1 Chronicles 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema,b the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: ”

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in (d) Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: (d) These places were beyond Jordan toward the east in the land given to the Reubeni...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Azaz. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Azan", or "Azzan". Aroer... Nebo... Baal-meon. All east of Dead Sea. See Numbers 32:34 ; Numbers 32:38 ; Deuteronomy 2:36 .
1 Chronicles 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: Who dwelt in Aroer - This town was situated on the river Arnon; and Nebo was both a city...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bela. — His descent is traced, like that of Beerah. but through fewer names. This does not necessarily imply that Bela and Beerah were not contemporaries. Intermediate names are often omitted in ge...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel ,.... The pedigree of Bela, another principal man in the tribe of Reuben, is traced up to Joel the father of Shema; the same with Shemaiah...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And his brethren The other sons of Reuben, and their posterity. Were the chief Hebrew, the head: each was the head of his family. Who dwelt in Aroer, even , &c. Namely, the Reubenites, all...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who dwelt, to wit, the Reubenites, all these here before mentioned, as appears both by the following verses, which relate to the whole tribe; and by the agreement of this description of their inher...
1 Chronicles 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Posterity of Reuben
1 Chronicles 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 5:4 ; Deuteronomy 2:36 ; Deuteronomy 32:49 ; Deuteronomy 34:1 ; Ezekiel 25:9 ; Genesis 14:2 ; Isaiah 15:2 ; Isaiah 17:2 ; Joshua 13:15-21 ; Joshua 13:17 ; Joshua 15:26 ; Numb...

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Chronicles 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge