1 Chronicles 12:13 — Word Study
WLCיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י ס מַכְבַּנַּ֖י עַשְׁתֵּ֥י עָשָֽׂר׃
BSAJehohananYᵉhôwchânân eighthshᵉmîynîy ElzabadʼElzâbâd ninthtᵉshîyʻîy
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ | Jeremiah | Noun proper masculine |
| הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י ס | the tenth | Particle |
| מַכְבַּנַּ֖י | Machbannai | Noun proper masculine |
| עַשְׁתֵּ֥י | [the] one [plus] | Noun common, both singular absolute |
| עָשָֽׂר׃ | ten | Noun common, both singular absolute |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh. |
| KJV | Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. |
| ASV | Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. |
| YLT | Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. |
| WEB | Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. |
| BBE | Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. |
Where they part company is in the interpretation of the names, but all translations agree on the listing of Jeremiah and Machbannai.
The sentence is composed of two main clauses connected by a conjunction, clearly listing the names and their respective positions.
2 commentators on this verse
Jamieson, Ellicott & more — read them ›
clause
subjectיֹוחָנָן
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1 of 5 occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament — a word chosen on purpose.
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Deep Study — 1 Chronicles 12:13
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Context — The Mighty Men of Davidgenerated
1 Chronicles 12:13 lists Jeremiah and Machbannai among the warriors who supported David. This chapter highlights the diverse group of men who rallied to David during his rise to power, showcasing their loyalty and bravery. These names reflect the strength and unity of David's forces as he established his kingdom, similar to other accounts in the Bible that celebrate the valor of David's men, such as in 1 Chronicles 11:10.
Cross References
The Key Word — יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙, yir.me.Ya.hugenerated
The name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmyah) means 'whom Jehovah has appointed.' Jeremiah is recognized as a major prophet and the author of the book of Jeremiah, coming from a priestly lineage in Anathoth. His name signifies divine appointment, indicating a significant role within the biblical narrative.
Jeremiah is mentioned in various contexts, including as a warrior in this list, which shows the multifaceted nature of individuals in biblical history. The name appears frequently, underscoring its importance and the legacy of the prophet.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The structure of this verse is straightforward, with two main subjects: יִרְמְיָהוּ and מַכְבַּנַּי. Each name is followed by their ordinal positions, indicating their rank among David's warriors.
The sentence is constructed with a clear listing format, emphasizing the order of the names and their significance within the context of David's army.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, יִרְמְיָהוּ is rendered as ιωαναν, indicating a transliteration of the name. This choice reflects the common practice of adapting Hebrew names into Greek forms.
The Greek translation maintains the structure of the original Hebrew, preserving the order and significance of the names listed.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
1 Chronicles 12:13 tells us about two of David's mighty men: Jeremiah, who is the tenth, and Machbannai, who is the eleventh. This verse highlights their roles among the warriors who supported David during his reign.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Jeremiah was one of David's mighty men, recognized for his loyalty and bravery during David's rise to power.
Machbannai means 'bond of the Lord' and refers to a Gadite warrior who supported David.
These names highlight the diverse group of warriors who rallied to David, showcasing their importance in establishing his kingdom.
This verse contributes to the overall depiction of David's mighty men, emphasizing their roles and the strength of his leadership.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What qualities do you think made Jeremiah and Machbannai valuable to David's army?
- How can we apply the loyalty of David's warriors in our own lives today?
- What does the significance of names in the Bible teach us about identity and purpose?
- In what ways can we support leaders in our communities, similar to how David's men supported him?
Commentators on this verse — 2 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on 1 Chronicles 12:13 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryEzer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Read Robert Jamieson on 1 Chronicles 12 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8-18) A. list of Gadites, and an account of a band of Judæans and Benjammites who joined David in the stronghold (1 Chronicles 11:14) towards the desert of Judah.
Read Charles John Ellicott on 1 Chronicles 12 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh.
Tyndale line
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
Ieremiah the tenth, Macbannai the eleuenth.
Strictly literal
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Jirmiyahu the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
Jeremiah the tenth, Makbannai the eleventh.
From the Latin
Jerenias the tenth, Machbani the eleventh,
Simplified
Jeremiah (tenth), Machbannai (eleventh).
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
Both the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree on the names and their positions in this verse. The Septuagint matches the Hebrew word-for-word, confirming the consistency of the text across these traditions.
יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י ס מַכְבַּנַּ֖י עַשְׁתֵּ֥י עָשָֽׂר׃
5 of the 5 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in 1 Chronicles 12:13
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ (Yirmyah) refers to Jeremiah, meaning 'whom Jehovah has appointed.' He is primarily known as a major prophet from a priestly family in Anathoth, authoring the book of Jeremiah. The name also applies to several other individuals, including a man from Libnah, a Gadite warrior, and priests during the time of Nehemiah. The entries suggest a diverse range of figures associated with this name.
יִרְמְיָ֫ה(וּ) 147 n.pr.m. (? י׳ looseneth, sc. the womb ?)
proph., son of Ḥilḳiah, of priestly family in ‛Anathôth
of Libnah, father of Josiah’s wife
Gadite, David’s time
Manassite
Benjamite
Gadite
priestly name
base
H3414 יִרְמְיָ֫ה(וּ) (? י׳ looseneth, sc. the womb ?) . proph., son of Ḥilḳiah, of priestly family in ‛Anathôth
. of Libnah, father of Josiah’s wife
. Gadite, David’s time
. Manassite
. Benjamite
. Gadite
. priestly name
3414 Yirmyah yir-meh-yaw'
or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}; from 7311 and 3050; Jah will
rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine
Israelites:--Jeremiah.
see HEBREW for 07311
see HEBREW for 03050
יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ (yir.me.yah) — Jeremiah.
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31;
father of: Hamutal (H2537)
§ Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"
1) the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name
2) a man of Libnah and father of Hamutal the wife of king Josiah
3) a Gadite who joined David at Ziklag
4) a Manassehite, one of the mighty men of valour of the Transjordanic half tribe of Manasseh
5) a Gadite and warrior of David
6) a warrior of David
7) a priest who joined Nehemiah in the covenant ceremony
8) a priest also in the time of Nehemiah; maybe same as 7
9) father of Jaazaniah the Rechabites
יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ (yir.me.yah) — Jeremiah.
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.24
§ Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed"
HNpm — Noun proper masculineHNpm
Jeremiah
Raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10).
(2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13).
(3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4).
(4.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24).
(5.) The father of Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31), the wife of Josiah.
(6.) One of the “greater prophets” of the Old Testament, son of Hilkiah (q.v.), a priest of Anathoth (Jer. 1:1; 32:6). He was called to the prophetical office when still young (1:6), in the thirteenth year of Josiah…
Seven other persons bearing the same name as the prophet are mentioned in the Old Testament:-- Jeremiah of Libnah, father of Hamutal wife of Josiah. (2 Kings 23:31) (B.C. before 632.) 2,3,4. Three warriors --two of the tribe of Gad-- in David’s army. (1 Chronicles 12:4,10,13) (B.C. 1061-53.) One of the "mighty men of valor" of the transjordanic half-tribe of Manasseh. (1 Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 782.) A priest of high rank, head of the second or third of the twenty-one courses which are apparently enumerated in (Nehemiah 10:2-8; 12:1,12) (B.C. 446-410). The father of Jazaniah the Rechabite. (Jeremiah 35:3) (B.C. before…
One of the chief prophets of the Old Testament, prophesied under Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, and also after the captivity of the latter. He was born at Anathoth, of the race of the priests, and was destined of God to be a prophet, and consecrated for that object before his birth, Jer 1:1,5. At an early age he was called to act as a prophet, B. C. 628, in the thirteenth year of King Josiah. This good king no doubt cooperated with him to promote the reformation of the people; but the subsequent life of the prophet was full of afflictions and persecutions. Jehoiakim threw his prophetic roll into the fire, and sought his life. Zedekiah was kindly instructed by him, and warned of the woes impending over his guilty people, and of their seventy years’ captivity, but to no purpose. The fidelity of the prophet often endangered his life…
exaltation of the Lord
עֲשִׂירִי (asiyriy) means 'tenth' and is used as an ordinal number. It can refer to a tenth part or the tenth month, derived from the root meaning 'ten' (H6235). The entries consistently define it as relating to the number ten without any noted disagreements.
עֲשִׂירִי, עֲשִׂירִיָּה, עֲשִׂירִית tenth
base
H6224 עֲשִׂירִי, עֲשִׂירִיָּה, עֲשִׂירִית tenth
6224 `asiyriy as-ee-ree'
from 6235; tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine)
part:--tenth (part).
see HEBREW for 06235
עֲשִׂירִי (a.si.ri) — tenth.
1) ordinal number
1a) a tenth
HTd/Aomsa — ParticleHTd/Aomsa
See TITHE.
מַכְבַּנַּי (Makbannay) refers to a person from Macbena, specifically a Gadite warrior noted for his bravery in 1 Chronicles 12:14. The name is associated with the meaning "bond of the Lord." The entries consistently identify him as a mighty man who supported David during the Divided Monarchy.
מַכְבַּנַּי n.pr.m. a hero of David 1 Ch 12:14.
done
H4344 מַכְבַּנַּי
4344 Makbannay mak-ban-nah'-ee
patrial from 4343; a Macbannite or native of
Macbena:--Machbanai.
see HEBREW for 04343
מַכְבַּנַּי (makh.ban.nay) — Machbannai.
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.13
§ Machbanai = "bond of the Lord"
a Gadite and one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
HNpm — Noun proper masculineHNpm
mak'-ba-ni, -ba-na'-i (makhbannay; the King James Version Machbanai): A Gadite who attached himself to David in Ziklag (1Ch 12:13).
עַשְׁתֵּי (ashtey) refers to the number eleven or the ordinal eleventh. It is a masculine plural form derived from the root word for ten, עָשָׂר (asar). The term is used in contexts that involve counting or numbering, particularly in relation to the number ten.
H6249 עַשְׁתֵּי one
6249 `ashtey ash-tay'
apparently masculine plural construction of 6247 in the sense
of an afterthought (used only in connection with 6240 in lieu
of 259) eleven or (ordinal) eleventh:--+ eleven(-th).
see HEBREW for 06247
see HEBREW for 06240
see HEBREW for 0259
עַשְׁתֵּי (ash.te) — eleven.
1) one, eleven, eleventh
1a) one as combined with ten ( a.sar (עָשָׂר "ten" H6240))
HNcbsa — Noun common · both singular absoluteHNcbsa
עָשָׂר (asar) means 'ten' and is used exclusively in combination with other numbers to form the teen numbers (11-19), both as cardinal and ordinal forms. The entries indicate that it is derived from another Hebrew root, but do not elaborate on its etymology.
עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה ten, only after units to make num. 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal
base
H6240 עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה ten, only after units to make num. 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal
6240 `asar aw-sawr'
for 6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also
(ordinal) -teenth:--(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-,
six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, +
twelve(-th).
see HEBREW for 06235
עָשָׂר (a.sar) — ten.
1) ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)
1a) used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19
HNcbsa — Noun common · both singular absoluteHNcbsa