1 Chronicles 5:1-6

Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,

2 and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)—

3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.

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

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

6 and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser^[a] king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 29:32
• 2. Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4
• 3. S Genesis 48:16,22; S Genesis 49:26
• 4. Genesis 48:5
• 5. 1 Chronicles 26:10
• 6. S Genesis 49:10,12
• 7. S 1 Samuel 9:16; S 1 Samuel 12:12; S 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Chronicles 11:2; S 2 Chronicles 7:18; Psalms 60:7; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6
• 8. S Genesis 25:31
• 9. S Genesis 29:32; Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5-11
• 10. S Numbers 26:5
• 11. S Numbers 26:6
• 12. ver 26; S 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 16:10; 2 Chronicles 28:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Tilgath-Pilneser," a variant of "Tiglath-Pileser" ; also in verse 26