1 Chronicles 5:3-6

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 5:3-6 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; Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5-11
• 2. S Numbers 26:5
• 3. S Numbers 26:6
• 4. 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