1 Chronicles 5:1-10

Descendants of Reuben

1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ( ¹for he was the firstborn, but because ²he defiled his father’s couch, ³his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

2 ⁴though Judah became strong among his brothers and a ⁵chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

3 the ⁶sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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

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

6 Beerah his son, whom ⁷Tiglath-pileser^[a] king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.

7 And his kinsmen by their clans, ⁸when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8 and Bela the son of Azaz, son of ⁹Shema, son of Joel, who lived in ¹⁰Aroer, as far as ¹¹Nebo and ¹²Baal-meon.

9 He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied ¹³in the land of Gilead.

10 And in the days of Saul they waged war against the ¹⁴Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:1-10 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. 5:1 Gen. 29:32; 49:3
• 2. 5:1 Gen. 35:22; 49:4
• 3. 5:1 See Gen. 48:15-22
• 4. 5:2 See Gen. 49:8-10
• 5. 5:2 Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:6
• 6. 5:3 Gen. 46:9; Ex. 6:14; Num. 26:5, 6
• 7. 5:6 2 Chr. 28:20
• 8. 5:7 ver. 17
• 9. 5:8 [ver. 4]
• 10. 5:8 Deut. 2:36; Josh. 13:16
• 11. 5:8 Num. 32:3
• 12. 5:8 Num. 32:38
• 13. 5:9 Josh. 22:9
• 14. 5:10 ver. 19, 20; ch. 11:38; 27:30

Footnotes

• [a] 5:6 Hebrew 'Tilgath-pilneser'; also verse 26