1 Chronicles 5:13

_JOEL THE CHIEF, AND SHAPHAM THE NEXT, AND JAANAI, AND SHAPHAT IN BASHAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:13. _AND THEIR BRETHREN_] This verse is wanting both in the _Syriac_ and in the _Arabic_....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 5:1 THE SONS OF REUBEN. The tribe of Reuben is now taken third in order by the compiler, though Reuben was the first of all the sons of Israel. The distinct statements of 1 Chronicles 5:1 and 1 Chronicles 5:2, respecting the degradation of Reuben and his loss of the rights of primogeniture, are not to be understood, however, as mentioned in any way to account for his standing third here. That Judah takes in any genealogy the first place needs no other apology than that contained in this passage, "Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler" (i.e.

AND THEIR BRETHREN OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them: WERE, MICHAEL, AND MESHULLAM, AND SHEBAI, AND JORAI, AND JACHAN, AND ZIA, AND HEBER, SEVEN; so they are as here mentioned by name....

3. SIMEON, REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH Chapter S 4:24-5:26 _ 1. The sons of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24)_ 2. The sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1) 3. The children of Gad and half Manasseh (1 Chronicles 5:11) The account of the Simeonites is interesting. Some of their families had increased so much that they had no pasture for their flocks. Some went then to Gedor and found fat pasture and quietness. Others went to Mount Seir, and five hundred of them smote the Amalekites. Reuben was the firstborn, and the Chronicles state briefly why Reuben was not mentioned first in these genealogies. His birthright was given to the sons of Joseph. Judah, however, had

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

HEBER. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Septuagint, read "Hehed", mistaking _Resh_, ("r") for _Daleth,_ ("d")....

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 ruins of _Salkhad_due S. of the _Jebel Hauran_and almost due E. of Bostra....

6. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF GAD (1 Chronicles 5:11-17) TEXT 1 Chronicles 5:11. And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah: 12. Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13. And their brethren of their fathers-' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. 14. These were the sons of Abihail and the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15. Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers-' houses. 16. And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. 17. All these were reckoned by geneal

GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh....