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1 Chronicles 5:17 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 5 · verse 17
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.1 Chronicles 5:17 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 5:17 in context
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.
18The 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.
19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- genealogiesyâchasto enroll by pedigreeH3187 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- JothamYôwthâmJotham, the name of three IsraelitesH3147 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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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