1 Chronicles 5:12

12 Yo'el the chief, and Shafam the second, and Ya`nai, 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 days of Sha'ul, they made war with the Hagrim, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the [land] east of Gil`ad.

11 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salkhah:

12 Yo'el the chief, and Shafam the second, and Ya`nai, and Shafat in Bashan.

13 Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Mikha'el, and Meshullam, and Sheva, and Yorai, and Ya`kan, and Zia, and `Ever, seven.

14 These were the sons of Avichayil, the son of Huri, the son of Yao`ach, the son of Gil`ad, the son of Mikha'el, the son of Yeshishai, the son of Yachdo, the son of Buz;