1 Chronicles 5



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1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
  • Not to be reckoned  = not to be enrolled in the place of the firstborn.
  • Birthright = Included
  • (1) The Father's blessing and supremacy which went to Jacob, Genesis 27, and Jude 8
  • (2) A double portion (which went to Joseph, Genesis 48; 1 and Chronicles 5:1,2
  • (3) The Domestic Priesthood (which after going to the firstborn of each family was vested in Levi for the whole nation. Numbers 3:6,12.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
  • Chief ruler = Referring to the regal line, and the coming of the Messiah.
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
 
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
  • Carried away = This was the first carrying away, and took place in 654.
  • 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; 18:9-12).
  • It was begun by Shalmaneser and ended by Sargon (613-611).
7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
  • Azaz. = Azan or Azzan
  • Aroer . . . Nebo . . . Baal-meon
  • All east of Dead Sea.
9 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.

10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
  • Hagarites = Tracing their descent from Hagar through Ishmael
11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
  • Heber = Hehed, mistaking Resh, ("r") for Daleth, ("d").
14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
  • In Gilead = in part of it, other parts having been allotted to the half tribes of Reubenites and Manassites (Numbers 32:39-40; Deuteronomy 3:13; Joshua 13:31).
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
  • Jotham . . . Jeroboam. Jotham (647-631) and Jeroboam II (728-687). 
  • Consequently, the statement here refers to consensusses at different times.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
  • Valiant men = sons of valour.
  • Men = Hebrew word = 'enosh.
  • These two and a 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 13:10,11, and Genesis 14:11,12.
  • Better to have our "lot" chosen for us by God (Genesis 13:14,15).
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
  • Helped = by God (2 Chronicles 26:17; Ps 28:7).
  • This victory should have shown them that there could have been no captivity had they obeyed God
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
  • Men =  Hebrew word = souls (nephesh) of men (adam)
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
  • Until the captivity = that of Tiglath-pileser.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
  • Half =  the half beyond Jordan
24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
  • Mighty men = Hebrew word = gibbor
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
  • Transgressed = acted faithlessly
  • People = peoples
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
  • Israel = Israel, as not forgetting His covenant-relation though stirring up enemies.
  • 2 Samuel 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
  • Spirit. Hebrew word = ruach
  • 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.
  • Halah . . . Gozan. Whither the Israelites west of Jordan were deported by Sargon (2 Kings 15:29)
  • Unto this day = Evidently not disturbed by the king of Babylon in the deportation of Israel.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
 
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25
 
Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
 
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