What does 1 Chronicles 5:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema,b the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:"
Verse 1 Chronicles 5:8. _WHO DWELT IN AROER_] This town was situated on the river _Arnon_; and _Nebo_ was both a city and a mountain in the same country. They both lay on the other side of Jordan....
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 Chronicle...
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, o...
AZAZ. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Azan", or "Azzan". AROER... NEBO... BAAL-MEON. All east of Dead Sea. See Numbers 32:34; Numbers 32:38; Deuteronomy 2:36....
_Aroer_ now _-Ar-âir_, a heap of ruins near the _wâdy Mojib_, i.e. the _Arnon_(Joshua 12:2). It passed from Sihon king of the Amorites into the hands of the Reubenites at the Conquest (_ib._Joshua 13:...
5. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF REUBEN (1 Chronicles 5:1-10) TEXT 1 Chronicles 5:1. And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his fat...
_AND HIS BRETHREN BY THEIR FAMILIES, WHEN THE GENEALOGY OF THEIR GENERATIONS WAS RECKONED, WERE THE CHIEF, JEIEL, AND ZECHARIAH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 5 THE *TRIBE OF REUBEN – 1 CHRONICLES 5:1-10 V1 Reuben was *Israel’s first son by birth. But he had sex with one...
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 genea...
וּ בֶ֨לַע֙ בֶּן ־עָזָ֔ז בֶּן ־שֶׁ֖מַע בֶּן ־יֹואֵ֑ל ה֚וּא יֹושֵׁ֣ב בַּ עֲרֹעֵ֔ר וְ עַד...
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 7:1; 1 Chronicles 8:1;...
The worth principally attracting attention in this chapter are those connected with the name of Reuben. Here the ultimate light flames on the record: "the Prince," toward whose advent everything moves...
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in (d) Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: (d) These places were beyond Jordan toward the east in the land given to the Reubenit...
_And. So Hebrew, &c., as f he was one of the princes. But the Vulgate seems to begin a new sentence, Porro, "now Bala." The possessions of this man must have been very extensive, from the Euphrates ti...
The names and settlements of the Reubenites, are here particularly marked. But what a sad proof of degeneracy this tribe afforded, in setting up their residence, the other side of the land of promise....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...
AND BELA THE SON OF AZAZ, THE SON OF SHEMA, THE SON OF JOEL,.... The pedigree of Bela, another principal man in the tribe of Reuben, is traced up to Joel the father of Shema; the same with Shemaiah, a...
_And his brethren_ The other sons of Reuben, and their posterity. _Were the chief_ Hebrew, _the head:_ each was the head of his family. _Who dwelt in Aroer, even_, &c. Namely, the Reubenites, all thos...
1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) vnto the captiuitie. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chiefe men, and habitations of Gad. 18 The number and conquest of Reuben...
THE POSTERITY OF REUBEN...
SHEMA: Or, Shemaiah...
WHO DWELT, to wit, the Reubenites, all these here before mentioned, as appears both by the following verses, which relate to the whole tribe; and by the agreement of this description of their inherita...
1 Chronicles 5:8 Bela H1106 son H1121 Azaz H5811 son H1121 Shema H8087 son H1121 Joel H3100 dwelt H3427 (H8802) Aroer H6177 Nebo H5015 Meon H1186 Bela - Genesis 14:2 Azaz - i.e. the strong one, H5811...
CONTENTS: Line of Reuben, Gad, half of Manasseh. Captivity for their sins. CHARACTERS: Reuben, Judah. CONCLUSION: In all conflicts we must look up to heaven for strength and it is believing prayer t...
1 Chronicles 5:19. _The Hagarites,_ that is, the Ishmaelites, who descended from Hagar's son. 1 Chronicles 5:21. _Fifty thousand._ The LXX read, five thousand. The ancient way of numbering by letters...
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 los...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This ch. contains Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh east of Jordan, with two episodes, one on the wars of these tribes, and the other on the removal by Tilgath-pilneser. The upper...
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 Ch...
Now in chapter five we get to the descendants of Reuben, who lost his birthright. It was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel. And so his genealogy is not reckoned after the birthright (1 C...
1 Chronicles 5:4; Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1; Ezekiel 25:9; Genesis 14:2; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 17:2; Joshua 13:15;...