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Verse 1 Chronicles 5:22. _FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN_] The
_hundred thousand_ _men_ mentioned above were probably made _slaves_,
and were not slain. The Targum says, _one hundred thousand souls of...
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3. SIMEON, REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH
Chapter S 4:24-5:26
_ 1. The sons of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24)_
2. The sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1)
3. The children of Gad and half Manasseh ...
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PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH
GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general
introduction to the whole work. They contain the following
genealogies, o...
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UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY. Compare 2 Kings 15:29. 2Ki 17:6. 2 Kings 18:9:
i.e. that of Tiglath-pileser....
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_was of God_ i.e. was prompted by God; cp. 1 Samuel 15:2-3....
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The War of the Trans-Jordanic Tribes against the Hagrites
18. _forty and four thousand_ According to Joshua 4:13 "about forty
thousand" from these tribes crossed the Jordan with Joshua to aid in
the...
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7. THE DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH, WAR BEYOND THE JORDAN
(1 Chronicles 5:18-26)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 5:18. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant m...
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_FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN, BECAUSE THE WAR WAS OF GOD. AND THEY
DWELT IN THEIR STEADS UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY._
They dwelt in their steads until the captivity. It appears that these
acquisitions by...
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GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED)
This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of
Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh....
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THE CAPTIVITY] i.e. the deportation of the eastern tribes by
Tiglath-pileser: cp. 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 5
The *tribe of Reuben –...
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(18-22) A war of conquest between the three tribes east of Jordan, and
their Arab neighbours. The date is not given.
(18) OF VALIANT MEN. — “_All that were valiant men, bearing shield
and sword, and d...
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כִּֽי ־חֲלָלִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ נָפָ֔לוּ
כִּ֥י מֵ ה
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NAMES
1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles
4:1;...
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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...
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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....
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_Lord. Very dreadful, and in obedience to God's orders. --- Captivity,
ver. 6. (Calmet)_...
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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,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5.
The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several
generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the
tribes...
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FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN,.... Many were killed in the battle,
besides the great number of prisoners made, so that the army the
Ishmaelites brought into the field was very great:
BECAUSE THE WAR...
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For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they
dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
Ver. 22. _Because the war was of God,_] _i.e., _ It was just and
necessary; God also...
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_For there fell down many slain_ Besides those taken captive, a great
number were slain in the battle. _Because the war was of God_
Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependance on him. Then...
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1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) vnto the captiuitie.
9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites.
11 The chiefe men, and habitations of Gad.
18 The number and conquest of Reuben...
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THE WAR WAS OF GOD; God put them upon it, and mightily assisted them
in it. THEY DWELT, i.e. that party of these tribes which went out to
this war, being 44,760 men; or part of them by the consent of...
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1 Chronicles 5:22 many H7227 fell H5307 (H8804) dead H2491 war H4421
Gods H430 dwelt H3427 (H8799) captivit
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CONTENTS: Line of Reuben, Gad, half of Manasseh. Captivity for their
sins.
CHARACTERS: Reuben, Judah.
CONCLUSION: In all conflicts we must look up to heaven for strength
and it is believing prayer t...
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1 Chronicles 5:19. _The Hagarites,_ that is, the Ishmaelites, who
descended from Hagar's son.
1 Chronicles 5:21. _Fifty thousand._ The LXX read, five thousand. The
ancient way of numbering by letters...
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_Because the war was of God._
GOD’S WAR
When a man fights against himself, in his lusts, passions, and
unauthorised aspirations, he fights a war approved of God, and if he
fights that war in the nam...
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1 CHRONICLES 5:1 The Transjordanian Tribes. By the Chronicler’s
time, Reuben (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:1), Gad (vv. 1 C
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:18 FOR THEY CRIED OUT TO GOD.
God answers his people and grants them victory when they cry out to
him (compare 2
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This ch. contains Reuben, Gad, and the half of
Manasseh east of Jordan, with two episodes, one on the wars of these
tribes, and the other on the removal by Tilgath-pilneser. The upper...
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EXPOSITION
1 CHRONICLES 5:1
THE SONS OF REUBEN. The tribe of Reuben is now taken third in order by
the compiler, though Reuben was the first of all the sons of Israel.
The distinct statements of 1 Ch...
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Now in chapter five we get to the descendants of Reuben, who lost his
birthright. It was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.
And so his genealogy is not reckoned after the birthright (1
C...
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1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 2 Chronicles
32:8;...
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Was of God — Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependence
on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprize, and then
only, when we take God along with us....
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How could the God of peace conduct war?
PROBLEM: In 1 Chronicles 5:18-22, the war of the sons of Reuben, the
Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, against the Hagrites is
described. Verse 20 states...