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Mebunnai

מְבֻנַּי/meh-BUN-ay/

“Well-built or building of Jehovah”

Summary

Mebunnai was one of David's mighty men, a Hushathite also known as Sibbecai (or Sibbechai), who slew a Philistine giant.

☩Identity and Deeds

Mebunnai appears in one list of David's mighty warriors as a Hushathite. Elsewhere he is called Sibbecai (or Sibbechai), and is credited with killing Saph (or Sippai), one of the descendants of the Philistine giants, in a battle at Gob. He also served as captain of the eighth monthly course of David's army, commanding 24,000 men. The variation in his name is attributed to scribal differences in transmission.

Key verses:2 Samuel 23:272 Samuel 21:181 Chronicles 11:291 Chronicles 20:41 Chronicles 27:11

Related Verses1 mention

2 Samuel· 1 verse

23:27

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Mebunnai," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. VI (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Mebunnai," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Mebunnai," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).