1 Chronicles 5:7

1Ch 5:7-8. And his brethren — The other sons of Reuben, and their posterity. Were the chief — Hebrew, the head: each was the head of his family. Who dwelt in Aroer, even, &c. — Namely, the Reubenites, all those here before mentioned, as appears, both by the following verses, which relate to the whole tribe, and by the agreement of this description of their inheritance with that Jos 13:15-16.

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(7) Tilgath - pilneser.—The Assyrian monarch known as Tiglath Pileser II. See 2Ki_15:29, for his deportation of the people of the northern and trans-Jordanic districts of Israel, in the reign of Pekah. Some MSS., with LXX. and Syriac, read Tiglath, which is more correct than Tilgath. Vat., LXX., ΘαγλαΦαλλασὰρ, Syr., Teglath-Palsar. The Assyrian name, of which these forms are transcripts, is Tu-kulti-pal-Esarra, “the servant of the son of Esarra.” (The “Son of Esarra” is a title of the god Ninip.) Tilgath-Pilneser (Vulg., Thelgath-Phalnasar) is the invariable spelling of Chronicles.

He was prince of the Reubenites.—Beerah was tribal prince of Reuben, and not merely chief of a Reubenite clan, as some will have it. The Hebrew construction is parallel to that of Num_7:24; Num_7:30 seq., with which comp. Num_7:18.

(7) And his brethren by their families.—“And his fellow-tribesmen, each after his clan (Num_2:34), in the registration after their pedigrees, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah.” Jeiel was the chief of the second Reubenite clan, as Beerah of the first. Zechariah and Bela were heads of the other chief houses. It appears that these four chieftains correspond to the four divisions of Reuben mentioned in 1Ch_5:3. Num_26:7 says expressly that “the Hanochite, the Palluite, the Hezronite, and the Carmite” were “the clans of the Reubenite.”

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7. was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel] R.V. was reckoned; the chief; Jeiel.

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And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,.... The pedigree of Bela, another principal man in the tribe of Reuben, is traced up to Joel the father of Shema; the same with Shemaiah, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, Ch1 5:4

who dwelt in Aroer; which belonged to the tribe of Gad, and was rebuilt by them, Num 32:34 wherefore Kimchi observes, it may be interpreted, either from Aroer, or on the border of it, Bela dwelt:

even unto Nebo, and Baalmeon; of which See Gill on Num 32:38.

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Families, when they were led captive into Assyria; (Menochius) or before, when the tribe was in a most flourishing condition. --- Princes. Hebrew and Septuagint, "prince." --- Jehiel. Septuagint, "Joel," ver. 4.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

His brethren, i.e. the other sons of Reuben, and their posterity.

The chief, Heb. the head; each was the head of his family.

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Vers. 7, 8. Of Jeiel, Zechariah, Bela, and Asaz nothing further is known. Shema and Joel may be those of ver. 4, as above. The expression, his brethren, i.e. the brethren of Beerah, must be read generally. The intimation, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, is probably explained by the contents of ver. 17 (of which hereafter). Aroer (rero or rewOr); a place east of the Jordan, overhanging the torrent of Arnon, which was a boundary between Moab and the Amorites, and afterwards between Moab and Reuben. There is little doubt that Burckhardt has identified the ruins of Aroer (see Num_32:38; Deu_2:24, 36 3:8, 12, 16; Jos_12:1, 2 13:9, 16; Jud_1:11:13, 26, where note transposition of letters in the Hebrew; (2Ki_10:33) Moab seems to have regained it later. (Jer_48:1-47; see interesting arts. "Amen" and "Areer," Smith"s" Bible Dictionary Nebo and Baal-meon are also mentioned together in Num_32:38; and Baal-meon with Moab in Eze_25:9. This Nebo, the town, is distinct from Mount Nebo. It is remarkable that it is not mentioned, unless under one of the "changed" names, (Num_32:38) in the list of the towns of Reuben. (Jos_13:15-23) Nebo was the name of a heathen deity, known among the Chaldeans, (Babylonians, Isa_46:1) and Assyrians; and this constituted one reason, if not the reason, for changing its name when it had been affixed to the Moabite city.

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And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,.... The pedigree of Bela, another principal man in the tribe of Reuben, is traced up to Joel the father of Shema; the same with Shemaiah, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, Ch1 5:4

who dwelt in Aroer; which belonged to the tribe of Gad, and was rebuilt by them, Num 32:34 wherefore Kimchi observes, it may be interpreted, either from Aroer, or on the border of it, Bela dwelt:

even unto Nebo, and Baalmeon; of which See Gill on Num 32:38.

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listed according to their genealogical records

This can start a new sentence: "Their genealogical records list them as" (See: Active or Passive)

genealogical records

records that show how people in a family are related to each other

Jeiel ... Zechariah ... Bela ... Azaz ... Shema

These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

Aroer ... Nebo ... Baal Meon

These are the names of cities. (See: How to Translate Names)

translationWords

clan

desert

Euphrates River

Gilead

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tracing their genealogy to their generations; the heads were Jeiel and Zechariah The meaning is: I traced only part of the genealogy of Reuben, but the main part of his genealogy is in the chronicles of the kings of Israel. Jeiel and Zechariah were the heads, through whom their genealogy was completed.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.