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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 27:11 (NET)
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- 1Ch 27:1-24 -- Leaders of the Army
Bible Dictionary
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MEBUNNAI
[ebd] construction, building of Jehovah, one of David's bodyguard (2 Sam. 23:27; comp. 21:18); called Sibbechai and Sibbecai (1 Chr. 11:29; 27:11).
[isbe] MEBUNNAI - me-bun'-i, me-bun'-a-i (mebhunnay, "well-built"): One of David's "braves" (2 Sam 23:27). In 2 Sam 21:18 he is named "Sibbechai" (the Revised Version (British and American) "Sibbecai"), and is there mentioned as th...
[smith] (building of Jehovah). In this form appears, In one passage only --2Sam 23:27 --The name of one of David?s guard, who is elsewhere called SIBBECHAI, (2Â Samuel 21:18; 1Â Chronicles 20:4) or SIBBECAI, (1Â Chronicles 11:2...
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Month
[ebd] Among the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basis of their calculations. From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law the month among the Jews was lun...
[smith] From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law downward the religious feasts commencing with the passover depended not simply on the month, but on the moon; the 14th of Abib was coincident with the full moon; and the new ...
[nave] MONTH Ancient use of, Gen. 7:11; 8:4. Twelve months reckoned to a year, 1 Chr. 27:1-15. 1. Abib (April). The Jewish calendar began with, Ex. 12:2; 13:4; Deut. 16:1. Passover instituted and celebrated in, Ex. 12:1-28; 23:1...
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ZERAH
[isbe] ZERAH - ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain): (1) In Gen 38:30; 46:12; Nu 26:20; Josh 7:1,18,24; 22:20; 1 Ch 2:4,6; 9:6; Neh 11:24; Mt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Nu 26:20; Josh 7:17 ...
[smith] (rising (of the sun)). A son of Reuel, son of Esau, (Genesis 36:13; 1Â Chronicles 1:37) and one of the "dukes" or phylarchs of the Edomites. (Genesis 36:17) (B.C. after 1760.) Less properly, Zarah, twin son, with his elder...
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Hushathite
[smith] (inhabitant of Hushah), The, the designation of two of the heroes of David?s guard. SIBBECHAI. (2Â Samuel 21:18; 1Â Chronicles 11:29; 20:4; 27:11) Josephus, however, called him a Hittite. MEBUNNAI, (2Â Samuel 23:27) a ...
[nave] HUSHATHITE 2 Sam. 21:18; 23:27; 1 Chr. 11:29; 20:4; 27:11
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Jaresiah
[nave] JARESIAH, son of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 8;27.
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Bul
[nave] BUL, the eighth month [November]. The temple completed in, 1 Kin. 6:38. Jeroboam institutes an idolatrous feast in, to correspond with the Feast of Tabernacles, 1 Kin. 12:32, 33; 1 Chr. 27:11.
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Tabernacles, Feast of
[nave] TABERNACLES, FEAST OF, called also Feast of Ingathering. Instituted, Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:34-43; Num. 29:12-40; Deut. 16:13-16. Design of, Lev. 23:42, 43. The law read in coection with, every seventh year, Deut. 31:10-...
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Zarhites
[nave] ZARHITES Num. 26:13; 26:20; Josh. 7:17; 1 Chr. 27:11, 13
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Armies
[nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
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Sibbechai
[nave] SIBBECHAI, called also Sibbecai. A captain in David's army, 2 Sam. 21:18; 1 Chr. 11:29; 20:4; 27:11.
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ZERAHITES
[isbe] ZERAHITES - ze'-ra-hits (ha-zarchi; Codex Vaticanus ho Zarai; Codex Alexandrinus ho Zaraei; the King James Version Zarhites): (1) A family of Simeonites (Nu 26:13). (2) Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah (Nu 26:20). To this ...
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COURSE
[isbe] COURSE - kors (from Latin cursus, "a running," "race," "voyage," "way"): (1) euthudromeo, "forward or onward movement," as of a ship: "We made a straight course" (Acts 16:11; compare Acts 21:1); "We had finished our course."...
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Sibbecai
[ebd] the Lord sustains, one of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:29), general of the eighth division of the army (27:11). He slew the giant Saph in the battle of Gob (2 Sam. 21:18; R.V., "Sibbechai"). Called also Mebunnai (23:27).
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 2
[isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
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HUSHSHATHITE
[isbe] HUSHSHATHITE - hush'-shath-it (chushshathi). Same as HUSHATHITE (which see), except in reduplicated form (1 Ch 27:11; compare 11:29, Hebrew pronunciation).
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Chronicles, Books of
[ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
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ZARHITES, THE
[smith] a branch of the tribe of Judah, descended from Zerah the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:13,20; Joshua 7:17; 1Â Chronicles 27:11,15)
Questions
- The Bible does contain a number of apparent contradictions. Believing in the inspiration and inerrancy of the Word of God we know that all of these can be reconciled. It may be that a complete explanation will not come until ...
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