IESBAAM. - 1. The first of David’s three mighty men; in a single feat of arms he killed 300 (Paralipomeni) or 800 (Samuele) enemies. He was originally from Bèth-Kèmön (Hirbert Kammüneh, between Naplusa and Gerusalemme; cf. II Sam. 23, 8; I Par. 11, 11); he was commander of the first division of David’s army (I Par. 27, 2).
The Hebrew Jâšobh'âm should be corrected, following the better Greek reading, to Jâšba'al, “man of Baal,” also vocalized Jâšbêseth, “man of ignominy” (Iesâbâk, Iesâbâk I Par. 11, 11; Iesâbâk, Iesâbâk II Sam. 23, 8; Sâbâk I Par. 27, 2).
2. A Benjaminite (Hebrew Jâšobh'âm; Septuagint Iesâbâk) of the Levitical family of Core, among the warriors who joined David at Siceleg (I Par. 12, 7).
BIBL.: L. Desnoyers, Histoire du peuple hébreu, II, Parigi 1930, pp. 121, 239 ff., 243 ff., 250; A. Vaccari, La S. Bibbia, II, Firenze 1947, p. 305; III, ibid. 1948, pp. 45, 492; L. Marchal, Les Paralipomènes (La Ste Bible), ed. L. Pirot, 4), Parigi 1949, pp. 63 ff., 67 ff., 115. Francesco Spadafora