Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 5:26

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 1 Chronicles 4:43.

Continues after advertising

See also 1 Chronicles 5:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    “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 i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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 consec...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _stirred up the spirit_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 36:22. _Pul … and … Tilgath-pilneser_ Both here and in 2 Kings 15:19;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    7. THE DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH, WAR BEYOND THE JORDAN (1 Chronicles 5:18-26) TEXT 1 Chronicles 5:18. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant m...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 TR...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PUL.. AND.. TILGATH-PILNESER] The two names denote the same person, Pul being the proper name of a usurper who in 745 took possession of the Assyrian crown and assumed the title of Tiglath-pileser III...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 5 The *tribe of Reuben –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The captivity of the three eastern tribes. A fuller account may be read in 2 Kings 17:6....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    STIRRED UP (or woke) THE SPIRIT. — So 2 Chronicles 21:16, and Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:5. For the thought, Isaiah 44:28;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּעַר֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת ־ר֣וּחַ ׀

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the God of Israel (l) stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Assur. These princes were scourges in the hand of God, to punish the guilty. (Haydock) --- The former forced Israel to pay tribute; the latter carried many into captivity, 4 Kings xv. 19, 29., and xv...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! do not hastily pass by the view which this chapter affords of distinguishing grace, in the removal of the honor of birthright from Reuben to transfer it to Joseph, and placing Juda...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have here also an account of their punishment for their departure from the Lord. Though God be true to his covenant engagements in Jesus, yet his own honor will bring forth chastisements to his chi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half trib...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The God of Israel_ Who had been a husband to Israel, and whose jealousy burned like fire, when Israel _went a whoring after other gods. Stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria_, &c. That is, so...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Posterity of Gad and of Half-Manasseh....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, who began the oppression of Israel, 2 Kings 15:19, AND THE SPIRIT OF TILGATH-PILNESER, KING OF ASSYRIA, his son and successor, AND...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    STIRRED UP THE SPIRIT; he so governed his counsels and affections, that he should bring his forces against this people rather than others. Of Halah, Habor, &c., see 2 KINGS 17:6, 2 KINGS 18:11....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 5:26 God H430 Israel H3478 up H5782 (H8686) spirit H7307 Pul H6322 king H4428 Assyria H804 is...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES 5:1 The Transjordanian Tribes. By the Chronicler’s time, Reuben (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:1), Gad (vv. 1 C

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:25 The HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH was defeated and exiled, along with the REUBENITES and GADITES, into Assyrian lands by...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 4:43; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 1 Chronicles 5:6;...

Continues after advertising