1 Chronicles 5:7
in 1 Chronicles 5Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites. His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
KJV
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis 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 Awakening1 voice
And his brethren by their families,.... Either the brethren of Beerah, or the rest of the posterity of Reuben: (when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned;) either in the times of Jotham and Jeroboam, 1Ch 5:17 or at the time of their captivity, as in the preceding verse: were the chief, Jehiel, and Zechariah; these were the principals or heads of their families.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶחָיו֙ | veechav | and relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו | lemishpechotav | to clans his | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּהִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ | behityaches | by genealogical enrolment | H3187 → | 18 times |
| לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑ם | letoledotam | to generations their | H8435 → | 39 times |
| הָרֹ֥אשׁ | harosh | [were] the chief | H7218 → | 599 times |
| יְעִיאֵ֖ל | yeiel | Jeiel | H3273 → | 14 times |
| וּזְכַרְיָֽהוּ׃ | uzekharyahu | and Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
וְאֶחָיו֙and relatives his
veechavH251 →630 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יוto clans his
lemishpechotavH4940 →303 times
בְּהִתְיַחֵ֖שׂby genealogical enrolment
behityachesH3187 →18 times
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑םto generations their
letoledotamH8435 →39 times
הָרֹ֥אשׁ[were] the chief
haroshH7218 →599 times
יְעִיאֵ֖לJeiel
yeielH3273 →14 times
וּזְכַרְיָֽהוּ׃and Zechariah
uzekharyahuH2148 →43 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
1 Chronicles 5:17All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 14:28
As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not…
- 2 Kings 14:16
And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:32
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people…
- 2 Chronicles 27:1
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Kings 14:28
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.