1 Chronicles 5:26

_AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF PUL 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 THEM UNTO HALAH, AND HABOR, AND HARA, AND TO THE RIVER GOZAN, UNTO THIS DAY._ The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul - the Phal-luka of the Ninevite monuments (see the notes at 2 Kings 15:19). AND THE SPIRIT OF TILGATHPILNESER - the son of the former. By them the trans-Jordanic tribes, including the other half of Manasseh settled in Galilee, were removed to Upper Media. This was the first captivity (2 Kings 15:29)....

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:26. _TILGATH-PILNESER_] Many MSS. have תגלת _Tiglath_ instead of תלגת _Tilgath_. The _Syriac_, the _Septuagint_, and the _Chaldee_, have the same reading as in 2 Kings 15:29, c. _BROUGHT THEM UNTO HALAH_] See the _notes_ on the parallel places marked in the margin [2 Kings 17:6 (note), and 2 Kings 18:11 (note)], for many particulars of these wars, and consequent captivity. It is a pity that some method were not found out to _harmonize_ the books of Kings with the books of Chronicles, that the vari

“Habor” here seems to be a city or a district, and not a river, as in marginal reference There is some reason to believe that districts among the Assyrians were occasionally named from streams. Hara is probably the same as “Haran” Genesis 11:31; 2 Kings 19:12; Ezekiel 27:23, being a softening down of the rugged original “Kharan.”...

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 THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... The Targum is, "the word of the God of Israel:'' STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT OF PUL KING OF ASSYRIA: in the times of Menahem king of Israel: AND THE SPIRIT OF TILGATHPILNESER; in the times of Pekah king of Israel, to invade the land, and make war in it: AND HE CARRIED THEM AWAY: not the former, but the latter: EVEN THE REUBENITES, AND THE GADITES, AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH; these entirely together, with some other parts of the land, see 2 Kings 15:29 AND BROUGHT THEM UNTO HALAH, AND HABOR, AND HARA, AND TO THE RIVER GOZAN; to the very same places where afterwards Salmaneser carried the ten tribes, or what remained of them, see 2 Kings 17:6 u

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 ...

GOD OF ISRAEL. Note Elohim: not Jehovah, as dealing with Gentiles; but Israel, as not forgetting His covenant-relation though stirring up enemies. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. PUL... AND... TILGATH-PILNESER. Two names of one person: Pul, the original and official name in Babylon of this usurper; Tilgath, his official name in Assyria, which he assumed from an earlier king. Compare 2 Kings 15:19. HALAH... GOZAN. Whither the Israelites west of Jordan were deported by Sargon (2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11). UNTO THIS DAY. See note on...

The Captivity of the Trans-Jordanic Tribes 25. _they transgressed_ R.V. THEY TRESPASSED. The Hebrew verb has a special reference to unlawful or idolatrous worship and also to the violation of a consecrated thing; cp. Joshua 22:16; Joshua 22:20; Joshua 22:31. _the people of the land_ R.V. THE PEOPLES OF THE LAND. Cp. R.V. _Preface_, pp. vi, vii....

UNTO THIS DAY— _And there they were unto this day._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—The half tribe of Manasseh is here mentioned, who with Reuben and Gad living together, separate from their brethren, by the river Jordan, were particularly associated together both in their victories and their captivity. 1. With an army of 44,760 chosen men, they invaded the Hagarites, and, trusting more in the blessing of God than the sword and spear, they prayed as they fought, and God gave them a distinguished victory with immense spoils, and enlarged their borders with the extensive country of their vanquished enemies; for the war was of God, undertaken at his command, and prosecuted under his blessing. _Note;_ (1.) When we cry to God, then shall our spiritual enemies be put to flight. (2.) Every success should be gratefully ascribed, not to the arm of flesh, but to the help of God. 2. By the king of Assyri...