1 Chronicles 5:12

12 One family descended from Gad's first son Joel. Another family descended from Gad's second son Shapham. Other families descended from Gad's sons Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

1 Chronicles 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 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 him in the tribe of Reuben, ( 1 Chronicles 5:4 )

and Shapham the next;
the second chief man, from whom, Reland ^F24 conjectures, Shophan, a city in the tribe of Gad, had its name, ( Numbers 32:35 )

and Jaanai;
from whom Danjaan might be called, as Michaelis intimates, ( 2 Samuel 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 602.

1 Chronicles 5:12 In-Context

10 In Saul's day they fought a war against the Hagrites, defeated them, and lived in their tents throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

11 Gad's descendants lived next to Reuben's descendants in Bashan as far [east] as Salcah.

12 One family descended from Gad's first son Joel. Another family descended from Gad's second son Shapham. Other families descended from Gad's sons Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

13 Their seven relatives by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.

14 These were the sons of Abihail, who was the son of Huri, grandson of Jaroah, and great-grandson of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Michael, grandson of Jeshishai, great-grandson of Jahdo, and great-great-grandson of Buz.