1 Chronicles 5:11 BSB

1 Chronicles 5:11

The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:

KJV

And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

From this passage and from the subsequent account of the Manassites 1Ch 5:23-24, the Gadites extended themselves to the north at the expense of their brethren, gradually occupying a considerable portion of the tract originally allotted to the “half tribe.”

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵי־	u.ve.nei-	and [the] descendants of	H1121 →
גָ֣ד	gad	Gad	H1410 →
לְנֶגְדָּ֗ם	le.neg.Dam	to before them	H5048 →
יָֽשְׁב֛וּ	ya.she.Vu	they dwelt	H3427 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
הַבָּשָׁ֖ן	ha.ba.Shan	<the> Bashan	H1316 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
סַלְכָֽה׃	sal.Khah	Salecah	H5548 →

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Through
Joshua 13:11
also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:47–48
  They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
- 1 Chronicles 2:23
  But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
- Joshua 12:2–5
  Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of…