1 Chronicles 5:26
in 1 Chronicles 5So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
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ASV
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.
KJV
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseTilgath-pilneser - Many MSS. have תגלת Tiglath instead of תלגת Tilgath. The Syriac, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, have the same reading as in 2Ki 15:29, etc. Brought them unto Halah - See the notes on 2Ki 17:6 (note), and 2Ki 18:11 (note), for many particulars of these wars, and consequent captivity. It is a pity that some method were not found out to harmonize the books of Kings with the books of Chronicles, that the variations might be seen at one view.
This site's exposition
went a whoring after the gods
on 1 Chronicles 5:25-26
The chapter that opened with the tribes crying to God in battle and being entreated closes with their transgression: they went whoring after the gods of the peoples God had destroyed before them, worshipping the idols of the very nations whose land they had taken. The Lord stirred the spirit of Pul and of Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria, and Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh became the first of Israel's tribes carried into exile, settled by the river Gozan unto this day. Henry reads the tribes that chose the best land east of Jordan, most exposed and most mixed with the nations around them, as for that same reason the first tribes lost.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Seventh-commandment sins especially leave an indelible stain upon men's names and families, a reproach which time will not wipe away. Reuben's seed, to the last, bear the disgrace of Reuben's sin. Yet, though that tribe was degraded, it was not discarded or disinherited.
These tribes were first placed, and they were first displaced. They would have the best land, not considering that it lay most exposed. But those who are governed more by sense than by reason or faith in their choices may expect to fare accordingly.
And the God of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul--the Phalluka of the Ninevite monuments (see on 2Ki 15:19). and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser--the son of the former. By them the trans-jordanic tribes, including the other half of Manasseh, settled in Galilee, were removed to Upper Media. This was the first captivity (2Ki 15:29).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
“Habor” here seems to be a city or a district, and not a river, as in marginal reference There is some reason to believe that districts among the Assyrians were occasionally named from streams. Hara is probably the same as “Haran” Gen 11:31; 2Ki 19:12; Eze 27:23, being a softening down of the rugged original “Kharan.”
The words behind it
29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּעַר֩ | vaiyaar | and he stirred up | H5782 → | 80 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| ר֣וּחַ׀ | ruach | [the] spirit of | H7307 → | 378 times |
| פּ֣וּל | pul | Pul | H6322 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁ֗וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| ר֙וּחַ֙ | ruach | [the] spirit of | H7307 → | 378 times |
| תִּלְּגַ֤ת | tilegat | Tiglath- | H8407 → | 12 times |
| פִּלְנֶ֙סֶר֙ | pilneser | pileser | H8407 → | 12 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁ֔וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| וַיַּגְלֵם֙ | vaiyaglem | and he took into exile them | H1540 → | 186 times |
| לָראוּבֵנִ֣י | loruveni | to the Reubenite[s] | H7206 → | 18 times |
| וְלַגָּדִ֔י | velagadi | and to the Gadite[s] | H1425 → | 16 times |
| וְלַחֲצִ֖י | velachatzi | and to [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| שֵׁ֣בֶט | shevet | [the] tribe of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| וַ֠יְבִיאֵם | vayviem | and he brought them | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לַחְלַ֨ח | lachlach | to Halah | H2477 → | |
| וְחָב֤וֹר | vechavor | and Habor | H2249 → | |
| וְהָרָא֙ | vehara' | and Hara | H2024 → | |
| וּנְהַ֣ר | unehar | and [the] river of | H5104 → | 119 times |
| גּוֹזָ֔ן | gozan | Gozan | H1470 → | |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ פ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיָּעַר֩and he stirred up
vaiyaarH5782 →80 times
אֱלֹהֵ֨י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
ר֣וּחַ׀[the] spirit of
ruachH7307 →378 times
פּ֣וּלPul
pulH6322 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁ֗וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
ר֙וּחַ֙[the] spirit of
ruachH7307 →378 times
תִּלְּגַ֤תTiglath-
tilegatH8407 →12 times
פִּלְנֶ֙סֶר֙pileser
pilneserH8407 →12 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁ֔וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
וַיַּגְלֵם֙and he took into exile them
vaiyaglemH1540 →186 times
לָראוּבֵנִ֣יto the Reubenite[s]
loruveniH7206 →18 times
וְלַגָּדִ֔יand to the Gadite[s]
velagadiH1425 →16 times
וְלַחֲצִ֖יand to [the] half of
velachatziH2677 →125 times
שֵׁ֣בֶט[the] tribe of
shevetH7626 →190 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֑הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
וַ֠יְבִיאֵםand he brought them
vayviemH935 →2568 times
לַחְלַ֨חto Halah
lachlachH2477 →
וְחָב֤וֹרand Habor
vechavorH2249 →
וְהָרָא֙and Hara
vehara'H2024 →
וּנְהַ֣רand [the] river of
uneharH5104 →119 times
גּוֹזָ֔ןGozan
gozanH1470 →
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ פ<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are…
- 2 Kings 17:6
Through
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Isaiah 21:2
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Leviticus 26:32–33
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
- Amos 5:27
Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
- Hosea 13:16
Through
2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:36
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:36
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
- PlaceUpper MesopotamiaAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's ang…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.