(KJV) 1 Chronicles 51

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⥃The Descendants of Reuben

[1] Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was2] the firstborn; but, forasmuch3 as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright4 was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and5 the genealogy is not to be reckoned6 after the birthright.7 [2] For Judah8 prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler9; but the birthright [was10] Joseph’s:) [3] The sons11, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were], Hanoch12, and Pallu13, Hezron14, and Carmi15. [4] The sons of Joel16; Shemaiah17 his son, Gog18 his son, Shimei19 his son,20 [5] Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, [6] Beerah21 his son, whom Tilgath–pilneser22 king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites23. [7] And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy24 of their generations was reckoned, [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, [8] And Bela25 the son of Azaz26, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer27, even unto Nebo28 and Baal–meon29: [9] And eastward he inhabited unto the entering30 in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates31: because32 their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead33. [10] And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites34, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout35 all the east [land] of Gilead.36

⥃The Descendants of Gad

[11] [¶]And the children37 of Gad38 dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:39 [12] Joel40 the chief, and Shapham41 the next, and Jaanai42, and Shaphat in Bashan43. [13] And their brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Michael44, and Meshullam45, and Sheba46, and Jorai47, and Jachan48, and Zia49, and Heber, seven.50 [14] These [are] the children of Abihail51 the son of Huri52, the son of Jaroah53, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael54, the son of Jeshishai55, the son of Jahdo56, the son of Buz57; [15] Ahi58 the son of Abdiel59, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. [16] And they dwelt in Gilead60 in Bashan61, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon62, upon their borders63. [17] All these were reckoned by genealogies64 in the days of Jotham65 king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam66 king of Israel.

[18] The sons of Reuben67, and the Gadites68, and half the tribe of Manasseh69, of valiant men70, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot71 with bow, and skilful in war, [were] four and forty72 thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went73 out to the war. [19] And they made war74 with the Hagarites75, with Jetur, and Nephish76, and Nodab. [20] And they77 were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried78 to God in the battle79, and he was intreated of them; because80 they put their trust in him. [21] And they took away81 their cattle; of their camels82 fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men83 an hundred thousand. [22] For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God84. And they dwelt85 in their steads86 until the captivity87.

⥃The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

[23] [¶]And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon8889 and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. [24] And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men90, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.

[25] [¶]And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went91 a whoring92 after the gods93 of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. [26] And the God of Israel stirred up94 the spirit of Pul95 king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them96 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

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  1. 1Chr 5:1, Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright; 1Chr 5:3, Ruben’s descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites; 1Chr 5:11, The chief men of Gad, and their habitations; 1Chr 5:18, Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites; 1Chr 5:23, The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh; 1Chr 5:25, The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins. ↩

  2. 1Chr 2:1; Gen 29:32, Gen 46:8, Gen 49:3; Exod 6:14; Num 1:5, Num 16:1, Num 26:5 ↩

  3. Gen 35:22, Gen 49:4; Lev 18:8, Lev 20:11; Deut 27:20; 1Cor 5:1 ↩

  4. 1Chr 26:10; Gen 48:15-22; Deut 21:17; Col 1:15 ↩

  5. Gen 25:23; 1Sam 16:6-11 ↩

  6. Josh 14:6 ↩

  7. am 2294, etc. bc 1710, etc ↩

  8. Gen 35:23, Gen 49:8-10; Num 2:3, Num 7:12; Josh 14:6; Judg 1:2; Ps 60:7, Ps 108:8; Mic 5:2; Matt 2:6; Heb 7:14; Rev 5:5 ↩

  9. or, the prince, By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the Messiah, agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob (Gen 49:10). The Syriac calls him "Christ the king," and the Arabic, "Messiah the king." 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:10, 1Sam 16:12; 2Sam 8:15; Ps 78:68-71; Jer 23:5-6; Mic 5:2; Matt 2:6; Heb 7:14 ↩

  10. Gen 49:26; Rom 8:29 ↩

  11. Gen 46:9; Exod 6:14; Num 26:5-9 ↩

  12. Gen 25:4 ↩

  13. Gen 46:9, Phallu, Num 26:5 ↩

  14. Gen 46:9 ↩

  15. 1Chr 4:1 ↩

  16. 1Sam 8:2 ↩

  17. 1Chr 9:16 ↩

  18. i.e. to cover; surmount; top; roof; extension; mountain, ( ‎גּוֹג‎ ), 1Chr 5:4; Ezek 38:2-3, Ezek 38:14, Ezek 38:16, Ezek 38:18, Ezek 39:1, Ezek 39:11, Ezek 39:15 ↩

  19. 2Sam 16:5 ↩

  20. Gog and Magog, Rev 20:8, belong to a different time to those spoken of in Ezekiel. ↩

  21. i.e. a well, ( ‎בְּאֵרָה‎ ), After their separation from the house of David, the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes, till the time that Tiglath–pileser carried them captive; at which time Beerah, who according to the Targum was the same as Baruch, was their prince. ↩

  22. 1Chr 5:26; 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 16:7, Tiglath–pileser ↩

  23. Num 26:7 ↩

  24. 1Chr 5:17 ↩

  25. Gen 14:2 ↩

  26. i.e. the strong one, ( ‎עָזָז‎ ), Shema. Josh 15:26, or, Shemaiah, 1Chr 5:4 ↩

  27. Num 32:34; Deut 2:36; Josh 13:15-21; Isa 17:2 ↩

  28. Num 32:3; The city of Nebo was doubtless situated on or near the celebrated mountain of the same name, east of Jordan. Num 32:38; Deut 32:49, Deut 34:1; Isa 15:2 ↩

  29. Num 32:38; Josh 13:17; Ezek 25:9 ↩

  30. That is, unto the borders of Arabia Deserta, which extends to the Euphrates. ↩

  31. 1Chr 18:3; Gen 2:14; 2Kgs 24:7 ↩

  32. Josh 22:8-9 ↩

  33. 1Chr 5:16; 1Chr 26:31; Gen 31:23; Josh 22:9; 1Kgs 17:1 ↩

  34. i.e. fugitives, 1Chr 5:19-20; Gen 21:9, Gen 25:12; 2Sam 24:6; Ps 83:6, Hagarenes, ( ‎הַגְרִי‎ ), 1Chr 5:10, 1Chr 5:19-20; Ps 83:6, Also, 1Chr 11:38, Haggeri, 1Chr 27:31 ↩

  35. etc. Heb. upon all the face of the East ↩

  36. am 2944, bc 1060 ↩

  37. The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the same country, and formed a sort of separate colony east of Jordan. ↩

  38. Gen 30:11, in the land Bashan, Num 21:33, Num 32:34-36; Deut 3:10-17; Josh 12:4, Josh 13:11, Josh 13:24-28; Ps 22:12 ↩

  39. Salcah Josh 13:11 ↩

  40. 1Sam 8:2 ↩

  41. i.e. bald, ( ‎שָׁפָם‎ ) ↩

  42. i.e. responsive, ( ‎יַעֲנַי‎ ), Shaphat. 1Chr 3:22 ↩

  43. 1Chr 5:11; Num 21:33 ↩

  44. Dan 12:1 ↩

  45. 1Chr 9:12 ↩

  46. 1Kgs 10:1 ↩

  47. i.e. rainy, ( ‎יוֹרַי‎ ) ↩

  48. i.e. afflicted, ( ‎יַעְכָּן‎ ) ↩

  49. i.e. trembling; smelling, ( ‎זִיעַ‎ ), Heber. Gen 46:17 ↩

  50. This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and Arabic. ↩

  51. Num 3:35 ↩

  52. i.e. nobleman, ( ‎חוּרִי‎ ) ↩

  53. i.e. making a sweet odor, ( ‎יָרוֹחַ‎ ). Gilead. Gen 31:23 ↩

  54. Dan 12:1 ↩

  55. i.e. aged, ( ‎יְשִׁישָׁי‎ ) ↩

  56. i.e. together, ( ‎יַחְדוֹ‎ ) ↩

  57. Gen 22:21 ↩

  58. i.e. brotherly, ( ‎אֲחִי‎ ), 1Chr 5:15, 1Chr 7:34 ↩

  59. i.e. servant of God, ( ‎עַבְדִיאֵל‎ ), Guni. Gen 46:24 ↩

  60. Gen 31:23 ↩

  61. 1Chr 5:11 ↩

  62. 1Chr 27:29; Song 2:1; Isa 35:2 ↩

  63. Heb. goings forth ↩

  64. 1Chr 5:7 ↩

  65. Judg 9:5; 2Kgs 15:5, 2Kgs 15:32; 2Chr 27:1 ↩

  66. 1Kgs 11:26; 2Kgs 14:16, 2Kgs 14:23, 2Kgs 14:28 ↩

  67. 1Chr 12:37; Gen 29:32; 2Kgs 10:33 ↩

  68. Deut 3:12 ↩

  69. Gen 41:51 ↩

  70. Heb. sons of valour, 1Sam 18:17 marg. 2Sam 2:7 marg. ↩

  71. 1Chr 8:40; 2Chr 14:8; Ps 7:13 ↩

  72. Josh 4:12-13 ↩

  73. Num 1:3 ↩

  74. 1Chr 5:10 ↩

  75. The Hagarites, and these other tribes, were descendants of Hagar, and dwelt, according to Strabo, in Arabia Deserta. ↩

  76. 1Chr 1:31; Gen 25:15 * Naphish: ↩

  77. 1Chr 5:22; Exod 17:11; Josh 10:14, Josh 10:42; 1Sam 7:12, 1Sam 19:15; Ps 46:1, Ps 146:5-6 ↩

  78. 1Kgs 8:44-45; 2Chr 13:14-15, 2Chr 14:11-13, 2Chr 18:31, 2Chr 20:12, 2Chr 32:20-21 ↩

  79. 1Kgs 22:32; 2Chr 13:13-14, 2Chr 14:10-11, 2Chr 18:31 ↩

  80. Ps 9:10, Ps 20:7-8, Ps 22:4-5, Ps 84:11-12; Jer 17:7-8; Nah 1:7; Eph 1:12 ↩

  81. Heb. led captive ↩

  82. The camel, in Hebrew gamal, retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnean system, a genus of quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel, properly so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single one; the lama, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast gibbose, and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The camel, properly so called, is about 6+ feet in height. Its head is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long and slender, having four callosities on the fore legs and two on the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail about two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft, of considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of water till wanted. ↩

  83. Heb. souls of men, Num 31:35; Ezek 27:13; Rev 18:13, souls, Heb. nephesh, Gen 12:5 ↩

  84. Exod 14:14; Josh 23:10; Judg 3:2; 2Chr 32:8; Neh 4:20; Ps 24:8; Prov 22:3; Zech 14:3; Luke 14:31-32, Luke 22:36; Rom 8:31 ↩

  85. Num 32:33 ↩

  86. 1Chr 4:41 ↩

  87. 1Chr 5:6, 1Chr 5:26; 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 17:6 ↩

  88. Josh 13:29-31 ↩

  89. Josh 13:11; Ps 133:3; Song 4:8 ↩

  90. Heb. men of names, 1Chr 4:38 ↩

  91. Judg 2:17, Judg 8:33; 2Kgs 17:7-18; Hos 1:2, Hos 9:1; Rev 17:5 ↩

  92. Exod 34:15; Judg 8:27; 2Kgs 17:7; 2Chr 21:11, 2Chr 21:13 ↩

  93. Judg 2:12; 2Chr 25:14-15; Ps 106:34-39 ↩

  94. 2Sam 24:1; 2Chr 33:11; Ezra 1:5; Isa 10:5-6, Isa 13:2-5 ↩

  95. 2Kgs 15:19, Tiglath pileser ↩

  96. 2Kgs 17:6, 2Kgs 18:11, 2Kgs 19:12; Isa 37:12 ↩