1 Chronicles 5:8-10 NLT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:9

He inhabited - i. e. Reuben. Eastward the Reubenites inhabited as far as the commencement of the great Syrian Desert, which extended all the way from the river Euphrates to their borders. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:10

The “Hagarites” or “Hagarenes” are generally regarded as descendants of Hagar, and a distinct branch of the Ishmaelites 1 Chronicles 27:30-31; Psalms 83:6. They appear to have been one of the most wealthy 1 Chronicles 5:21 and widely-spread tribes of the Syrian Desert, being found on the side of the Euphrates in contact with the Assyrians, and also in the Hauran, in the neighborhood of Palestine, in contact with the Moabites and Israelites. If identical with the Agraei of the Classical writers,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:7-8

1 Chronicles 5:7-8. And his brethren The other sons of Reuben, and their posterity. Were the chief Hebrew, the head: each was the head of his family. Who dwelt in Aroer, even, &c. Namely, the Reubenites, all those here before mentioned, as appears, both by the following verses, which relate to the whole tribe, and by the agreement of this description of their inheritance with that Joshua 13:15-16. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:9

1 Chronicles 5:9. And eastward he inhabited That is, the tribe of Reuben. Unto the entering in of the wilderness, &c. From Jordan and the wilderness, beyond it unto Euphrates. Or, of the wilderness, which lies toward, or reacheth to the river Euphrates Namely, the great wilderness of Kedemoth, (Deuteronomy 2:26,) which was extended far and wide toward Euphrates: for that was the eastern border of Reuben’s possession, and not Euphrates, to which their habitation never reached. ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:10

1 Chronicles 5:10. In the days of Saul they made war The Gadites and Manassites joining with them in the war, 1 Chronicles 5:18-19. With the Hagarites The Ishmaelites who dwelt in Arabia Deserta. They dwelt in their tents The Israelites took possession of their lands, and tents or houses, which lay eastward from the land of Gilead. Thus God fulfilled his promise to his people: he cast out the enemy from before them by little and little, and gave them their land as they had occasion... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

The eastern tribes (5:1-26)At the beginning of this section, the writer gives the reason why he listed the genealogy of Judah before that of Reuben, the firstborn. Reuben had lost his rights as the firstborn (see Genesis 35:22), so the ruling power in Israel was given to Judah instead. The firstborn’s double portion of the inheritance went to Joseph, who received two tribes in Israel (Ephraim and Manasseh). The descendants of Reuben, along with those of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, dwelt... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 5:8

Azaz. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Azan", or "Azzan". Aroer . . . Nebo . . . Baal-meon. All east of Dead Sea. See Numbers 32:34 , Numbers 32:38 . Deuteronomy 2:36 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 5:10

Hagarites. Tracing their descent from Hagar through Ishmael. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:19 with 1 Chronicles 1:31 , and Psalms 83:6 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:9

9. Eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates—The settlement was on the east of Jordan, and the history of this tribe, which never took any part in the public affairs or movements of the nation, is comprised in "the multiplication of their cattle in the land of Gilead," in their wars with the Bedouin sons of Hagar, and in the simple labors of pastoral life. They had the right of pasture over an extensive mountain range—the great wilderness of Kedemoth... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

3. The families of Transjordan ch. 5Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan River. Reuben would have normally been the son of Jacob through whom the greatest blessing would come since he was the first-born. However, because of his sin (1 Chronicles 5:1), God passed him over. God blessed Joseph with the double portion of the birthright. He did this by elevating Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, to equality among Jacob’s other sons, Joseph’s brothers. God’s... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:7-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 5:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 5:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 5:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 5:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

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