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Jabez is a man appearing in the Book of Chronicles. He is implied to be ancestor of the Kings of Judah , although not explicitly included in the lineage. [ 1 ] His mother named him Jabez ( Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ [ ya'betz ]), [ 2 ] meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult. [ 3 ]
The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life is a book by Bruce Wilkinson published in 2000 by Multnomah Books as the first book in the "BreakThrough" book series. It is based on the Old Testament passage 1 Chronicles 4:9–10 :
The names Jannes and Jambres (Greek: Ἰάννης, Ἰαμβρῆς; Iannēs, Iambrēs) appear in 2 Timothy [2] in the New Testament.Origen says that there was an apocryphal book called The Book of Jannes and Jambres, containing details of their exploits, and that Paul the Apostle was quoting from it.
Jabez or Jabes is a male name and surname derived from the biblical Jabez, of whom the Books of Chronicles says his mother named him Jabez (Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ [ya'betz]), [1] meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult.
1 Chronicles 4 is the fourth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3]
Bruce Wilkinson speaking. Bruce Wilkinson is a Christian preacher, speaker and writer. He is based in the US. He is best known for his book The Prayer of Jabez.He also founded Walk Thru the Bible, an evangelical Christian educational organization, [1] with Howard Hendricks, as well as Teach Every Nation (TEN), an Evangelical parachurch organization.
The forms of divination mentioned in Deuteronomy 17 are portrayed as being of foreign origin; this is the only part of the Hebrew Bible to make such a claim. [5] According to Ann Jeffers, the presence of laws forbidding necromancy proves that it was practiced throughout Israel's history.
Could be. I have a little booklet called The Prayer of Jabez which I have not yet read although it was heavily recommended by several people. If there's any suitable info in it I'll add it. My Concordance lists only these two occurrences of the name in the Bible. But there may be some theology based on him. Watch this space.