Who was Jabez' Mother?

       Jabez' mother (I Chronicles. 4:9) bore her son in sorrow and called him by a name meaning "sorrow." She gave to the world a son "more honorable than his brethren." He became a prayerful and pious man, who asked that God might keep him from evil. His prayer was answered. Doubtless the sorrow of Jabez' mother had drawn her closer to God.
       It is probable that she was familiar with the story of how Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him Beth-el, and perpetuated the circumstances which marked her son's birth similarly.
       Some scholars are of the opinion that Jabez was the son of Coz (I Chronicles. 4:8) . If so, his mother also had other children.
       If she lived to know of the achievements of her godly son, she must have felt compensated for all her sorrow. Jewish writers affirm that Jabez became an eminent doctor in the law. His reputation is thought to have drawn so many scribes around him that a town, probably in the territory of Judah, was called by his name (I Chronicles 2:55).