trusting in me; a grown-up brother
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AHASBAI.Father of Eliphelet (2Sa_23:34), and a member at the family of Maacah, settled at Bethmaacah (2Sa_20:14), or a native of the Syrian kingdom of Maacah (2Sa_10:6; 2Sa_10:8).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Sa_23:34.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ahas'ba-i. (blooming). Father of Eli-phelet, one of David's thirty-seven captains. 2Sa_23:34. In the corrupt list in 1Ch_11:35, Eliphelet appears as "Eliphal the son of Ur." (B.C. about 1050).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-has?bı̄ (אחסבּי, 'aḥaṣbay, ?blooming?): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in David's army (2Sa_23:34). He was either a native of Abel-beth-maacah (2Sa_20:14) or, more probably, of Maacah in Syria (2Sa_10:6). The list in 1Ch_11:35, 1Ch_11:36 gives different names entirely. Here we have Ur and Hepher, which simply show that the text is corrupt in one or both places.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.