1 Chronicles 5:1-6

Descendants of Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (¹for he was the firstborn, but because ²he defiled his father's couch, ³his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

2 ⁴though Judah became strong among his brothers and a ⁵chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

3 the ⁶sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

6 Beerah his son, whom ⁷Tiglath-pileser^[a] king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.

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1 Chronicles 5:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 5

This chapter relates the genealogy of the tribes that lived on the other side Jordan; of the Reubenites, 1Ch 5:1-10, of the Gadites, 1Ch 5:11-17 of the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 5:23,24 and of their war with the Hagarites, in conjunction with each other, and their conquest of them, 1Ch 5:18-22 and who for their sins were all carried captive by the king of Assyria, 1Ch 5:25,26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Genesis 29:32; Genesis 49:3
2. Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4
3. See Genesis 48:15-22
4. See Genesis 49:8-10
5. Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6
6. Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5, 6
7. 2 Chronicles 28:20

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser; also verse 26

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