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1 Chronicles 5:1 open_in_new
forasmuch. Compare Genesis 35:22; Genesis 49:4.
not to be reckoned, &c.. not to be enrolled in the place of the firstborn.
birthright. See note on Genesis 25:31.
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1 Chronicles 5:2 open_in_new
Judah prevailed. Compare Genesis 49:8, referring to intertribal precedence.
came. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis with "is".
chief ruler. Referring to the regal line, and the coming of the Messiah.
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1 Chronicles 5:6 open_in_new
carried away. This was the first carrying away, and took place in 654. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:26. The second was by Tiglath-Pileser (= Pul) in the reign of Pekah (649-629). This was the Galilee-Naphtali carrying away (2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 9:1) referred to in Matthew 4:15. The third was the Samaria deportation in the ninth year of Hoshea and sixth of Hezekiah (611 B. c), and ended the kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:3-23; 2 Kings 18:9-12). It was begun by Shalmaneser and ended by Sargon (613-611).
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1 Chronicles 5:8 open_in_new
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.
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1 Chronicles 5:10 open_in_new
Hagarites. Tracing their descent from Hagar through Ishmael. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:19 with 1 Chronicles 1:31, and Psalms 83:6.
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1 Chronicles 5:11 open_in_new
children. sons.
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1 Chronicles 5:13 open_in_new
Heber. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Septuagint, read "Hehed", mistaking Resh, ("r") for Daleth, ("d").
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1 Chronicles 5:16 open_in_new
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).
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1 Chronicles 5:17 open_in_new
Jotham... Jeroboam. Jotham (647-631) and Jeroboam II (728-687). See App-50. Consequently, the statement here refers to consensusses at different times.
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1 Chronicles 5:18 open_in_new
valiant men. sons of valour.
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14. These two and. half tribes, east of Jordan, chose their own portions, but were nearest to the enemy, and were the first to be carried away. Compare Lot, Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:11, and Genesis 14:11; Genesis 14:12. Better to have our "lot" chosen for us by Jehovah (Genesis 13:14; Genesis 13:15).
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1 Chronicles 5:20 open_in_new
helped: i.e. by God (2 Chronicles 26:17; Psalms 28:7). This victory should have shown them that there could have been no captivity had they obeyed God (see note on 1 Chronicles 4:43).
trust. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
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1 Chronicles 5:21 open_in_new
men. Hebrew "souls (nephesh) of men (adam)". App-13 and App-14.
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1 Chronicles 5:22 open_in_new
until the captivity. Compare 2 Kings 15:29. 2Ki 17:6. 2 Kings 18:9-12: i.e. that of Tiglath-pileser.
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1 Chronicles 5:23 open_in_new
half: i.e. the half beyond Jordan.
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1 Chronicles 5:24 open_in_new
even. Septuagint and Vulgate omit this word "even".
mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.
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1 Chronicles 5:25 open_in_new
transgressed. acted faithlessly.
people. peoples.
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1 Chronicles 5:26 open_in_new
God of Israel. Note Elohim: not Jehovah, as dealing with Gentiles; but Israel, as not forgetting His covenant-relation though stirring up enemies.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Pul... and... Tilgath-pilneser. Two names of one person: Pul, the original and official name in Babylon of this usurper; Tilgath, his official name in Assyria, which he assumed from an earlier king. Compare 2 Kings 15:19.
Halah... Gozan. Whither the Israelites west of Jordan were deported by Sargon (2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11).
unto this day. See note on 1 Chronicles 4:43.