1 Chronicles 5:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. ”

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He inhabited - i. e. Reuben. Eastward the Reubenites inhabited as far as the commencement of the great Syrian Desert, which extended all the way from the river Euphrates to their borders.
1 Chronicles 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. Eastward he inhabited ... The settlement...
1 Chronicles 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness. — As their flocks and herds increased, the Reubenites gradually spread eastward, to the great desert lying between the Euphrates an...
1 Chronicles 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And eastward he inhabited ,.... Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben: unto the entering in of the wilderness ; the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the Re...
1 Chronicles 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And eastward he inhabited That is, the tribe of Reuben. Unto the entering in of the wilderness , &c. From Jordan and the wilderness, beyond it unto Euphrates. Or, of the wilderness , which li...
1 Chronicles 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He inhabited, i.e. the tribe of Reuben. From the river Euphrates; from Jordan and the wilderness beyond it unto Euphrates. Or, of the wilderness, which lies towards or reacheth to the river Eup...
1 Chronicles 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Posterity of Reuben
1 Chronicles 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Chronicles 26:31 ; 1 Chronicles 5:16 ; 1 Kings 17:1 ; 2 Kings 24:7 ; Genesis 2:14 ; Genesis 31:23 ; Joshua 22:8 ; Joshua 22:9
1 Chronicles 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Euphrates — From Jordan and the wilderness beyond it unto Euphrates. Or, of the wilderness, which lies towards or reacheth to the river Euphrates, namely, the great wilderness of Kedemoth, Deutero...

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Chronicles 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes