Jabesh
Jabesh (Template:Langx<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was the father of Shallum of the Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible.
Jabesh is mentioned In the Books of Kings (Template:Bibleverse, Template:Bibleverse). However, the passage may instead mention a toponym, identifying that Shallum was "the son" of a city called Jabesh. In this view, Shallum may have originated from the Israelite town of Jabesh-Gilead.<ref name="Freedman2">Freedman, Myers (2000), p. 664</ref>
The name means "dry" in Hebrew.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>