1Ch 5 | TSK | STEP | Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright. Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites. The chief men of Gad, and their habitations. Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites. The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh. The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins. A.M. 2294, etc. B.C. 1710, etc. he was. forasmuch. birthright. and. reckoned.

the chief ruler. or, the prince.By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the Messiah, agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob (Ge 49:10). The Syriac calls him "Christ the king," and the Arabic, "Messiah the king."

1Sa 16:1,10,12; 2Sa 8:15; Ps 78:68-71; Jer 23:5,6; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:6

Heb 7:14

birthright was.

Ge 49:26; Ro 8:29

sons.

Ge 46:9; Ex 6:14; Nu 26:5-9

Pallu.

Ge 46:9

Phallu.

Beerah. .After their separation from the house of David, the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes, till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captive; at which time Beerah, who according to the Targum was the same as Baruch, was their prince.

Tilgath-pilneser.

26; 2Ki 15:29; 16:7

Tiglath-pileser.

when the genealogy.

Shema.

5:4

Shemaiah. Aroer.

Nu 32:34, De 2:36, Jos 13:15-21; Isa 17:2

Nebo.The city of Nebo was doubtless situated on or near the Celebrated mountain of the dsame name, east of Jordan.

Nu 32:38; De 32:49; 34:1; Isa 15:2

Baal-meon.

Jos 13:17; Eze 25:9

unto the entering.That is, unto the borders of Arabia Deserta, which extends to the Euphrates.

because.

Jos 22:8,9

A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060.

the Hagarites.

19,20; Ge 21:9; 25:12; Ps 83:6

throughout, etc. Heb. upon all the face of the East.

the children.The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the same country, and formed a sort of separate colony east of Jordan.

in the land.

Nu 32:34-36; De 3:10-17; Jos 13:11,24-28

12 This verse is wanting both in the Syriac and Arabic.

Sharon.

27:29; So 2:1; Isa 35:2

borders. Heb. goings forth.

reckoned

Jotham.

2Ki 15:5,32; 2Ch 27:1

Jeroboam.

2Ki 14:16,23,28

valiant men. Heb. sons of valour.

four and forty.

Jos 4:12,13

made war.

the Hagarites.The Hagarites, and these other tribes, were descendants of Hagar, and dwelt, according to Strabo, in Arabia Deserta.

Nephish.

1:31; Ge 25:15

Naphish:

And they.

22; Ex 17:11; Jos 10:14,42; 1Sa 7:12; 19:15; Ps 46:1; 146:5,6

for they cried.

1Ki 8:44,45; 2Ch 13:14,15; 14:11-13; 18:31; 20:12; 32:20,21

in the battle.

1Ki 22:32; 2Ch 13:13,14; 14:10,11; 18:31

because.

Ps 9:10; 20:7,8; 22:4,5; 84:11,12; Jer 17:7,8; Na 1:7; Eph 1:12

took away. Heb. led captive. camels.The camel, in Hebrew {gamal,} retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnæan system, a genus of quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel, properly so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single one; the lama, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast gibbose, and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The camel, properly so called, is about 6® feet in height: its head is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long and slender, having four callosities on the fore legs and two on the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail about two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft, of considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of water till wanted.

men. Heb. souls of men.

Nu 31:35; Re 18:13

the war.

Jos 23:10; 2Ch 32:8; Ro 8:31

until the captivity.

6:26; 2Ki 15:29; 17:6

Baal-hermon.

Jos 13:29-31

Hermon.

De 3:8,9; Jos 13:11; Ps 133:3; So 4:8

famous men. Heb. men of names

4:38