Kabzeel

Kabzeel (meaning the congregation of God) was a city in the extreme south of Judah, on the border with Idumaea (Edom), listed among the towns of the Negev in Joshua 15:21. It was the birthplace of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, one of David's three chief mighty men who slew two lion-like men of Moab, descended into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion, and struck down an impressive Egyptian warrior with the Egyptian's own spear. Benaiah rose to command David's bodyguard (the Cherethites and Pelethites) and later became commander-in-chief of Solomon's army.

After the Babylonian exile, the city was resettled by returning Judeans and appears in Nehemiah 11:25 as Jekabzeel—a slightly altered form of the name suggesting either scribal variation or the site's restoration under a renewed covenant identity. Its precise modern location in the Negev has not been definitively established, though proposals have included sites in the Beersheba basin. Kabzeel's claim to biblical memory rests primarily on its association with the family of Benaiah, whose exceptional military career elevated him to the highest ranks of Israel's leadership.