The Genealogies of the Tribes of Israel The Chronicler deals very unequally with the tribes in their genealogies; as the following table shews: 1 Chronicles 2:1 to 1 Chronicles 4:23. Judah (102 verses). 1 Chronicles 4:24-43. Simeon (20 verses). 1 Chronicles 5:1-26. Reuben, Gad, and Eastern Manas... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 5:1-10. The Genealogy of Reuben 1. _he defiled_ Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4. _his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph_ Cp. Genesis 48:5, "Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine"; words of Jacob which might be interpreted to mean that Reuben and Simeon... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judah prevailed above his brethren_ Cp. Genesis 49:8 (Jacob to Judah) "Thy father's children shall bow down before thee." _the chief ruler_ R.V. THE PRINCE. The Heb. word is _nâgîd_, translated "captain" (1 Samuel 13:14, A.V.) and "ruler" (2 Samuel 7:8, A.V.). The prophets seem to prefer this word... [ Continue Reading ]
_The sons of Reuben_ The same four names (with one unimportant variation in spelling in A.V.) appear Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14. _Hanoch_ the correct spelling of the familiar name _Enoch_; cp. 1 Chronicles 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tilgath-pilneser_ called _Tiglath-pileser_(2 Kings 15:29), and no doubt identical with _Pul_(_ib._2 Kings 15:19). See F. Hommel in Hastings" _Bible Dict._, Assyria, p. 185. The Chronicler is therefore in error in speaking of Pul and Tilgath-pilneser as two persons; cp. 1 Chronicles 5:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
_was reckoned_, were _the chief, Jeiel_ R.V. WAS RECKONED; THE CHIEF; JEIEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Aroer_ now _-Ar-âir_, a heap of ruins near the _wâdy Mojib_, i.e. the _Arnon_(Joshua 12:2). It passed from Sihon king of the Amorites into the hands of the Reubenites at the Conquest (_ib._Joshua 13:16). See _Bädeker_, p. 191. _Nebo and Baal-meon_ A line drawn due N. from Aroer (see last note), pa... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the days of Saul_ Saul's great victory over the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11) may have paved the way for the expansion of Israel east of Jordan. _the Hegarites_ R.V. the HAGRITES as Psalms 83:6 (R.V. mg.). They were an Arab people. Details of the war are given 1 Chronicles 5:18-22. _the east_land _o... [ Continue Reading ]
The Genealogy and Settlements of Gad 11. _Bashan_ the wide district extending from the Jabbok on the S. to Hermon in the N. and from the Sea of Galilee on the W. to the mountains of Hauran on the E. Cp. 1 Chronicles 5:23. _Salchah_ R.V. SALECAH, is probably represented at the present day by the ru... [ Continue Reading ]
_the next_ R.V. THE SECOND. Cp. 2 Kings 25:18. _and Jaanai, and Shaphat_ LXX, καὶ Ἰανεὶν ὁ γραμματεύς, "and Janin the scribe"; Targ., "and Janai the judge.... [ Continue Reading ]
_of the house of their fathers … Jachan … and Heber_ R.V. OF THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES … JACAN … AND EBER.... [ Continue Reading ]
_chief of the house of their fathers_ R.V. CHIEF OF THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in Gilead in Bashan_ Read, IN GILEAD, IN JABESH; cp. 1 Chronicles 10:11-12. The phrase _in Gilead in Bashan_yields no good sense, for _Gilead_means the southern, and _Bashan_the northern part of the territory of Israel east of Jordan. _suburbs_ R.V. mg., PASTURE LANDS (as in 1 Chronicles 13:2). _... [ Continue Reading ]
_reckoned by genealogy_ A specimen of this kind of reckoning is given in Nehemiah 7:5-65. _in the days of Jotham … and in the days of Jeroboam_ "Reckoning by genealogy" is a phrase used only in the writings of the Chronicler (Chron., Ezra, Neh.), but the practice probably resembled what is called in... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Conquest. _that went out to the war_ R.V. THAT WERE ABLE TO GO FORTH TO WAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Hagarites_ R.V. THE HAGRITES (cp. 1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 5:20). _Jetur, and_ NAPHISH, _and Nodab Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah_are given as sons of Ishmael in 1 Chronicles 1:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they were helped_ with divine assistance; cp. 1 Chronicles 15:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
_was of God_ i.e. was prompted by God; cp. 1 Samuel 15:2-3.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Half Tribe of Manasseh 23. _Baal-hermon_ In Judges 3:3 a mount Baal-hermon is mentioned. Here probably a city is meant, possibly _Banias_. _Senir_ the name given by the Amorites to Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9, R.V.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_of the house of their fathers_ R.V. OF THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Captivity of the Trans-Jordanic Tribes 25. _they transgressed_ R.V. THEY TRESPASSED. The Hebrew verb has a special reference to unlawful or idolatrous worship and also to the violation of a consecrated thing; cp. Joshua 22:16; Joshua 22:20; Joshua 22:31. _the people of the land_ R.V. THE PEOPL... [ Continue Reading ]
_stirred up the spirit_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 36:22. _Pul … and … Tilgath-pilneser_ Both here and in 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 15:29 (_Pul … Tiglath-pileser_) the two names are used as though two different persons were meant, but there is no doubt that _Pul_is the earlier and _Tiglath-p... [ Continue Reading ]