1 Chronicles 5:1
FORASMUCH. Compare Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4. NOT TO BE RECKONED, &C.. not to be enrolled in the place of the firstborn. BIRTHRIGHT. See note on Genesis 25:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORASMUCH. Compare Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4. NOT TO BE RECKONED, &C.. not to be enrolled in the place of the firstborn. BIRTHRIGHT. See note on Genesis 25:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH PREVAILED. Compare Genesis 49:8, referring to intertribal precedence. CAME. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ with "is". CHIEF RULER. Referring to the regal line, and the coming of the Messiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARRIED AWAY. This was the _first_ carrying away, and took place in 654. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:26. The _second_ was by Tiglath-Pileser (= Pul) in the reign of Pekah (649-629). This was the Galilee-Naphtali carrying away (2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 9:1) referred to in Matthew 4:15. The _third_ was the Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAGARITES. Tracing their descent from Hagar through Ishmael. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:19 with 1 Chronicles 1:31, and Psalms 83:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBER. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Septuagint, read "Hehed", mistaking _Resh_, ("r") for _Daleth,_ ("d").... [ Continue Reading ]
IN GILEAD: i.e. in part of it, other parts having been allotted to the halftribes of Reubenites and Manassites (Numbers 32:39; Deuteronomy 3:13.Joshua 13:31; Joshua 13:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
JOTHAM... JEROBOAM. Jotham (647-631) and Jeroboam II (728-687). See App-50. Consequently, the statement here refers to consensusses at different times.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALIANT MEN. sons of valour. MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. These two and. half tribes, east of Jordan, chose their own portions, but were nearest to the enemy, and were the first to be carried away. Compare Lot, Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:11, and Genesis 14:11; Genesis 14:12. Better to have our "lo... [ Continue Reading ]
HELPED: i.e. by God (2 Chronicles 26:17; Psalms 28:7). This victory should have shown them that there could have been no captivity had they obeyed God (see note on 1 Chronicles 4:43). TRUST. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew "souls (_nephesh_) of men (_adam_)". App-13 and App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY. Compare 2 Kings 15:29. 2Ki 17:6. 2 Kings 18:9: i.e. that of Tiglath-pileser.... [ Continue Reading ]
HALF: i.e. the half beyond Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN. Septuagint and Vulgate omit this word "even". MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED. acted faithlessly. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]