“ The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ”
The sons of Joel - The line of succession here given must be broken by one great gap or several smaller ones, since nine generations before Tiglath-pileser would carry us back no further than the...
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...
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genealogies (continued) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh.
The LXX. read: “Sons of Joel Shemaiah, and Banaia (Benaiah) his son; and sons of Gog, son of Shemaiah, his son Micah,” &c.
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...
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...
The names and settlements of the Reubenites, are here particularly marked. But what a sad proof of degeneracy this tribe afforded, in setting up their residence, the other side of the land of promise...
Ver. 4,5. The sons of Joel ,.... Who was either the son of Carmi last mentioned, or rather of Hanoch, Reuben's firstborn, since the descendants of him were the princes of the tribe: his posterity in...
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Ver. 4. The sons of Joel. ] Who was Hanoch's son, likely.
Genealogies. B. C. 715. 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the...
Joel was the son either of Carmi last mentioned; or rather of Hanoch, Reuben's first-born, because he and his were successively princes of this tribe, as may be gathered from 1 Chronicles 5:6 .
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 5:19 . 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...
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...
The Posterity of Reuben
1 Chronicles 5:4 ; 1 Chronicles 9:16 ; 1 Samuel 8:2 ; 2 Samuel 16:5 ; Ezekiel 38:14 ; Ezekiel 38:15 ; Ezekiel 38:16 ; Ezekiel 38:18 ; Ezekiel 38:2 ; Ezekiel 38:3 ; Ezekiel 38:8 ; Ezekiel...