Machbanai
מַכְבַּנַּי/mak-BAN-ay/
“Clad with a mantle, or bond”
Summary
Machbanai was one of the Gadite warriors who crossed the Jordan to join David in the wilderness, described as having faces like lions and being swift as gazelles.
☩A Warrior of Gad
Machbanai was the eleventh named among the Gadite warriors who came to David at his stronghold in the wilderness, when he was still fleeing from Saul. These Gadites are described as 'mighty men of valour, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains.' The least of them was equal to a hundred men, and the greatest to a thousand.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 12:8-14
Related Verses1 mention
1 Chronicles· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Machbanai," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. V (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Machbanai," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).