1 Chronicles 5:9-20

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:18-26

The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, 1 Chron. 5:23, 24. Their lot, at first, was Bashan only; but afterwards they increased so much in wealth and power that they spread far north, even unto Hermon. Two things only are here recorded concerning these tribes on the other side Jordan, in which they were all concerned. They all shared, I. In a glorious victory over the Hagarites, so the Ishmaelites were now called, to remind them that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:9

And eastward he inhabited ,.... Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben: unto the entering in of the wilderness ; the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the Reubenites inhabited, Deuteronomy 2:26 . from the river Euphrates ; a learned man F18 Texelii Phoenix, l. 3. c. 7. p. 272. thinks that this river Phrat was different from the Euphrates near Babylon, which was northward, since this was to the east or southeast: because their cattle... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:10

And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites ,.... Not with the Hungarians, as the Targum, a people not then in being; but the Ishmaelites, so called because they descended from Hagar F19 So David de Pomis, Lexic. fol. 45. 4. , Sarah's maid; the same that are placed by Pliny F20 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28. and Ptolemy F21 Geograph. l. 5. c. 19. in Arabia, near the Batanaeans, or inhabitants of Bashan; with those the Reubenites made war, in conjunction with the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:11

And the children of Gad dwelt over against them ,.... Or by them, the Reubenites; and one part of Gilead was given them between them, and the other to the half tribe of Manasseh: in the land of Bashan, unto Salcah ; for though all Bashan is said to be given to the half tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 3:13 yet that is to be understood of the greater part of it; all of that which belonged to Og, but what did not, the Gadites, either from the first, or in later times, inhabited even as far... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:12

Joel the chief ,.... In this and the following verse are reckoned up the principal men in the tribe of Gad, and the chief of all was Joel, another from him in the tribe of Reuben, 1 Chronicles 5:4 . and Shapham the next ; the second chief man, from whom, Reland F24 Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 602. conjectures, Shophan, a city in the tribe of Gad, had its name, Numbers 32:35 . and Jaanai ; from whom Danjaan might be called, as Michaelis intimates, 2 Samuel 24:6 . ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:13

And their brethren of the house of their fathers ,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them: were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Shebai, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven ; so they are as here mentioned by name. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:14

These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri ,.... That is, the seven before mentioned; they were the posterity of Abihail, whose pedigree is traced from his father Huri to Buz, the intermediate progenitors being Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:15

Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. Which Ahi was a principal man in the families the seven above men belonged to; besides them, or those three, were everyone of them heads of families. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 5:16

And they dwelt in Gilead ,.... In that part of it which belonged to the tribe of Gad: in Bashan, and in her towns ; See Gill on 1 Chronicles 5:11 , and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders ; there were two Sharons, one to the west of the land of Israel near the Mediterranean sea, which is mentioned in Acts 9:35 as near Lydda and Joppa; and the other to the east or northeast, beyond Jordan, which is here meant. read more

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