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5:16 They lived <03427> in Gilead <01568>, in Bashan <01316> and its surrounding <01323> settlements, and in the pasturelands <04054> of Sharon <08289> to <05921> their very borders <08444>. 5:17 All <03605> of them were listed in the genealogical records <03187> in the time <03117> of King <04428> Jotham <03147> of Judah <03063> and in the time <03117> of King <04428> Jeroboam <03379> of Israel <03478>. 5:18 The Reubenites <07205> <01121>, Gadites <01425>, and the half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> had 44,760 <08346> <03967> <07651> <0505> <0702> <0705> men <0582> in <04480> their combined armies, warriors <02428> <01121> who carried <05375> shields <04043> and swords <02719>, were equipped <01869> with bows <07198>, and were trained <03925> for war <04421>. 5:19 They attacked <04421> <06213> the Hagrites <01905>, Jetur <03195>, Naphish <05305>, and Nodab <05114>. 5:20 They received <05826> divine help <05826> in <05921> fighting them, and the Hagrites <01905> and all <03605> their allies were handed over <03027> <05414> to <05973> them. They cried out <02199> to God <0430> during the battle <04421>; he responded <06279> to their prayers <06279> because <03588> they trusted <0982> in him. 5:21 They seized <07617> the Hagrites’ animals <04735>, including 50,000 <0505> <02572> camels <01581>, 250,000 <0505> <02572> <03967> sheep <06629>, and 2,000 <0505> donkeys <02543>. They also took captive 100,000 <0505> <03967> people <0120> <05315>. 5:22 Because <03588> God <0430> fought for them, they killed <02491> many <07227> of the enemy. They dispossessed <05307> the Hagrites <04421> and lived <03427> in their land <08478> until <05704> the exile <01473>. 5:23 The half-tribe <07626> <02677> <01121> of Manasseh <04519> settled <03427> in the land <0776> from Bashan <01316> as far as <05704> Baal Hermon <01179>, Senir <08149>, and Mount <02022> Hermon <02768>. They <01992> grew in number <07235>. 5:24 These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of their families <01> <01004>: Epher <06081>, Ishi <03469>, Eliel <0447>, Azriel <05837>, Jeremiah <03414>, Hodaviah <01938>, and Jahdiel <03164>. They were skilled warriors <02428>, warriors <01368>, men <0376> of reputation <08034>, and leaders <07218> of their families <01>. 5:25 But they were unfaithful <04603> to the God <0430> of their ancestors <01> and worshiped <02181> instead <0310> the gods <0430> of the native <0776> peoples <05971> whom <0834> God <0430> had destroyed <08045> before <06440> them. 5:26 So the God <0430> of Israel <03478> stirred up <05782> King <04428> Pul <06322> of Assyria <0804> (that is, King <04428> Tiglath-pileser <08407> of Assyria <0804>), and he carried away <01540> the Reubenites <07206>, Gadites <01425>, and half-tribe <07626> <02677> of Manasseh <04519> and took <0935> them to Halah <02477>, Habor <02249>, Hara <02024>, and the river <05104> of Gozan <01470>, where they remain to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.

• 1Ch 5:23-26 -- The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

• SHAPHAM

  [isbe] SHAPHAM - sha'-fam (shapham; Sapham, Sabat): Name of a Gadite chief, who had the second place in command of his tribe (1 Ch 5:12). So far as the fragmentary genealogies are intelligible, they seem to indicate that Shapham an...
  

• Reuben, Tribe of

  [ebd] at the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num. 1:20, 21), and at the close of the wilderness wanderings they numbered only 43,730 (26:7). This tribe united with that of Gad in asking permi...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• Music

  [ebd] Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of ...
  

• Moabite

  [ebd] the designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern border of the Dead Sea, they gradually spread over the region on the east of Jordan. Rame...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Isaiah

  [ebd] (Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., "the salvation of Jehovah"). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic...
  

• Hagarene

  [ebd] or Hagarite. (1.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David's flocks. "A Hagarite had charge of David's flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, be...
  

• HAGRITES

  [isbe] HAGRITES - hag'-rits (haghri'im): An Arab tribe, or confederation of tribes (1 Ch 5:10,19,20 the King James Version "Hagarites"; 1 Ch 27:31 the King James Version "Hagerite"; Ps 83:6 "Hagarenes"), against which the Reubenite...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• GAD (1)

  [isbe] GAD (1) - (gadh, "fortune"; Gad): 1. The Name: The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Gen 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of ...
  

• Exile

  [ebd] (1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C. 741). After the destruct...
  

• Caesara Philippi

  [ebd] a city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem, and 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, at the "upper source" of the Jordan, and near the base of Mount Hermon. It is mentioned in Matt...
  

• Buckler

  [ebd] (1.) A portable shield (2 Sam. 22:31; 1 Chr. 5:18). (2.) A shield surrounding the person; the targe or round form; used once figuratively (Ps. 91:4). (3.) A large shield protecting the whole body (Ps. 35:2; Ezek. 23:24; 26:8...
  

• Bow

  [ebd] The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe of Benjamin were famous for the use of the bow (1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17); so also were the Elamites (Isa. 22:6...
  

• AGAR

  [isbe] AGAR - a'-gar (Agar). Found once in the Apocrypha in the Greek (Baruch 3:23) probably for the Old Testament Hagar, mother of Ishmael, whose children are mentioned with the merchants of Meran (Midian) and Teman. In 1 Ch 5:10 ...
  

• ABDIEL

  [isbe] ABDIEL - ab'-di-el (`abhdi'el, "servant of God"): A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II, king of Israel (1 Ch 5:15-17).
  

• Samuel, Kings, Chronicles: Genealogies

  

• [1Ch 5:20] Answering Time Will Come, The

  Ask what thou wilt, believing heart, The answering time will come; Pray and believe—that is thy part, The answering time will come. Refrain The answering time will come; The answering time will come. Tho’ dark the way, still trust and pray, The answering time will come. Ask in the name of Christ thy Lord, The answering time will come; Rest on the promise of His Word, The answering time will come. Refrain God’s Word is sure; it cannot fail, The answering time will come; The prayer of faith shall yet prevail, The answering time will come. Refrain God will not mock believing prayer, The answering time will come; He knows the burden thou dost bear, The answering time will come. Refrain

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• [1Ch 5:20] He Will Answer Every Prayer

  God has given you His promise That He hears and answers prayer. He will heed your supplication If you cast on Him your care. Refrain He will answer every prayer, He will answer every prayer, Go to Him in faith believing, He will answer every prayer. He will not withhold one blessing, He will give you what is best. God will answer by His Spirit, Every one who makes request. Refrain He can hear the great petition, And the smallest, over there. Unto God pray without ceasing, He will answer every prayer. Refrain Take to God your plans and failures, Any time and anywhere. No one ever goes unanswered, For He answers every prayer. Refrain

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• Where did the idea that Jesus is the Rose of Sharon come from?
  This may have developed from those who see the Song of Solomon as a picture of Christ and the church, though this is certainly not the primary purpose of this book and is really a strong typological use the book. Below are co...
• Who Were the Ishmaelites?
  They were descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, and were divided into twelve tribes (Gen. 25:16; Gen. 16:15,16). They were also called Hagarites, Hagarenes and Arabians (I Chron. 5:10; Psa. 83:6; Isa. 13:20). They were gover...

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