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1 Chronicles 5:6

in 1 Chronicles 5

and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

KJV

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Beerah his son - After their separation from the house of David the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes; and this continued till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captives into Assyria. At that time Beerah was their prince or chief; and with him this species of dominion or precedency terminated. According to the Targum, Beerah was the same as Baruch the prophet.

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 Awakening2 voices

Beerah his son,.... The last of Joel's posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers (q) was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, see Hos 1:1 but neither the name, title, time, nor tribe, agree: whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive; the same with Tiglathpileser by a transposition of letters, 2Ki 15:29 and is read the same here in the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he was prince of the Reubenites; at that time; that is, Beerah was. (q) Aben Ezra in Hos. i. 1. Pesikta apud Abarbinel. in ib.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בְּאֵרָ֣הBeerah

    beerahH880 →

  • בְנ֔וֹson his

    venoH1121 →4930 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֶגְלָ֔הhe took into exile

    heglahH1540 →186 times

  • תִּלְּגַ֥תTiglath-

    tilegatH8407 →12 times

  • פִּלְנְאֶ֖סֶרpileser

    pilneeserH8407 →12 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשֻּׁ֑רAssyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

  • ה֥וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • נָשִׂ֖יא[was] a leader

    nasi'H5387 →134 times

  • לָרֽאוּבֵנִֽי׃of the Reubenite[s]

    loruveniH7206 →18 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 5:26So 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.6 works2 Chronicles 28:20Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.3 works2 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 as captives to Assyria.3 works2 Kings 16:7So 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 rising up against me.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 5:26

    So 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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 15:29

      In 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…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 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 15:19

      Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.

    • 2 Kings 18:11

      The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

    • 2 Chronicles 33:11

      So 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.

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:29

    In 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

    • 1 Chronicles 5:26

      So 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…

      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…

    • 1 Kings 15:20

      And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.

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