1 Chronicles 5:4
in 1 Chronicles 5The descendants of Joel:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
KJV
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The sons of Joel - The line of succession here given must be broken by one great gap or several smaller ones, since nine generations before Tiglath-pileser would carry us back no further than the reign of Rehoboam.
This site's exposition
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi
on 1 Chronicles 5:3-10
The list runs Reuben's line down to Beerah, prince of the Reubenites when Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried him captive, so the genealogy itself reaches forward to the exile the chapter names again at its close. Between the names sits one clause of history: in the days of Saul the tribe warred against the Hagarites and took their land east of Jordan, in Gilead, where their herds had already multiplied. Wesley and Barnes both note gaps in the line, since nine generations from Joel to Beerah cannot span the centuries from Saul to Tiglath-pileser without the omissions ancient genealogies regularly keep.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
, is brought downwards from father to son. These genealogies were perfected in the days of Jotham king of Judah, but were begun some years before, in the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel. What particular reason there was for taking these accounts then does not appear; but it was just before they were carried away captive by the Assyrians, as appears 2 Kings xv.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
The sons of Joel,.... Who was either the son of Carmi last mentioned, or rather of Hanoch, Reuben's firstborn, since the descendants of him were the princes of the tribe: his posterity in succession were, Shemaiah, Cog, Shimei, Micah, Reaia, Baal, Beerah; of whom we know no more than their names, and by these the descent is carried down to the captivity by Tiglathpileser, as follows.
Perhaps he is mentioned as prince of the Reubenites at that time because he did not do his part to prevent the captivity. The enlargement of the coasts of this tribe.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֖י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹאֵ֑ל | yoel | Joel | H3100 → | 20 times |
| שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה | shema'yah | Shemaiah | H8098 → | 41 times |
| בְנ֛וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גּ֥וֹג | gog | Gog | H1463 → | |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁמְעִ֥י | shimi | Shimei | H8096 → | 43 times |
| בְנֽוֹ׃ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
בְּנֵ֖י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יוֹאֵ֑לJoel
yoelH3100 →20 times
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הShemaiah
shema'yahH8098 →41 times
בְנ֛וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
גּ֥וֹגGog
gogH1463 →
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
שִׁמְעִ֥יShimei
shimiH8096 →43 times
בְנֽוֹ׃son his
venoH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.