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- 1Ch 5:23-26 -- The Half-Tribe of Manasseh
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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 ...
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Gozan
[ebd] a region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chr. 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 37:12). It was situated in Mesopotamia, on the river Habor (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11), the Khabur, a tribu...
[isbe] GOZAN - go'-zan (gozan; Gozan, Codex Vaticanus, Gozar in 2 Ki 17:6, Chozar in 1 Ch 5:26): A place in Assyria to which Israelites were deported on the fall of Samaria (2 Ki 17:6; 18:11; 1 Ch 5:26). It is also mentioned in a l...
[smith] seems in the Authorized Version of (1Â Chronicles 5:26) to be the name of a river, but in (2Â Kings 17:6) and 2Kin 18:11 It is evidently applied not to a river but a country. Gozan was the tract to which the Israelites we...
[nave] GOZAN, a district of Mesopotamia. Israelites taken in captivity to, by the king of Assyria, after the conquest of Samaria, 1 Chr. 5:26; 2 Kin. 17:6; 18:11; 19:12.
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Hermon
[ebd] a peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of about 9,200 feet above the Mediterranean. It marks the north boundary of Palestine (Deut. 3:8, 4:48; Josh. 11:3, 17; 13:11; 12:1), and is ...
[isbe] HERMON - hur'-mon (chermon; Codex Vaticanus, Haermon): 1. Description: The name of the majestic mountain in which the Anti-Lebanon range terminates to the South (Dt 3:8, etc.). It reaches a height of 9,200 ft. above the sea,...
[smith] (a peak, summit), a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine, (3:8; Joshua 12:1) over against Lebanon, (Joshua 11:17) adjoining the plateau of Bashan. (1Â Chronicles 5:23) It stands at the southern end, and is the c...
[nave] HERMON A mountain in the N. of Palestine. Called Sirion, Deut. 3:8, 9; Psa. 29:6; Sion, Deut. 4:48; Psa. 133:3; Shenir, Deut. 3:9; 1 Chr. 5:23; Song 4:8.
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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...
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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; ...
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Epher
[ebd] a calf. (1.) One of the sons of Midian, who was Abraham's son by Keturah (Gen. 25:4). (2.) The head of one of the families of trans-Jordanic Manasseh who were carried captive by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:24).
[isbe] EPHER - e'-fer (`epher, "calf," "young deer"; Apher, Opher: (1) The second son of Midian, descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah (Gen 25:4; 1 Ch 1:33). See further Dillmann's Commentary on Gen (25:4). (2) The third son o...
[smith] A son of Ezra, among the descendants of Judah. (1Â Chronicles 4:17) One of the heads of the families of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 5:24)
[nave] EPHER 1. A son of Midian, Gen. 25:4; 1 Chr. 1:33. 2. Son of Ezra, 1 Chr. 4:17. 3. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24.
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Polygamy
[nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
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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...
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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...
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Eliel
[ebd] to whom God is might. (1.) A chief of Manasseh, on the east of Jordan (1 Chr. 5:24). (2.) A Gadite who joined David in the hold at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:11). (3.) One of the overseers of the offerings in the reign of Hezekiah (2...
[isbe] ELIEL - e-li'-el, el'-i-el ('eli'el, "El is God," or "my God is God"): (1, 2, 3) Mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:46,47; 12:11). (4) A chief of Manasseh, east of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (5, 6) Two chiefs of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:20,2...
[smith] (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1Â Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1Â Chroni...
[nave] ELIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Son of Toah, 1 Chr. 6:34. 3. Two Benjamite chiefs, 1 Chr. 8:20, 22. 4. Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name, 1 Chr. 11:46, 47; 12:11. 5. Chief of Levites, 1 Chr. 15...
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Hara
[ebd] mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr. 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the Israelite captives were carried. It has not been identified. Some think the wor...
[isbe] HARA - ha'-ra (hara'; Septuagint omits): A place named in 1 Ch 5:26 along with Halah, Habor and the river of Gozan, whither the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh were carried by Tiglath-pileser. In 2 Ki ...
[smith] (mountain land), (1Â Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with Haran or Charran.
[nave] HARA, a place in Assyria. Israelite captives carried to, 1 Chr. 5:26.
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MANASSEH
[smith] (forgetting), the eldest son of Joseph, (Genesis 41:51; 46:20) born 1715-10 B.C. Both he and Ephraim were born before the commencement of the famine. He was placed after his younger brother, Ephraim, by his grandfather Jacob,...
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Jeremiah
[ebd] raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:10). (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chr. 12:13). (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4). (4.) One of the chi...
[smith] Seven other persons bearing the same name as the prophet are mentioned in the Old Testament:-- Jeremiah of Libnah, father of Hamutal wife of Josiah. (2Â Kings 23:31) (B.C. before 632.) 2,3,4. Three warriors --two of the tr...
[nave] JEREMIAH 1. Of Libnah, grandfather of Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1. 2. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 3. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:4. 4. Two Gadites who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Ch...
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Jahdiel
[isbe] JAHDIEL - ja'-di-el (yachdi'el, "God gives joy"): In 1 Ch 5:24, head of a Manassite family.
[smith] (whom Jehovah makes joyful), a chieftain of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1Â Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 320.)
[nave] JAHDIEL, head of a family of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24.
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Azriel
[isbe] AZRIEL - az'-ri-el `azri'el, "God's help"): (1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with others of his tribe was carried captive by the king of Assyria (1 Ch 5:24 ff). (2) The father...
[smith] (whom God helps). The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a man of renown. (1Â Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 741.) A Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of the tribe at the time of David?s census. ...
[nave] AZRIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Father of Jerimoth, 1 Chr. 27:19. 3. Father of Seraiah, Jer. 36:26.
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Hodaviah
[isbe] HODAVIAH - hod-a-vi'-a (hodhawyah, or hodhawyahu; the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus, Hodouia): (1) One of the heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh on the East of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (2) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah...
[smith] (Praise ye Jehovah). A man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan (1Â Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 720.) A man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah. (1Â Chronicles 9:7) A Levite, who seems to have give...
[nave] HODAVIAH 1. A chief of the half tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance was E. of the Jordan, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:7. 3. A Levite, Ezra 2:40.
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Halah
[ebd] a district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction with the Jerujer. Probabl...
[isbe] HALAH - ha'-la (chalach; Halae, Hallae, Chaach, for Chalach, Chala; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Hala): 1. Many Identifications: Mentioned in 2 Ki 17:6; 18:11; 1 Ch 5:26, as one of the places to which the kin...
[nave] HALAH, a place to which Israelite captives were transported, 2 Kin. 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26.
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Habor
[ebd] the united stream, or, according to others, with beautiful banks, the name of a river in Assyria, and also of the district through which it flowed (1 Chr. 5:26). There is a river called Khabur which rises in the central high...
[isbe] HABOR - ha'-bor (chabhor; Habor, Habior; Isidor of Charax, Aburas (Abouras), Zosias, Aboras): 1. Its Position and Course: Is described in 2 Ki 17:6; 18:11 (compare 1 Ch 5:26) as "the river of Gozan." It is the Arabic Khabur,...
[nave] HABOR, a river of Mesopotamia, 2 Kin. 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26.
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Baal-hermon
[ebd] lord of Hermon. (1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr. 5:23). Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh. 11:17). (2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg. 3:3). Probably it may be the same as Mount Herm...
[isbe] BAAL-HERMON - ba'-al-hur'-mon ba`al chermon; Baal Ermon: Baalgad under Mount Hermon is described as "toward the sunrising" in Josh 13:5. If Mount Lebanon proper is here intended the reading may be taken as correct. But in Jd...
[nave] BAAL-HERMON 1. A city near Mount Hermon, 1 Chr. 5:23. Identical with Baal-gad, which see. 2. A mountain of Lebanon, Judg. 3:3.
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SENIR
[isbe] SENIR - se'-nir (senir; Saneir): This was the Amorite name of Mt. Hermon, according to Dt 3:9 (the King James Version "Shenir").' But in 1 Ch 5:23; Song 4:8, we have Senir and Hermon named as distinct mountains. It seems pro...
[smith] (snow mountain), (1Â Chronicles 5:23; Ezekiel 27:5) the Amorite name for Mount Hermon.
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Another instance of incomplete obedience followed the great victory God gave His people and the military commanders' sacrificial, voluntary worship of Yahweh.32:1-19 Maybe the leaders of Reuben and Gad concluded that their br...
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Menahem began Israel's seventh royal family. His reign lasted 10 years (752-742 B.C.).Assyrian inscriptions have identified Pul as Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 B.C.; cf. v. 29; 16:7, 10; 1 Chron. 5:26). Pul was the throne nam...
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Chronicles covers a broader period of history than any other Old Testament book. It begins with Adam and ends with Anani who lived eight generations after King Jehoiachin (1 Chron. 3:24). If we allow 25 years for each generat...
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The central subject of 1 and 2 Chronicles is the temple of God. Someone evidently wrote these books at the end of the Babylonian exile to encourage the Israelites to reestablish Israel's national life in the Promised Land. In...
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I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
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"The fact that the author of 1 and 2 Chronicles devoted nine chapters out of sixty-five to genealogies (1 Chr 1-9) makes clear that these were of great importance to him and bear significantly on his purpose in writing his wo...
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Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan River. Reuben would have normally been the son through whom the greatest blessing would come since he was the first-born. However because of his sin (v. 1...
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This list clearly defines the priests and Levites' line of descent. Only the descendants of Aaron, the priests, could serve in the temple by offering sacrifices on the incense altar (v. 49; cf. Num. 3:5-38). Nehemiah correctl...
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The tribes the writer listed were Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher. Why did he omit Dan and Zebulun? The inclusion of these tribes would have resulted in a total of 14 tribes since he had counted Lev...
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This list obviously parallels to some extent David's genealogy (chs. 1-3). Saul came from the tribe of Benjamin, not from the tribe of Judah that God had promised leadership of the nation. One reason the writer had an interes...
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The scene continues to be on earth.7:1 The phrase "after this"(Gr. meta touto) indicates that what follows is a new vision (cf. 4:1). The general chronological progression of the visions suggests that the events John saw now ...
