1 Chronicles 5 - Introduction
_THE GENEALOGIES OF REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH; THEIR CAPTIVITY UNDER TIGLATH-PILESER._ _Before Christ 1300._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GENEALOGIES OF REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH; THEIR CAPTIVITY UNDER TIGLATH-PILESER._ _Before Christ 1300._... [ Continue Reading ]
OF HIM CAME THE CHIEF RULER— The reader will observe, that there is nothing for _came_ in the original. There can be no doubt that the sacred writer here refers to Jacob's prophesy in Genesis 49:10. See the note on that place. The Syriac renders it, _Christ the king;_ and the Arabic, _Messiah the ki... [ Continue Reading ]
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 river Jordan, were particularly associated together both in their victories and their captivity. 1... [ Continue Reading ]