1 Chronicles 5:9

_AND EASTWARD HE INHABITED UNTO THE ENTERING IN OF THE WILDERNESS FROM THE RIVER EUPHRATES: BECAUSE THEIR CATTLE WERE MULTIPLIED IN THE LAND OF GILEAD._ Eastward he inhabited ... The settlement was on the east of Jordan, and the history of this tribe, which never took any part in the public affairs or movements of the nation, is comprised in 'the multiplication of their cattle in the land of Gilead,' in their 'wars with the Bedouin sons of Hagar, and in the simple labours of pastoral life. They had the right of pasture over an extensive mountain-range, the great wilderness of Kedemoth (Deuteronomy 2:26) and the Euphrates being a security against their enemies. If their possession did not extend to this limit in the time of Moses or Joshua, it did in the reign of David; and it affords an unmistakeable proof of the increase of their herds and flocks when they pastured

HE INHABITED - i. e. Reuben. Eastward the Reubenites inhabited as far as the commencement of the great Syrian Desert, which extended all the way from the river Euphrates to their borders....

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 EASTWARD HE INHABITED,.... Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben: UNTO THE ENTERING IN OF THE WILDERNESS; the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the Reubenites inhabited, Deuteronomy 2:26 FROM THE RIVER EUPHRATES; a learned man r thinks that this river Phrat was different from the Euphrates near Babylon, which was northward, since this was to the east or southeast: BECAUSE THEIR CATTLE WERE MULTIPLIED IN THE LAND OF GILEAD; therefore their habitation was extended further, even to the river Euphrates, as in the days of David and Solomon, 2 Samuel 8:3. r Texelii Phoenix, l. 3. c. 7. p. 272....

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 ...

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 father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph'S), 3. the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4. The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his Song of Solomon, 5. Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his Song of Solomon, 6. Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

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 of his father’s wives. So, he lost the benefits of the first son. *Israel gave these benefits to the sons of Joseph. Joseph was a son of *Israel. Therefore, Reuben could not be in the list as the first among the sons of *Israel. V2 Judah became stronger than his brothers, an

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 (Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:22). The form of the expression, “unto the entrance into the wilderness from the river Euphrates,” seems to indicate that this account was written originally in Babylonia. BECAUSE THEIR CATTLE WERE (had) MULTIPLIED IN THE LAND OF GILEAD. — Gilead, in Old Testament usage, means all Israelite territory east of the Jordan....