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Pray with Jabez

Known from one verse in a list of names, because God granted what he asked.

OTJabez, seen from behind beside a dry-stone wall, looking out over wide open land in the morning lightJabezJabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.1 Chronicles 4:10 · ESVPeople of the Bible15 / 36

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Who prayed it
Jabez
Context
Jabez appears in the family records that begin with the sons of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:1). He was more honourable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying she bore him in pain (4:9).
  1. Read how Jabez prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
  2. Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
  3. Read the verses that name Jabez, further down this page.

Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.

Every verse that names Jabez · English Standard Version

Where Jabez appears

Jabez is named in 2 verses, all in 1 Chronicles

Chapter and verse, book by book.

BookWhereVerses
1 Chronicles4:94:102

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