Zabade'ans. An Arab tribe who were attacked and spoiled by Jonathan, on his way back to Damascus, from his fruitless pursuit of the army of Demetrius. 1 Maccabees 12:31. Their name probably survives in the village of Zebdany, about 26 miles from Damascus.
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