1 CHRONICLES 5:1 The Transjordanian Tribes. By the Chronicler’s time, Reuben (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:1), Gad (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:11), and the half-tribe of Manasseh (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:23) had largely lost their identities after Assyrian invasions in the eighth century B.C. Nonetheless, the Chronicler i... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:3 This is a partial genealogy of Reuben’s line, extending to their exile by the Assyrian king TIGLATH-PILESER III, in his conquest of Gilead (Transjordanian Israel) in 733 B.C. See also 2 Chronicles 28:19. These verses recount an earlier expansion of the Reubenite... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:11 The information about GAD in BASHAN (northeast of the Sea of Galilee) is from records (possibly a military census; see v. 1 Chronicles 5:18) dating from the eighth-century B.C. reigns of JOTHAM KING OF JUDAH and JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL (v. 1 Chronicles 5:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 20:5). THEY PREVAILED OVER THEM may be, “they were helped to prevail over them” (see esv footnote, and 2 Chronicles 25:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:23 The HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH lived east of the Jordan between Gad’s territory (BASHAN) and MOUNT HERMON in Lebanon. Their large numbers and extensive lands indicate divine blessing. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=image... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:25 The HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH was defeated and exiled, along with the REUBENITES and GADITES, into Assyrian lands by TIGLATH-PILESER (see note on 2 Kings 15:16–22). The Chronicler attributes this to God’s initiative in human affairs: THE GOD OF ISRAEL STIRRED UP T... [ Continue Reading ]