John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:6
Beerah his son ,.... The last of Joel's posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers F17 Aben Ezra in Hos. i. 1. Pesikta apud Abarbinel. in ib. was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, see Hosea 1:1 but neither the name, title, time, nor tribe, agree: whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive ; the same with Tiglathpileser by a transposition of letters, 2 Kings 15:29 and is read the same here in the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:1-17
We have here an extract out of the genealogies, I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have, 1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and, upon that account, might challenge the precedency; but he forfeited his birthright by defiling his father's concubine, and was, for that, sentenced not to excel, Gen. 49:4. Sin lessens men, thrusts them down from their excellency. Seventh-commandment sins especially leave an indelible stain upon... read more