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1 Chronicles 5:8
1 Chronicles 5:8
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1 Chronicles 5 — Overview1 Chronicles 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives us some account of the two tribes and a half that
were seated on the other side Jordan. I. Of Reuben, ver. 1-10. II. Of
Gad, ver. 11-17. III. Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ver. 23, 24. IV.…1 Chronicles 5 — Overview1 Chronicles 5 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Chronicles 5:1, Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright; 1 Chronicles 5:3, Ruben’s descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites; 1 Chronicles 5:11, The chief men of Gad, and their…1 Chronicles 5 — Overview1 Chronicles 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates the genealogy of the tribes that lived on the other side Jordan; of the Reubenites, 1Ch 5:1, of the Gadites, 1Ch 5:11 of the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 5:23 and of their war with the Hagarites, in…1 Chronicles 5:1-171 Chronicles 5:1-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an extract out of the genealogies,
I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have,
1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that
Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and, upon that…1 Chronicles 5:81 Chronicles 5:8 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeBela: Genesis 14:2
Azaz: i.e. the strong one, strong:H5811, Shema. Joshua 15:26, or, Shemaiah, 1 Chronicles 5:4
Aroer: Numbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36; Joshua 13:15-21; Isaiah 17:2
Nebo: Numbers 32:3; The city of…