1 Chronicles 5:11-22

11 Gad's family lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

12 Joel was the first, Shapham the second, and Janai governed Bashan.

13 Their relatives according to their households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.

14 This was the family of Abihail son of Huri son of Jaroah son of Gilead son of Michael son of Jeshishai son of Jahdo son of Buz.

15 Ahi, Abdiel's son and Guni's grandson, was the head of their household.

16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and as far as the boundaries of all the open lands of Sharon.

17 They were all listed in the records in the days of Judah's King Jotham and Israel's King Jeroboam.

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh were warriors who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war—44,760 ready for military service.

19 When they waged war on the Hagrites (the Jeturites, the Naphishites, and the Nodabites),

20 they received help against them. The Hagrites and all who were with them were handed over to them, because they cried out to God in battle. God granted their prayer because they trusted in him.

21 They seized their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep and goats, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 captives.

22 Many died, because God fought the battle. They lived there in place of the inhabitants until the exile.

1 Chronicles 5:11-22 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.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX, Tg; MT Shaphatin