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Mibhar
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Mibchar', מַבְחָר, choice, as in Isaiah 22:7, etc.; Sept. Μαβάρ v.r. Μεβαάλ ), a Hagarene ("son of Haggeri"), one of David's famous warriors (1 Chronicles 11:38); apparently the same called in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 23:36) BANI the Gadite. B.C. 1046. (See DAVID). "It is easy to see, if the latter be the true reading, how בָּנַי הִגָּדַי, Bani hag-gadi, could be corrupted into בֶּןאּהִגְּרַי, ben-hag-geri; and הגדי is actually the reading of three of Kennicott's MSS. in 1 Chronicles, as well as of the Syriac and Arabic versions, and the Targum of R. Joseph. But that ‘ Mibhar' is a corruption of מַצֹּבָה (or מצבא, ace. to some MSS.), mitstsobah, ‘ of Zobah,' as Kennicott (Dissert. p. 215) and Cappellus (Crit. Sacr. i,c. 5) conclude, is not so clear, though not absolutely impossible. It would seem from the Sept. of 2 Samuel, where instead of Zobah we find πολυδυνάμεως, that both readings originally co-existed, and were read by the Sept. מַבְחִר הִצָּבָא, -mibchar hats-tsaba, ‘ choice of the host.' If this were the case, the verse in .1 Chronicles would stand thus: ‘ Igal the brother of Nathan, flower of the host; Bani the Gadite.'"
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mibhar'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mibhar.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
