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1 Chronicles 5:6 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 5 · verse 6
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.1 Chronicles 5:6 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 5:6 in context
4The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TilgathpilneserTiglath PilʼeçerTiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser, an Assyryrian kingH8407 →
- ReubenitesRᵉʼûwbênîya Reubenite or descendant of ReubenH7206 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- BeerahBᵉʼêrâhBeerah, an IsraeliteH880 →
- princenâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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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