1 Chronicles 5 - Introduction - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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CHAP. V.

      This chapter gives us some account of the two tribes and a half that were seated on the other side Jordan. I. Of Reuben, 1 Chronicles 5:1-10. II. Of Gad, 1 Chronicles 5:11-17. III. Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 5:23; 1 Chronicles 5:24. IV. Concerning all three acting in conjunction we are told, 1. How they conquered the Hagarites, 1 Chronicles 5:18-22. 2. How they were, at length, themselves conquered, and made captives, by the king of Assyria, because they had forsaken God, 1 Chronicles 5:25; 1 Chronicles 5:26.