Chronicles I 5:16

16 They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and all the country round about Saron to the border.

Chronicles I 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16

And they dwelt in Gilead
In that part of it which belonged to the tribe of Gad:

in Bashan, and in her towns; (See Gill on 1 Chronicles 5:11),

and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders;
there were two Sharons, one to the west of the land of Israel near the Mediterranean sea, which is mentioned in ( Acts 9:35 ) as near Lydda and Joppa; and the other to the east or northeast, beyond Jordan, which is here meant.

Chronicles I 5:16 In-Context

14 These the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz,

15 the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their families.

16 They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and all the country round about Saron to the border.

17 The enumeration of all took place in the days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18 The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.