1 Chronicles 5:14
in 1 Chronicles 5These were the sons of Abihail 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These were the sons 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;
KJV
These 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;
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
dwelt over against them
on 1 Chronicles 5:11-17
Gad settled across from Reuben in Bashan, the tableland running to Salchah, and verse 17 says the line was reckoned twice over, once under Jotham king of Judah and once under Jeroboam king of Israel. Barnes reads the double dating as a sign that Judah still exercised some claim over the tribes east of Jordan in that period, even after the kingdom split. Gad's towns reached into the suburbs of Sharon, a name shared with the coastal plain near Joppa but here marking a district of Bashan itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,.... That is, the seven before mentioned; they were the posterity of Abihail, whose pedigree is traced from his father Huri to Buz, the intermediate progenitors being Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the children of Gad dwelt over against them--The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a separate colony.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And their brothers to the house of their fathers in the place of their genealogy.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Chief of their clan. [This refers] either to Abdiel or to his father Guni.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה׀ | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲבִיחַ֗יִל | ʾavichayil | Abihail | H32 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חוּרִ֡י | churi | Huri | H2359 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יָ֠רוֹחַ | yaroach | Jaroah | H3386 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גִּלְעָ֧ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מִיכָאֵ֛ל | mikhael | Michael | H4317 → | 13 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְשִׁישַׁ֥י | yeshishai | Jeshishai | H3454 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יַחְדּ֖וֹ | yachdo | Jahdo | H3163 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בּֽוּז׃ | buz | Buz | H938 → |
אֵ֣לֶּה׀these
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֣י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אֲבִיחַ֗יִלAbihail
ʾavichayilH32 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חוּרִ֡יHuri
churiH2359 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יָ֠רוֹחַJaroah
yaroachH3386 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
גִּלְעָ֧דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מִיכָאֵ֛לMichael
mikhaelH4317 →13 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְשִׁישַׁ֥יJeshishai
yeshishaiH3454 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יַחְדּ֖וֹJahdo
yachdoH3163 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בּֽוּז׃Buz
buzH938 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
