Chronicles I 5:9

9 And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.

Chronicles I 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:9

And eastward he inhabited
Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben:

unto the entering in of the wilderness;
the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the Reubenites inhabited, ( Deuteronomy 2:26 )

from the river Euphrates;
a learned man ^F18 thinks that this river Phrat was different from the Euphrates near Babylon, which was northward, since this was to the east or southeast:

because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead;
therefore their habitation was extended further, even to the river Euphrates, as in the days of David and Solomon, ( 2 Samuel 8:3 ) ( 1 Kings 4:21 ) .

---

FOOTNOTES:

F18 Texelii Phoenix, l. 3. c. 7. p. 272.

Chronicles I 5:9 In-Context

7 And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and Zacharia.

8 And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson.

9 And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.

10 And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners ; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.

11 The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan even to Sela.