1 Chronicles 5:11-17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:16

The suburbs of Sharon - There were three places of this name: that mentioned here was a district in the country of Bashan beyond Jordan, (see Joshua 12:18 ;); there was another that lay between Caesarea of Palestine and Joppa; and there was a third between Mount Tabor and the Sea of Tiberias. See Calmet. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:11-17

The tribe of Gad is taken next, and occupies but few lines. Gad was born seventh in order of all the sons of Jacob ( Genesis 30:9-12 ), and first of the children of Leah's maid Zilpah. The compiler seems to pass easily on to Gad, from the mere circumstance of the name of the tribe being so constantly linked with that preceding, in the matter of local settlement on the east of Jordan, after the journeyings of the wilderness ( Joshua 13:7 , Joshua 13:8 ). The geography in 1 Chronicles... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:12

The four proper names in this verse are not known in connection with the same persons elsewhere. The Septuagint translates Shaphat as "the scribe," applying the description to the foregoing Jaanai . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:13

And their brethren . This chapter (see 1 Chronicles 5:7 ) seems to introduce the use of this word, which must be understood generically. The seven persons are nowhere else mentioned. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:14-15

These are the children of Abihail ; i.e. the seven "brethren" of the preceding verse. A rapid line of descent, or rather of ascent, consisting of ten generations, from Abihail to Guni , here follows. The division between these verses has unfortunately cut in half one name, i.e. Buzaki. The translators of the Septuagint saw that the two verses composed one line of ascent, but instead of piecing "Aki" to "Buz," translated it as" brother." Though this line takes us some way back, we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:17

The very form of the language of this verse would indicate that two genealogies are intended. This quite tallies with the fact that there were two chronicles , one for each division of the nation, i.e. "the chronicles of the kings of Judah" ( 2 Kings 15:6 ) and "the chronicles of the kings of Israel" ( 2 Kings 15:11 ), in which same chapter both Jeroboam ( II .) of Israel and Jotham of Judah are spoken of, the latter beginning to reign in Judah some twenty years (the exact... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:11

From this passage and from the subsequent account of the Manassites 1 Chronicles 5:23-24, the Gadites extended themselves to the north at the expense of their brethren, gradually occupying a considerable portion of the tract originally allotted to the “half tribe.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:17

The writer refers here to two registrations, one made under the authority of Jeroboam II when he was king and Israel flourishing, the other made under the authority of Jotham, king of Judah, during the troublous time which followed on the great invasion of Tiglath-pileser. There is nothing surprising in a king of Judah having exercised a species of lordship over the trans-Jordanic territory at this period. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:12

1 Chronicles 5:12. Joel the chief The prince of the tribe, or, at least, of the family, when they were numbered, namely, in the days of Jotham, 1 Chronicles 5:17. In Bashan That is, either who dwelt in the city of Bashan, or who abode in Bashan to defend the city and country, when their brethren went out to war against the Hagarenes, 1 Chronicles 5:19. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:14-15

1 Chronicles 5:14-15. These are the children of Abihail These seven last named. Ahi, chief of the house of their fathers Ahi was the head or chief of the houses or families of those seven named 1 Chronicles 5:13. read more

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