1 Chronicles 5:16

in Gilead in Bashan Read, in Gilead, in Jabesh; cp. 1 Chronicles 10:11-12. The phrase in Gilead in Bashanyields no good sense, for Gileadmeans the southern, and Bashanthe northern part of the territory of Israel east of Jordan.

suburbs R.V. mg., pasture lands (as in 1 Chronicles 13:2).

Sharon The well-known Sharonis to be identified with the maritime plain between Joppa and Caesarea. As however the text speaks here of the country E. of Jordan, some other Sharonat present unidentified, must be meant.

upon their borders R.V. as far as their borders.