1 Chronicles 5:12

12 Yo'el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat 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 the time of Sha'ul they went to war with the Hagri'im; after defeating them they occupied their tents throughout all the territory east of Gil'ad.

11 The descendants of Gad lived across from them, in the territory from Bashan to Salkhah:

12 Yo'el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat in Bashan.

13 The houses of their fathers' brothers were: Mikha'el, Meshulam, Sheva, Yorai, Ya'kan, Zia and 'Ever - seven altogether.

14 These are the sons of Avichayil the son of Huri the son of Yaroach the son of Gil'ad the son of Mikha'el the son of Yeshishai the son of Yachdo the son of Buz;