1 Chronicles 5:9-10

9 To the east he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, ¹because their cattle had increased in the land of Gilead.

10 In the days of Saul ²they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, so that they occupied their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:9-10 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. Joshua 22:8, 9
• 2. 1 Chronicles 5:18-21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "dwelt in"
• [b]. Lit "all the face of the east"