_NOW THE SONS OF REUBEN THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL, (FOR HE WAS THE
FIRSTBORN; BUT, FORASMUCH AS HE DEFILED HIS FATHER'S BED, HIS
BIRTHRIGHT WAS GIVEN UNTO THE SONS OF JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL: AND
THE GENEALOGY IS NOT TO BE RECKONED AFTER THE BIRTHRIGHT._
Now the sons of Reuben. In proceeding to give... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR JUDAH PREVAILED ABOVE HIS BRETHREN, AND OF HIM CAME THE CHIEF
RULER; BUT THE BIRTHRIGHT WAS JOSEPH'S:)_
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_BEERAH HIS SON, WHOM TILGATH-PILNESER KING OF ASSYRIA CARRIED AWAY
CAPTIVE: HE WAS PRINCE OF THE REUBENITES._
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pilneser ... carried away captive. There
appear to have been carryings away of the people of Israel, the first
by Pul (1 Chronicles 5:26), the second by Tiglat... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS BRETHREN BY THEIR FAMILIES, WHEN THE GENEALOGY OF THEIR
GENERATIONS WAS RECKONED, WERE THE CHIEF, JEIEL, AND ZECHARIAH,_
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_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE DAYS OF SAUL THEY MADE WAR WITH THE HAGARITES, WHO FELL BY
THEIR HAND: AND THEY DWELT IN THEIR TENTS THROUGHOUT ALL THE EAST LAND
OF GILEAD._
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by
their hand. [The Septuagint has here, instead of "with the Hagarites,"
pros... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF GAD DWELT OVER AGAINST THEM, IN THE LAND OF
BASHAN UNTO SALCAH:_
The children of Gad dwelt over against them. The genealogy of the
Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 5:24) is given
along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a
separate... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOEL THE CHIEF, AND SHAPHAM THE NEXT, AND JAANAI, AND SHAPHAT IN
BASHAN._
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_AND THEY DWELT IN GILEAD IN BASHAN, AND IN HER TOWNS, AND IN ALL THE
SUBURBS OF SHARON, UPON THEIR BORDERS._
Sharon. The term Sharon was applied as descriptive of any place of
extraordinary beauty and productiveness. There were three places in
Palestine so called. This Sharon lay east of the Jorda... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THESE WERE RECKONED BY GENEALOGIES IN THE DAYS OF JOTHAM KING OF
JUDAH, AND IN THE DAYS OF JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL._
All these were reckoned ... in the day of Jotham. His long reign and
freedom from foreign wars, as well as intestine troubles, were
favourable for taking a census of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF REUBEN, AND THE GADITES, AND HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH,
OF VALIANT MEN, MEN ABLE TO BEAR BUCKLER AND SWORD, AND TO SHOOT WITH
BOW, AND SKILFUL IN WAR, WERE FOUR AND FORTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
AND THREESCORE, THAT WENT OUT TO THE WAR._
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_AND THEY MADE WAR WITH THE HAGARITES, WITH JETUR, AND NEPHISH, AND
NODAB._
The Hagarites - or Hagarenes, originally synonymous with Ishmaelites
(cf. Genesis 21:14; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 37:25), but afterward
applied to a particular tribe of the Arabs (cf. Psalms 73:6).
JETUR. His descendants wer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WERE HELPED AGAINST THEM, AND THE HAGARITES WERE DELIVERED
INTO THEIR HAND, AND ALL THAT WERE WITH THEM: FOR THEY CRIED TO GOD IN
THE BATTLE, AND HE WAS INTREATED OF THEM; BECAUSE THEY PUT THEIR TRUST
IN HIM._
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_FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN, BECAUSE THE WAR WAS OF GOD. AND THEY
DWELT IN THEIR STEADS UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY._
They dwelt in their steads until the captivity. It appears that these
acquisitions by conquest, which were made by the Reubenites, Gadites,
and half tribe of Manasseh, reached to the ba... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH DWELT IN THE LAND:
THEY INCREASED FROM BASHAN UNTO BAALHERMON AND SENIR, AND UNTO MOUNT
HERMON._
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_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... [ Continue Reading ]