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1 Chronicles 5:15 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 5 · verse 15
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.1 Chronicles 5:15 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 5:15 in context
13And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
14These 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;
15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- AbdielʻAbdîyʼêlAbdiel, an IsraeliteH5661 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- GuniGûwnîyGuni, the name of two IsraelitesH1476 →
- AhiʼĂchîyAchi, the name of two IsraelitesH277 →
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We have here an extract out of the genealogies, I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have, 1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and, upon that account, might challenge the precedency;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17