1 Chronicles 5:22 ASV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

3. Simeon, Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh CHAPTERS 4:24-5:26 1. The sons of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24-43 ) 2. The sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1-10 ) 3. The children of Gad and half Manasseh (1 Chronicles 5:11-26 ) The account of the Simeonites is interesting. Some of their families had increased so much that they had no pasture for their flocks. Some went then to Gedor and found fat pasture and quietness. Others went to Mount Seir, and five hundred of them smote the Amalekites. Reuben was... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:22

5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the {i} captivity.(i) Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath Pileser. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

GENEALOGIES AND PEDIGREES INTRODUCTION With this begins the study of those historical books of the Old Testament written shortly after the return from the Babylonian captivity, the remainder of the series including 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. “Chronicles” means “diaries” or “journal,” and the books recapitulate sacred history from the time of Adam, in which the earlier books of the Old Testament are drawn upon and occasionally supplemented. The Holy Spirit, who is the real... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

Gaps In History Painful Memories Agonistic Prayer intellectual Sins 1 Chronicles 5:0 This chapter treats of the tribes east of Jordan, Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, with short notices of their conquest and their final captivity. At the very opening of the chapter we come upon the well-assured doctrine, that the highest privileges may be transferred to other than the original and legitimate lines. Men hold their great influence only so long as they continue their noble behaviour. Reuben was... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 5:22

"Handfuls of Purpose," For All Gleaners "For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God." 1 Chronicles 5:22 . We should trace the explanation of victories. There are victories which are but glittering defeats. No victory is worth having that is not won by moral means, or that does not express a moral right. Here we have the explanation in the words "the war was of God"; that is to say, it was a good war, or a war on behalf of right principles and right claims; a war which God... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:18-24

We have here a short account of the blessing of God upon the Reubenites and the Gadites. How undeserving soever in themselves, the Lord accepted them in the covenant, and wrought deliverance for them, for his great name's sake. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:22

Lord. Very dreadful, and in obedience to God's orders. --- Captivity, ver. 6. (Calmet) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 5:11-26

The Posterity of Gad and of Half-Manasseh. v. 11. And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, just north of them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah, in Central Gilead, southeast of the Sea of Galilee: v. 12. Joel, the chief, and Shapham, the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan, all of these continuing the line of Gad after the settlement in the Land of Promise. v. 13. And their brethren of the house of their fathers, by the families at whose head they stood, and which were named... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

2. The Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh: 1 Chronicles 5:0α. The Tribe of Reuben: 1 Chronicles 5:1-101 Chronicles 5:1.And the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel,—for he was the first-born; but, because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of 2Joseph the son of Israel, though he was not to be registered as first-born. For Judah was mighty among his brethren, and of him was the prince; and Joseph 3had the birthright.—The sons of Reuben, the first-born of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

The worth principally attracting attention in this chapter are those connected with the name of Reuben. Here the ultimate light flames on the record: "the Prince," toward whose advent everything moves, is named. Yet He does not come through the line of birthright. The birthright was given to Joseph, while the Prince came through Judah. In this connection also the principle of divine selection flames out. The actual firstborn of the sons of Israel was Reuben, but he, through sin, forfeited the... read more