and several Hebrew MSS. for Zabud read Zaccur. The same occurs in the case of ZABBUD).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Zabud
gift, the son of Nathan, who was “king’s friend” in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Zabud
Son of Nathan (1Ki 4:5). Priest (kohen, KJV “principal officer”) and “king’s friend” to Solomon, i.e. privy councillor, i.e. confidential adviser, of the king.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Zabud
ZABUD.The son of Nathan (1Ki 4:6); cf. Zabad, 1.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Zabud
zabud (, zabhudh, bestowed):
(1) A son of Nathan (the prophet, probably) said in Kings to be chief minister to Solomon and also the king’s friend (1Ki 4:5; 1Ch 2:36). The American Revised Version margin has priest for chief minister. Benzinger (Kurz. Hand-Commentary, 18) holds that this expression is a marginal gloss here, while Kittel (Handkomm., 31) holds it to be genuine, though it is wanting in the Septuagint. Some suggest , sokhen (see SHEBNA) for , kohen. The expression king’s friend (compare 2Sa 15:37; 2Sa 16:16) is, says Kittel, an old Canaanite title, found also in the Tell el-Amarna Letters.
(2) See ZACCUR, (4); PRIESTS AND LEVITES.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Zabud
Zabud (bestowed), a son of Nathan the prophet, who held under Solomon the important place of ‘king’s friend,’ or favorite (1Ki 4:5), which Hushai had held under David (1Ch 27:33), and which a person named Elkanah held under Ahaz (2Ch 28:7). Azariah, another son of Nathan, was ‘over all the (household) officers’ of King Solomon; and their advancement may doubtless be ascribed not only to the young king’s respect for the venerable prophet, who had been his instructor, but to the friendship he had contracted with his sons during the course of education. The office, or rather honor, of ‘friend of the king,’ we find in all the despotic governments of the East. It gives high power, without the public responsibility which the holding of a regular office in the state necessarily imposes. It implies the possession of the utmost confidence of, and familiar intercourse with, the monarch, to whose person ‘the friend’ at all times has access, and whose influence is therefore often far greater, even in matters of state, than that of the recognized ministers of government.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Zabud
[Za’bud]
Son of Nathan, and ‘principal officer and friend of Solomon.’ 1Ki 4:5.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Zabud
H2071
A chief officer of Solomon.
1Ki 4:5
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Zabud
Za’bud. (given). Son of Nathan, 1Ki 4:5, is described as a priest, (Authorized Version, “principal officer”), and as holding, at the court of Solomon, the confidential post of “king’s friend,” which had been occupied by Hushai, the Archite, during the reign of David. 2Sa 15:37; 2Sa 16:16; 1Ch 27:33. (B.C. 1012).