1 Chronicles 5 - Introduction
V. The tribes east of Jordan — Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh, with short notices of their conquest, and their final captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
V. The tribes east of Jordan — Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh, with short notices of their conquest, and their final captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
I. — THE REUBENITES (1 Chronicles 5:1). (1) REUBEN THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL. — See Genesis 49:3 : “Reuben, my firstborn thou! my strength, and firstfruits of my manhood;” also Genesis 29:32. FOR HE WAS THE FIRSTBORN. — The parenthesis is an assertion of the legitimacy of the Davidic monarchy, as ag... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR JUDAH PREVAILED ABOVE HIS BRETHREN. — Literally, _was mighty among his brethren._ Comp. Jacob’s blessing (Genesis 49:8): “Judah, thou — thy brethren shall praise thee, Thy hand shall be on the neck of thy foes, Thy father’s sons shall bow before thee. Sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor doo... [ Continue Reading ]
HANOCH, AND PALLU, HEZRON, AND CARMI. — So Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5. Considering the prominence of Hezron and Carmi among the clans of Judah, it is remarkable to find their names recurring among the main branches of Reuben.... [ Continue Reading ]
The LXX. read: “Sons of Joel Shemaiah, and Banaia (Benaiah) his son; and sons of Gog, son of Shemaiah, his son Micah,” &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
(4-6) THE SONS OF JOEL. — The connection of this leading house with one of the four sons just mentioned, is implied but not stated. The line of Joel is traced through seven generations to Beerah, who was transported to Assyria by Tiglath Pileser. II., 734 B.C., in the reign of Pekah, king of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAAL. — Compare the names of Saul’s posterity Eshbaal and Meribbaal; and David’s son Beeliada (Heb., _Baalyada_)_. _... [ Continue Reading ]
TILGATH - PILNESER. — The Assyrian monarch known as Tiglath Pileser II. See 2 Kings 15:29, for his deportation of the people of the northern and trans-Jordanic districts of Israel, in the reign of Pekah. Some MSS., with LXX. and Syriac, read Tiglath, which is more correct than Tilgath. Vat., LXX., Θ... [ Continue Reading ]
BELA. — His descent is traced, like that of Beerah. but through fewer names. This does not necessarily imply that Bela and Beerah were not contemporaries. Intermediate names are often omitted in genealogies. (See Joshua 7:18 : “Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah,” and 1 Chronicles 5:24, “A... [ Continue Reading ]
AND EASTWARD HE INHABITED UNTO THE ENTERING IN OF THE WILDERNESS. — As their flocks and herds increased, the Reubenites gradually spread eastward, to the great desert lying between the Euphrates and Syria. This desert was a painful memory to the restored exiles. Ezra took four months to cross it (Ez... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE DAYS OF SAUL THEY MADE WAR WITH THE HAGARITES. — The great extension of the tribe in an easterly direction took place in the reign of Saul, the first king of Israel. Bela and his clan victoriously fought with the Hagarites (Heb., _Hagri’im_) or Hagarenes (see Psalms 83:7, _Hagrim_)_,_ tha... [ Continue Reading ]
(11-17) THE SONS OF GAD, THEIR CLANS, TERRITORY, AND REGISTRATION. (11) AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD DWELT OVER AGAINST THEM. — That is, _adjoining them on the east of Jordan._ IN THE LAND OF BASHAN UNTO SALCAH. — (Joshua 13:11.) Bashan, the ancient dominion of the giant Og (Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 drawing bow, and-trained in warfare, were_ 44,760, _going out in the host”_ Comp. what is said in 1 C... [ Continue Reading ]
BAAL-HERMON. — Perhaps the same as Baal-gad (Joshua 12:7; Joshua 13:5), the modern town of _Banias._ SENIR. — The Amorite name of the range of Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9). The principal summit is now called _Jebel esh-Sheikh, “_hill of the chief,” and _Jebel eth-Thelj,_ “Snow Hill.”... [ Continue Reading ]
The sons of half-Manasseh “in the land” east of Jordan. The translation should be: “And the children... dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon. These were many.” Their territory extended from “Bashan,” the domain of Gad, in the south, to the mountains of Hermon, o... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE WERE THE HEADS ... (name lost) EPHER, AND ISHI ... — Of these seven _“_valiant warriors, men of renown, heads for their clans” nothing further is recorded. The meagre memorial of their names has at least this value: it proves that abundant materials for the history of Israel once existed,... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS. — Rather, _were faithless_ or _untrue_ to Him (Joshua 7:1, “committed a trespass”). WENT A WHORING AFTER THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE (peoples). — Jehovah was the true Lord (_Ba’al_) and Husband (_Ish_) of Israel. Apostasy from Him is, in the prophetic l... [ Continue Reading ]
The captivity of the three eastern tribes. A fuller account may be read in 2 Kings 17:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
STIRRED UP (or woke) THE SPIRIT. — So 2 Chronicles 21:16, and Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:5. For the thought, Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1. PUL KING OF ASSYRIA, AND... TILGATH-PILNESER KING OF ASSYRIA. — No trace of Pûl as distinct from Tiglath-pileser has been found in the Assyrian monuments, which, it must be r... [ Continue Reading ]