diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/Lists.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/Lists.java
index a478877f2..e80aa91fd 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/Lists.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/Lists.java
@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ import java.util.List;
 /**
  * Helper methods for Lists.
  */
-public interface Lists {
+public final class Lists {
+
+  private Lists() {
+  }
 
   /**
    * Partition the source List into sub-lists with a maximum size.
+   * <p>
+   * The sub-lists will all be the max size except for the last sub-list
+   * which can potentially be smaller.
    *
-   * @param max    The max size of each partition
    * @param source The source list
+   * @param max    The max size of each partition
    * @param <T>    The list element type
-   * @return List of partitions
+   * @return List of sub-list partitions
    */
-  static <T> List<List<T>> partition(int max, List<T> source) {
+  public static <T> List<List<T>> partition(List<T> source, int max) {
     final int totalCount = source.size();
     if (totalCount <= max) {
       return List.of(source);
diff --git a/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/ListsTest.java b/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/ListsTest.java
index e719fda96..42dc2b63a 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/ListsTest.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/ListsTest.java
@@ -10,28 +10,28 @@ class ListsTest {
 
   @Test
   void partition_empty() {
-    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(5, List.of());
+    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(List.of(), 5);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(1);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(0);
   }
 
   @Test
   void partition_lt() {
-    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(5, List.of(1, 2, 3, 4));
+    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(List.of(1, 2, 3, 4), 5);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(1);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(4);
   }
 
   @Test
   void partition_eq() {
-    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(5, List.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5));
+    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(List.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 5);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(1);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(5);
   }
 
   @Test
   void partition_gt() {
-    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(5, List.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6));
+    List<List<Integer>> partitions = Lists.partition(List.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 5);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(2);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(5);
     assertThat(partitions.get(1)).hasSize(1);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ListsTest {
 
   @Test
   void partition_gt1_letters() {
-    var partitions = Lists.partition(3, List.of("a", "b", "c", "d"));
+    var partitions = Lists.partition(List.of("a", "b", "c", "d"), 3);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(2);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(partitions.get(1)).hasSize(1);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ListsTest {
 
   @Test
   void partition_gt1a_letters() {
-    var partitions = Lists.partition(3, List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"));
+    var partitions = Lists.partition(List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"), 3);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(2);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(partitions.get(1)).hasSize(2);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ListsTest {
 
   @Test
   void partition_eq2_letters() {
-    var partitions = Lists.partition(3, List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"));
+    var partitions = Lists.partition(List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"), 3);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(2);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(partitions.get(1)).hasSize(3);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ListsTest {
 
   @Test
   void partition_gt2_letters() {
-    var partitions = Lists.partition(3, List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"));
+    var partitions = Lists.partition(List.of("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"), 3);
     assertThat(partitions).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(partitions.get(0)).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(partitions.get(1)).hasSize(3);
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
index 1d3ac0076..001e5328a 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ public final class DefaultPersister implements Persister {
       return deleteBatch(descriptor, id, idList, transaction, deleteMode);
     }
     int rows = 0;
-    for (List<Object> batchOfIds : Lists.partition(maxDeleteBatch, idList)) {
+    for (List<Object> batchOfIds : Lists.partition(idList, maxDeleteBatch)) {
       rows += deleteBatch(descriptor, id, batchOfIds, transaction, deleteMode);
     }
     return rows;