1 Chronicles 5:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. ”

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they dwelt in Gilead in (f) Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. (f) Both the whole country and one particular city were called Bashan.
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogi...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in Gilead: i.e. in part of it, other parts having been allotted to the halftribes of Reubenites and Manassites ( Numbers 32:39-40 ; Deuteronomy 3:13 . Joshua 13:31 ; Joshua 13:31 ).
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. The suburbs of Sharon - There were three places of this name: that mentioned here was a dis...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. Sharon. The term Sharon was applied as descriptive of any place of extraordinary be...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genealogies (continued) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-17) THE SONS OF GAD, THEIR CLANS, TERRITORY, AND REGISTRATION. (11) And the children of Gad dwelt over against them. — That is, adjoining them on the east of Jordan. In the land of Basha...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1-54 ; 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 ; 1 Chronicles 3:1-24 ; 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 ; 1 Chronicles 5:1-26 ; 1 Chronicles 6:1-81 ; 1 Chronicles 7:1-40 ; 1 Chronicles 8:1-40 ; 1 Chr...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The worth principally attracting attention in this chapter are those connected with the name of Reuben. Here the ultimate light flames on the record: "the Prince," toward whose advent everything move...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The tribe of Gad very properly comes in, to be noticed in their genealogy, after that of Reuben; for this tribe also joined with Reuben in the wish of settlement.
1 Chronicles 5:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they dwelt in Gilead ,.... In that part of it which belonged to the tribe of Gad: in Bashan, and in her towns ; 1 Chronicles 5:11 , and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders ; th...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. Ver. 16. Suburbs of Sharon. ] Which was ager pascuosissimus, a place of fat feeding, 1...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They dwelt in Gilead That is, the children or tribe of Gad inhabited a part of Gilead, the Reubenites and Manassites dwelling in other parts of it, Deuteronomy 3:12 . In Bashan In the land of Ba...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genealogies. B. C. 715. 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They dwelt, i.e. the children or tribe of Gad. In Gilead, i.e. in part of Gilead; for the Reubenites and Manassites dwelt in other parts of it, Deuteronomy 3:12,13,16 . In Bashan; in the lan...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This ch. contains Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh east of Jordan, with two episodes, one on the wars of these tribes, and the other on the removal by Tilgath-pilneser. The uppe...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:19 . The Hagarites, that is, the Ishmaelites, who descended from Hagar's son. 1 Chronicles 5:21 . Fifty thousand. The LXX read, five thousand. The ancient way of numbering by le...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 5:1-13 THE SONS OF REUBEN . The tribe of Reuben is now taken third in order by the compiler, though Reuben was the first of all the sons of Israel. The distin...
1 Chronicles 5:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Posterity of Gad and of Half-Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 5:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 27:29 ; 1 Chronicles 5:11 ; Genesis 31:23 ; Isaiah 35:2 ; Song of Solomon 2:1

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Chronicles 5:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 5:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge