1 Chronicles 5:12

Contemporary English Version

Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joel the chief, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Hebrew Names Version
Yo'el the chief, and Shafam the second, and Ya`nai, and Shafat in Bashan.

King James Version
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

English Standard Version
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

New Century Version
Joel was the main leader, Shapham was second, and then Janai and Shaphat were leaders in Bashan.

New English Translation
They included Joel the leader, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Amplified Bible
Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

New American Standard Bible
Joel was the head and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

World English Bible
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ioel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Iaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.

Legacy Standard Bible
Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

Berean Standard Bible
Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat in Bashan.

Darby Translation
Joel was the chief and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Easy-to-Read Version
Joel was the first leader in Bashan. Shapham was the second leader. Then Janai became the leader.

George Lamsa Translation
Joel was their chief, and he judged them and taught them good scriptures.

Good News Translation
Joel was the founder of the leading clan, and Shapham of the second most important clan. Janai and Shaphat were founders of other clans in Bashan.

Lexham English Bible
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Literal Translation
Joel the chief; and Shapham, the next; and Jaanai; and Shaphat in Bashan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ioel the chefest, and Sapham the secode, Iaenai and Saphat at Basan.

American Standard Version
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Bible in Basic English
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in Basan Iohel was the chiefest, and Sapham the next: then Ianai, and Saphat.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan;

King James Version (1611)
Ioel the chiefe, and Shapham the next: and Iaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Joel the first-born, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.

English Revised Version
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Johel was in the bygynnyng, and Saphan was the secounde; also Janahi and Saphan weren in Basan.

Update Bible Version
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

New King James Version
Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,

New Living Translation
Joel was the leader in the land of Bashan, and Shapham was second-in-command, followed by Janai and Shaphat.

New Life Bible
Joel was the leader. Then there was Shapham, then Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

New Revised Standard
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Joel the chief, and Shapham, the second, - and Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

Revised Standard Version
Jo'el the chief, Shapham the second, Ja'nai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

Young's Literal Translation
Joel the head, and Shapham the second, and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

Contextual Overview

¹ Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader. Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner. The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead. When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead. The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. They were all descendants of Abihail, whose family line went back through Huri, Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo, and Buz. Ahi, the son of Abdiel and the grandson of Guni, was the leader of their clan. The people of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Bashan and Gilead, as well as in the pastureland of Sharon. Their family records were written when Jotham was king of Judah and Jeroboam was king of Israel. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers trained to fight in battle with shields, swords, bows, and arrows. They fought against the Hagrites and the tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. Whenever these soldiers went to war against their enemies, they prayed to God and trusted him to help. That's why the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh defeated the Hagrites and their allies. These Israelite tribes captured fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people. Many of the Hagrites died in battle, because God was fighting this battle against them. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh lived in that territory until they were taken as prisoners to Assyria. East Manasseh was a large tribe, so its people settled in the northern region of Bashan, as far north as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel were their clan leaders; they were well-known leaders and brave soldiers. The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh were unfaithful to the God their ancestors had worshiped, and they started worshiping the gods of the nations that God had forced out of Canaan. So God sent King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria to attack these Israelite tribes. The king led them away as prisoners to Assyria, and from then on, he forced them to live in Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. ²The Descendants of Reuben Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader. ³ Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ⁴The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner. ⁷The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, ⁹ and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead. ¹⁰ When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead. ¹¹ The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. ¹² Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. ¹³ Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joel: 1 Samuel 8:2

Shapham: i.e. bald, [Strong's H8223]

Jaanai: i.e. responsive, [Strong's H3285], Shaphat. 1 Chronicles 3:22

Bashan: 1 Chronicles 5:11, Numbers 21:33

Cross-References

Luke 3:37
Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalaleel, Kenan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Joel the chief,.... In this and the following verse are reckoned up the principal men in the tribe of Gad, and the chief of all was Joel, another from him in the tribe of Reuben, 1 Chronicles 5:4

and Shapham the next; the second chief man, from whom, Reland x conjectures, Shophan, a city in the tribe of Gad, had its name, Numbers 32:35

and Jaanai; from whom Danjaan might be called, as Michaelis intimates, 2 Samuel 24:6

and Shaphat in Bashan; not Shaphat the father of Elisha, according to a tradition of the Jews, mentioned by Kimchi; which is not at all probable.

x Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 602.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:12. Joel the chief — "Joel, prince of the Sanhedrin; and Shapham, master of the college; and Jaanai and Shaphat, judges in Mathnan." - T.