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'''Jabez''' is a minor character mentioned only once in I Chronicles 4:9-11.<ref>Another Jabez, this time the name of a place, also exists at I Chronicles 2:55; it is not known if the place was named for this character, the character for this place, or neither.</ref>

'''Jabez''' is a minor character mentioned only once in {{bibleverse|I Chronicles|4:9-11|9}}.<ref>Another Jabez, this time the name of a place, also exists at I Chronicles 2:55; it is not known if the place was named for this character, the character for this place, or neither.</ref>

I Chronicles 4:10 mentions a prayer he made, asking to be blessed and to "enlarge my coast" (expand his territory), which was honored.  As such, it gained popularity within the [[Prosperity Gospel]] and even within some Evangelical circles (including [[The Prayer of Jabez (book)|a book by Bruce Wilkinson]] on the subject), and was just as routinely condemned by others.

Verse 10 mentions a prayer he made, asking to be blessed and to "enlarge my coast" (expand his territory), which was honored.  As such, it gained popularity within the [[Prosperity Gospel]] and even within some Evangelical circles (including [[The Prayer of Jabez (book)|a book by Bruce Wilkinson]] on the subject), and was just as routinely condemned by others.

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