1 Chronicles 5:17

17 (These records were compiled in the days of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel.)

1 Chronicles 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:17

All these were reckoned by genealogies
All before mentioned:

in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king
of Israel;
not that those two kings reigned at the same time, and one and the same reckoning is meant; but, as Dr. Lightfoot ^F25 observes, there were two reckonings; his words are,

``in the days of Jotham there was an account taken of the families of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, ( 1 Chronicles 5:17 ) and so had there been in the days of Jeroboam the second; then at their restoring by Jeroboam out of the hands of Hamath and Syria, and now at their arming against the Assyrian, under whom they fell in the time of Pekah, and are never again restored to Israel.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Works, vol. 1. p. 100.

1 Chronicles 5:17 In-Context

15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel and grandson of Guni, was head of these clans.

16 They lived in the territory of Bashan and Gilead, in the towns there and all over the pasture lands of Sharon

17 (These records were compiled in the days of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel.)

18 In the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh there were 44,760 soldiers, well-trained in the use of shields, swords, and bows.

19 They went to war against the Hagrite tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.