
Text -- 1 Chronicles 5:11-22 (NET)




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These seven last named.

Wesley: 1Ch 5:22 - -- Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependence on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprize, and then only, when we take God along ...
Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependence on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprize, and then only, when we take God along with us.
JFB: 1Ch 5:11-15 - -- The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a...
The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a separate colony.

JFB: 1Ch 5:16 - -- The term "Sharon" was applied as descriptive of any place of extraordinary beauty and productiveness. There were three places in Palestine so called. ...
The term "Sharon" was applied as descriptive of any place of extraordinary beauty and productiveness. There were three places in Palestine so called. This Sharon lay east of the Jordan.

JFB: 1Ch 5:16 - -- That is, of Gilead and Bashan: Gilead proper, or at least the largest part, belonged to the Reubenites; and Bashan, the greatest portion of it, belong...
That is, of Gilead and Bashan: Gilead proper, or at least the largest part, belonged to the Reubenites; and Bashan, the greatest portion of it, belonged to the Manassites. The Gadites occupied an intermediate settlement on the land which lay upon their borders.

JFB: 1Ch 5:17 - -- His long reign and freedom from foreign wars as well as intestine troubles were favorable for taking a census of the people.
His long reign and freedom from foreign wars as well as intestine troubles were favorable for taking a census of the people.

JFB: 1Ch 5:18-22 - -- Or, "Hagarenes," originally synonymous with "Ishmaelites," but afterwards applied to a particular tribe of the Arabs (compare Psa 83:6).
Or, "Hagarenes," originally synonymous with "Ishmaelites," but afterwards applied to a particular tribe of the Arabs (compare Psa 83:6).

JFB: 1Ch 5:18-22 - -- His descendants were called Itureans, and the country Auranitis, from Hauran, its chief city. These, who were skilled in archery, were invaded in the ...
His descendants were called Itureans, and the country Auranitis, from Hauran, its chief city. These, who were skilled in archery, were invaded in the time of Joshua by a confederate army of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, who, probably incensed by the frequent raids of those marauding neighbors, took reprisals in men and cattle, dispossessed almost all of the original inhabitants, and colonized the district themselves. Divine Providence favoured, in a remarkable manner, the Hebrew army in this just war.
Clarke: 1Ch 5:12 - -- Joel the chief - "Joel, prince of the Sanhedrin; and Shapham, master of the college; and Jaanai and Shaphat, judges in Mathnan."- T.
Joel the chief - "Joel, prince of the Sanhedrin; and Shapham, master of the college; and Jaanai and Shaphat, judges in Mathnan."- T.

Clarke: 1Ch 5:13 - -- And their brethren - This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and in the Arabic.
And their brethren - This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and in the Arabic.

Clarke: 1Ch 5:16 - -- The suburbs of Sharon - There were three places of this name: that mentioned here was a district in the country of Bashan beyond Jordan, (see Jos 12...
The suburbs of Sharon - There were three places of this name: that mentioned here was a district in the country of Bashan beyond Jordan, (see Jos 12:18); there was another that lay between Caesarea of Palestine and Joppa; and there was a third between Mount Tabor and the Sea of Tiberias. See Calmet.

Clarke: 1Ch 5:19 - -- They made war with the Hagarites - This is probably the same war that is mentioned 1Ch 5:10. Those called Hagarites in the text are everywhere denom...
They made war with the Hagarites - This is probably the same war that is mentioned 1Ch 5:10. Those called Hagarites in the text are everywhere denominated by the Targum

Clarke: 1Ch 5:20 - -- They put their trust in him - Or, as the Targum says, "Because they trusted במימריה bemeymriah , in his Word."
They put their trust in him - Or, as the Targum says, "Because they trusted

Clarke: 1Ch 5:21 - -- They took away their cattle - This was a war of extermination as to the political state of the people, which nothing could justify but an especial d...
They took away their cattle - This was a war of extermination as to the political state of the people, which nothing could justify but an especial direction of God; and this he could never give against any, unless the cup of their iniquity had been full. The Hagarites were full of idolatry: see 1Ch 5:25.

Clarke: 1Ch 5:22 - -- For there fell down many slain - The hundred thousand men mentioned above were probably made slaves, and were not slain. The Targum says, one hundre...
For there fell down many slain - The hundred thousand men mentioned above were probably made slaves, and were not slain. The Targum says, one hundred thousand souls of men

Clarke: 1Ch 5:22 - -- The war was of God - The Targum says, the war was מן מימרא דיי min meymera dayai , "from the Word of the Lord."
The war was of God - The Targum says, the war was
TSK: 1Ch 5:11 - -- the children : The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the same country, and formed a...
the children : The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the same country, and formed a sort of separate colony east of Jordan.
Gad : Gen 30:11, in the land Bashan, Num 21:33, Num 32:34-36; Deu 3:10-17; Jos 12:4, Jos 13:11, Jos 13:24-28; Psa 22:12
Salcah : Jos 13:11

TSK: 1Ch 5:12 - -- Joel : 1Sa 8:2
Shapham : i.e. bald, [Strong’ s H8223]
Jaanai : i.e. responsive, [Strong’ s H3285], Shaphat. 1Ch 3:22
Bashan : 1Ch 5:11; Num ...

TSK: 1Ch 5:13 - -- This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and Arabic.
Michael : Dan 12:1
Meshullam : 1Ch 9:12
Sheba : 1Ki 10:1
Jorai : i.e. rainy, [Strong’ s H314...

TSK: 1Ch 5:14 - -- Abihail : Num 3:35
Huri : i.e. nobleman, [Strong’ s H2359]
Jaroah : i.e. making a sweet odor, [Strong’ s H3386]. Gilead. Gen 31:23
Michael ...

TSK: 1Ch 5:15 - -- Ahi : i.e. brotherly, [Strong’ s H277], 1Ch 5:15, 1Ch 7:34
Personal CharacteristicsReferences 1.Son of Abdiel1Ch 5:15 2.Son of Shamer1Ch 7:34...

TSK: 1Ch 5:16 - -- Gilead : Gen 31:23
Bashan : 1Ch 5:11
Sharon : 1Ch 27:29; Son 2:1; Isa 35:2
their borders : Heb. goings forth

TSK: 1Ch 5:17 - -- reckoned by genealogies : 1Ch 5:7
Jotham : Jdg 9:5; 2Ki 15:5, 2Ki 15:32; 2Ch 27:1
Jeroboam : 1Ki 11:26; 2Ki 14:16, 2Ki 14:23, 2Ki 14:28

TSK: 1Ch 5:18 - -- Reuben : 1Ch 12:37; Gen 29:32; 2Ki 10:33
Gadites : Deu 3:12
Manasseh : Gen 41:51
valiant men : Heb. sons of valour, 1Sa 18:17 *marg. 2Sa 2:7 *marg.
to...

TSK: 1Ch 5:19 - -- made war : 1Ch 5:10
the Hagarites : The Hagarites, and these other tribes, were descendants of Hagar, and dwelt, according to Strabo, in Arabia Desert...

TSK: 1Ch 5:20 - -- And they : 1Ch 5:22; Exo 17:11; Jos 10:14, Jos 10:42; 1Sa 7:12, 1Sa 19:15; Psa 46:1, Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6
for they cried : 1Ki 8:44, 1Ki 8:45; 2Ch 13:...
And they : 1Ch 5:22; Exo 17:11; Jos 10:14, Jos 10:42; 1Sa 7:12, 1Sa 19:15; Psa 46:1, Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6
for they cried : 1Ki 8:44, 1Ki 8:45; 2Ch 13:14, 2Ch 13:15, 2Ch 14:11-13, 2Ch 18:31, 2Ch 20:12, 2Ch 32:20, 2Ch 32:21
in the battle : 1Ki 22:32; 2Ch 13:13, 2Ch 13:14, 2Ch 14:10, 2Ch 14:11, 2Ch 18:31
because : Psa 9:10, Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8, Psa 22:4, Psa 22:5, Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8; Nah 1:7; Eph 1:12

TSK: 1Ch 5:21 - -- took away : Heb. led captive
camels : The camel, in Hebrew gamal , retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnean sys...
took away : Heb. led captive
camels : The camel, in Hebrew
men : Heb. souls of men, Num 31:35; Eze 27:13; Rev 18:13, souls, Heb. nephesh, Gen 12:5

TSK: 1Ch 5:22 - -- the war was of God : Exo 14:14; Jos 23:10; Jdg 3:2; 2Ch 32:8; Neh 4:20; Psa 24:8; Pro 22:3; Zec 14:3; Luk 14:31, Luk 14:32, Luk 22:36; Rom 8:31
they d...

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Barnes: 1Ch 5:11 - -- From this passage and from the subsequent account of the Manassites 1Ch 5:23-24, the Gadites extended themselves to the north at the expense of thei...
From this passage and from the subsequent account of the Manassites 1Ch 5:23-24, the Gadites extended themselves to the north at the expense of their brethren, gradually occupying a considerable portion of the tract originally allotted to the "half tribe."

Barnes: 1Ch 5:17 - -- The writer refers here to two registrations, one made under the authority of Jeroboam II when he was king and Israel flourishing, the other made und...
The writer refers here to two registrations, one made under the authority of Jeroboam II when he was king and Israel flourishing, the other made under the authority of Jotham, king of Judah, during the troublous time which followed on the great invasion of Tiglath-pileser. There is nothing surprising in a king of Judah having exercised a species of lordship over the trans-Jordanic territory at this period.

Barnes: 1Ch 5:19 - -- Jetur no doubt gave his name to the important tribe of the Ituraeans who inhabited the region southwest of the Damascene plain, between Gaulonitis (...
Jetur no doubt gave his name to the important tribe of the Ituraeans who inhabited the region southwest of the Damascene plain, between Gaulonitis (Jaulan) and the Ledjah. This tribe was noted for its thievish habits, and was regarded as savage and warlike.
Poole: 1Ch 5:12 - -- The chief the prince of the tribe, or at least of his family, when they were numbered, to wit, in the days of Jotham, 1Ch 5:17 .
Shaphat in Bashan ...
The chief the prince of the tribe, or at least of his family, when they were numbered, to wit, in the days of Jotham, 1Ch 5:17 .
Shaphat in Bashan i.e. who dwelt in the city of Bashan. Others thus, Who abode in Bashan to defend the city and country, when their brethren went out to war against the Hagarites, 1Ch 5:18,19 .

These are the children these seven last named.

Poole: 1Ch 5:15 - -- This Ahi was the head or chief of the houses or families, either,
1. Of those seven named 1Ch 5:13 ; or,
2. Of Abdiel and Guni last named, and o...
This Ahi was the head or chief of the houses or families, either,
1. Of those seven named 1Ch 5:13 ; or,
2. Of Abdiel and Guni last named, and of their fifties.

Poole: 1Ch 5:16 - -- They dwelt i.e. the children or tribe of Gad.
In Gilead i.e. in part of Gilead; for the Reubenites and Manassites dwelt in other parts of it, Deu 3...
They dwelt i.e. the children or tribe of Gad.
In Gilead i.e. in part of Gilead; for the Reubenites and Manassites dwelt in other parts of it, Deu 3:12,13,16 .
In Bashan in the land of Bashan, as it is said, 1Ch 5:11 .
Quest. How come the Gadites to dwell in Bashan, when all Bashan is expressly said to be given to the half tribe of Manasseh, Deu 3:13 Jos 13:29,30 ?
Answ All Bashan is put for the greatest part of it by a synecdoche, very frequent in Scripture and all authors; and so the Gadites might possess a part of it. And thus both Bashan and Gilead are used for parts of them, Jos 17:1 , where it is said of Machir a Manassite, that he had Gilead and Bashan . And as it is unquestionably true that Gilead is taken sometimes more largely for all the land of the Israelites beyond Jordan, sometimes more strictly for that part of it which borders upon Mount Gilead; of which See Poole "Jos 17:1" ; the like may be presumed concerning Bashan; and so in its strictest sense it might be all given to the Manassites, and yet in its largest sense might comprehend a part of the land belonging to the Gadites.
In her towns i.e. in some of her cities and towns.
In all the suburbs i.e. in its fields and pasture grounds, 1Ch 27:29 . Of Sharon ; not that within Jordan, Isa 35:2 , but another without Jordan.
Upon their borders to wit, of Gilead and Bashan; for Gilead properly so called, or the greatest part of it, belonged to the Reubenites; and Bashan, or the greatest part of it, to the Manassites; and so the Gadites (whose habitation was between the Reubenites and Manassites) had those parts of both their countries which were towards their borders. Or,
unto their borders i.e. as far as the suburbs or fields of Sharon, which were last mentioned, were extended.

Poole: 1Ch 5:17 - -- In the days of Jotham king of Judah who reigning long, partly in his father’ s days, and partly by himself, 2Ki 15 , and being at leisure as to ...
In the days of Jotham king of Judah who reigning long, partly in his father’ s days, and partly by himself, 2Ki 15 , and being at leisure as to wars or troubles, thought this a fit season to examine the state of his people.
In the days of Jeroboam either the second of that name, of whom see 2Ki 13:13 . Or rather the first Jeroboam; partly because he is called simply Jeroboam, without any addition; which shows that he speaks of the most famous of the two; and partly because this work of taking an account of the people doth far better agree to the times of Jeroboam the First, when the kingdom of Israel was first erected and established, and broken off from that of Judah, when it was necessary for Jeroboam to know his own strength, and the numbers of his people, than to the times of Jeroboam the Second, when the kingdom of Israel was broken, and near to its ruin.

Poole: 1Ch 5:19 - -- i.e. With the posterity of Jetur, &c., who were Ishmeelites, as appears from Gen 25:15 .
i.e. With the posterity of Jetur, &c., who were Ishmeelites, as appears from Gen 25:15 .

Poole: 1Ch 5:20 - -- They were helped against them to wit, by God, 1Ch 5:22 , who gave them extraordinary courage and success.
All that were with them their friends and...
They were helped against them to wit, by God, 1Ch 5:22 , who gave them extraordinary courage and success.
All that were with them their friends and allies in this war.

Poole: 1Ch 5:21 - -- Of their camels fifty thousand for camels were very numerous in Arabia, being used in war, and for burdens, &c., and being very patient of thirst, an...
Of their camels fifty thousand for camels were very numerous in Arabia, being used in war, and for burdens, &c., and being very patient of thirst, and therefore most fit for those hot and dry countries.
Of men an hundred thousand whom they took prisoners, and either used as slaves, or sold them for such.

Poole: 1Ch 5:22 - -- The war was of God God put them upon it, and mightily assisted them in it.
They dwelt i.e. that party of these tribes which went out to this war, b...
The war was of God God put them upon it, and mightily assisted them in it.
They dwelt i.e. that party of these tribes which went out to this war, being 44,760 men; or part of them by the consent of the rest.
Until the captivity of which 2Ki 15:29 17:6 .
Selcha, not far from Jabok, Deuteronomy iii. 10. (Calmet)

Haydock: 1Ch 5:12 - -- Chief, ( in capite. ) Septuagint, "first-born." (Haydock) ---
This list was made under Joathan, king of Juda, when Joel was at the head of the tri...
Chief, ( in capite. ) Septuagint, "first-born." (Haydock) ---
This list was made under Joathan, king of Juda, when Joel was at the head of the tribe of Gad. (Calmet) ---
Basan, the capital city, ver. 16. (Sa) (Menochius)

Haydock: 1Ch 5:15 - -- And, &c. Hebrew also, "Achi, son of Abdiel." ---
Chief, like the preceding, each in their respective families. (Calmet) ---
They were relation...
And, &c. Hebrew also, "Achi, son of Abdiel." ---
Chief, like the preceding, each in their respective families. (Calmet) ---
They were relations (Haydock) of the same tribe. (Menochius)

Haydock: 1Ch 5:16 - -- Saron, in Basan; (Josue xii. 18.) different from those vallies near Joppe, (Calmet) and between Thabor and Tiberias. (Eusebius)
Saron, in Basan; (Josue xii. 18.) different from those vallies near Joppe, (Calmet) and between Thabor and Tiberias. (Eusebius)

Haydock: 1Ch 5:17 - -- Israel. Jeroboam II had been dead two years before Joathan was born: unless some of the numbers be incorrect; which seem very probable, 4 Kings xv. ...
Israel. Jeroboam II had been dead two years before Joathan was born: unless some of the numbers be incorrect; which seem very probable, 4 Kings xv. 5. Yet these registers might be made at different times, and one, perhaps, under Jeroboam I, as when any war seemed to threaten, the number of soldiers was to be known. (Calmet) ---
It does not appear why the king of Juda is mentioned, as the people were not under his dominion, unless (Haydock) he was contemporary with Jeroboam II, as some assert. (Menochius) ---
Yet the following expedition seems to have taken place while Israel was still faithful to God. (Haydock) By faith they overcame kingdoms, Hebrews xi. (Worthington)

Haydock: 1Ch 5:19 - -- But, &c. Hebrew, "and Jetur, &c., ( 20 ) and they were helped by God against them." (Haydock) ---
Septuagint, "they prevailed over them, and the A...
But, &c. Hebrew, "and Jetur, &c., ( 20 ) and they were helped by God against them." (Haydock) ---
Septuagint, "they prevailed over them, and the Agarites," &c. The ancient, or higher Iturea, lay between Hermon and Manasses; but the lower, which Josephus includes under this name, took in the deserted possessions of that half tribe. (Calmet) ---
The former (Haydock) extended from Jordan by Libanus, to the mountains of Tyre. (Menochius) ---
And Naphis, sons of Ismael, Genesis xxv. 13. (Haydock)
Gill: 1Ch 5:11 - -- And the children of Gad dwelt over against them,.... Or by them, the Reubenites; and one part of Gilead was given them between them, and the other to ...
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them,.... Or by them, the Reubenites; and one part of Gilead was given them between them, and the other to the half tribe of Manasseh:
in the land of Bashan, unto Salcah; for though all Bashan is said to be given to the half tribe of Manasseh, Deu 3:13 yet that is to be understood of the greater part of it; all of that which belonged to Og, but what did not, the Gadites, either from the first, or in later times, inhabited even as far as Salcah, which was one of the cities of Og, Deu 3:10 and which Benjamin of Tudela w makes mention of, being called by the same name in his days.

Gill: 1Ch 5:12 - -- Joel the chief,.... In this and the following verse are reckoned up the principal men in the tribe of Gad, and the chief of all was Joel, another from...
Joel the chief,.... In this and the following verse are reckoned up the principal men in the tribe of Gad, and the chief of all was Joel, another from him in the tribe of Reuben, 1Ch 5:4.
and Shapham the next; the second chief man, from whom, Reland x conjectures, Shophan, a city in the tribe of Gad, had its name, Num 32:35.
and Jaanai; from whom Danjaan might be called, as Michaelis intimates, 2Sa 24:6.
and Shaphat in Bashan; not Shaphat the father of Elisha, according to a tradition of the Jews, mentioned by Kimchi; which is not at all probable.

Gill: 1Ch 5:13 - -- And their brethren of the house of their fathers,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them:
were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Shebai, and...
And their brethren of the house of their fathers,.... Who were also men of eminence and note in them:
were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Shebai, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven; so they are as here mentioned by name.

Gill: 1Ch 5:14 - -- These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,.... That is, the seven before mentioned; they were the posterity of Abihail, whose pedigree is trac...
These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,.... That is, the seven before mentioned; they were the posterity of Abihail, whose pedigree is traced from his father Huri to Buz, the intermediate progenitors being Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo.

Gill: 1Ch 5:15 - -- Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. Which Ahi was a principal man in the families the seven above men belonge...
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. Which Ahi was a principal man in the families the seven above men belonged to; besides them, or those three, were everyone of them heads of families.

Gill: 1Ch 5:16 - -- And they dwelt in Gilead,.... In that part of it which belonged to the tribe of Gad:
in Bashan, and in her towns; See Gill on 1Ch 5:11,
and in a...
And they dwelt in Gilead,.... In that part of it which belonged to the tribe of Gad:
in Bashan, and in her towns; See Gill on 1Ch 5:11,
and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders; there were two Sharons, one to the west of the land of Israel near the Mediterranean sea, which is mentioned in Act 9:35 as near Lydda and Joppa; and the other to the east or northeast, beyond Jordan, which is here meant.

Gill: 1Ch 5:17 - -- All these were reckoned by genealogies,.... All before mentioned:
in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel; ...
All these were reckoned by genealogies,.... All before mentioned:
in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel; not that those two kings reigned at the same time, and one and the same reckoning is meant; but, as Dr. Lightfoot y observes, there were two reckonings; his words are,"in the days of Jotham there was an account taken of the families of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, 1Ch 5:17 and so had there been in the days of Jeroboam the second; then at their restoring by Jeroboam out of the hands of Hamath and Syria, and now at their arming against the Assyrian, under whom they fell in the time of Pekah, and are never again restored to Israel.''

Gill: 1Ch 5:18 - -- The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,.... These all joined together, living together on the one side of Jordan:
of v...
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,.... These all joined together, living together on the one side of Jordan:
of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war; strong able bodied men; and not only able to bear and carry arms, sword in one hand, and shield in another; but were men of valour and courage, and had military skill, and knew how to handle their arms to advantage:
were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war: that used to go out when there was occasion, and did at this time.

Gill: 1Ch 5:19 - -- And they made war with the Hagarites,.... Before mentioned, 1Ch 5:19.
with Jetur, and Nephish: with the posterity of these men, who were sons of Is...

Gill: 1Ch 5:20 - -- And they were helped against them,.... The Israelites were helped against the Ishmaelites, to fight with them, and overcome them; either by their bret...
And they were helped against them,.... The Israelites were helped against the Ishmaelites, to fight with them, and overcome them; either by their brethren of the house of Israel, as the Targum, those on this side Jordan; or rather by the Lord, to whom they cried, and who was entreated by them as follows:
and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; they and their confederates and auxiliaries, the Ituraeans, &c.
for they cried to God in the battle; which at first seems to have gone against them; and they prayed to God, as the Targum, while they were fighting, that he would appear for them, and give them victory:
and he was entreated of them; he received their prayer, as the same paraphrase; he heard them, and answered them:
because they put their trust in him; in his power and providence, and not in their own strength, courage, and military skill; the Targum is,"because they trusted in his word.''

Gill: 1Ch 5:21 - -- And they took away their cattle,.... Which they brought with them, and they found in their camp when they fled, or in their fields:
of their camels...
And they took away their cattle,.... Which they brought with them, and they found in their camp when they fled, or in their fields:
of their camels fifty thousand; with which Arabia abounded, and were fit to travel with in those hot and desert countries, being strong to carry burdens, and able to bear much thirst. The Arabians, as Diodorus Siculus a reports, brought up camels, for almost all the uses of life; as for the sake of their milk and flesh to feed upon, as well as for carrying burdens in common; and which in time of war they loaded with provisions for the army, and fought upon, one of them carrying two archers with their backs to each other, the one to meet the enemy in front, the other to annoy those that pursued them; and so the Parthians made use of camels both to fight on, and to carry provisions for their soldiers b:
and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand; which these Hagarites kept both for food and clothing, and some of them might be now taken with them to supply their army; the Spartans carried sheep with them in their expeditions, as sacrifices to their gods c; but it need not be supposed that these creatures, and those that follow, were in such large numbers with the Hagarites in the battle, but were afterwards found, partly in their camp, and partly in the places inhabited by them:
and of asses two thousand; used to ride on, and carry loads, and also to plough with; and in all these lay the wealth of men in those times and countries, see Job 1:1.
and of men one hundred thousand; so that they took captive above as many more as their army consisted of.

Gill: 1Ch 5:22 - -- For there fell down many slain,.... Many were killed in the battle, besides the great number of prisoners made, so that the army the Ishmaelites broug...
For there fell down many slain,.... Many were killed in the battle, besides the great number of prisoners made, so that the army the Ishmaelites brought into the field was very great:
because the war was of God; or from the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; he stirred up the Israelites to it, directed, assisted, and succeeded them, that vengeance might be taken on this wicked and idolatrous people:
and they dwelt in their stead until the captivity; the Targum adds, of Sennacherib king of Assyria; but this captivity of the tribes referred to was not by him, but by Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, 1Ch 5:26 and they dwelt not in the country of the Arab-hagarites, or Ishmaelites in their stead there, but in Gilead, as in 1Ch 5:10 which belonged to the Gadites and Reubenites originally, but had been dispossessed of it, or however distressed in it by these Hagarites, which they now drove out, and dwelt in their stead; for as for the Scenite-arabs or Ishmaelites, they never were conquered and brought into subjection by any people, but always maintained their independency d; and lived upon the plunder of their neighbours, pitching their tents here and there for their convenience, which in these parts were at this time spoiled.

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NET Notes: 1Ch 5:18 Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treadin...


NET Notes: 1Ch 5:20 Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried ...

NET Notes: 1Ch 5:21 Heb “their”; the referent (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 1Ch 5:22 Heb “and they lived in place of them until the exile.” The referent of “them” (the Hagrites) has been specified in the transla...
Geneva Bible: 1Ch 5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in ( f ) Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
( f ) Both the whole country and on...

Geneva Bible: 1Ch 5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with ( g ) Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
( g ) These twelve were the sons of Ishmael, (Gen 25:15).

Geneva Bible: 1Ch 5:20 And they were ( h ) helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the...

Geneva Bible: 1Ch 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the ( i ) captivity.
( i ) Meaning, the captivity ...

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TSK Synopsis -> 1Ch 5:1-26
TSK Synopsis: 1Ch 5:1-26 - --1 Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright.3 Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites.11 The chief men o...
MHCC -> 1Ch 5:1-26
MHCC: 1Ch 5:1-26 - --This chapter gives some account of the two tribes and a half seated on the east side of Jordan. They were made captives by the king of Assyria, becaus...
Matthew Henry -> 1Ch 5:1-17; 1Ch 5:18-26
Matthew Henry: 1Ch 5:1-17 - -- We 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 conf...

Matthew Henry: 1Ch 5:18-26 - -- The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, 1Ch 5:23, 1Ch 5:24. Their lot, at first, was Bas...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 1Ch 5:11-17; 1Ch 5:18-22
Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 5:11-17 - --
The families of the tribe of Gad, and their dwelling-places. - 1Ch 5:11. In connection with the preceding statement as to the dwelling-places of th...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 5:18-22 - --
War of the trans-Jordanic tribes of Israel with Arabic tribes. - As the half-tribe of Manasseh also took part in this war, we should have expected ...
Constable: 1Ch 1:1--9:44 - --I. ISRAEL'S HISTORICAL ROOTS chs. 1--9
"The fact that the author of 1 and 2 Chronicles devoted nine chapters out...

Constable: 1Ch 4:1--7:40 - --B. The House of Israel chs. 4-7
The writer's next concern was to trace the line of people to whom and th...
