1 Chronicles 5:26

Contextual Overview

¹⁸The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army—men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war. ¹⁸ The sons of Re'uven, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war. ¹⁸ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. ¹⁸ The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war. ¹⁸ There were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty soldiers from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and East Manasseh who carried shields and swords and bows. They were skilled in war. ¹⁸ The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. ¹⁸The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—valiant men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war—were 44,760 who went to war. ¹⁸ The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword and shot with a bow and were skillful in battle, totaled 44,760 who went to war. ¹⁸ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war. ¹⁸ The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure & fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.

Bible Verse Review
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stirred up: 2 Samuel 24:1, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Ezra 1:5, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 13:2-5

Pul: 2 Kings 15:19, Tiglath pileser

and brought them: 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:11, 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:19 - General Numbers 32:19 - we will 1 Kings 11:14 - the Lord 2 Kings 15:29 - Tiglathpileser 2 Kings 16:7 - Tiglathpileser 2 Kings 19:17 - the kings 1 Chronicles 5:6 - Tilgathpilneser 1 Chronicles 5:22 - until the captivity 2 Chronicles 28:20 - Tilgathpilneser 2 Chronicles 30:6 - escaped 2 Chronicles 36:22 - the Lord stirred Isaiah 9:1 - afterward Isaiah 10:13 - I have removed Isaiah 37:18 - the kings Jeremiah 51:11 - the Lord hath Ezekiel 23:9 - General Hosea 1:4 - will cause Hosea 8:10 - for Obadiah 1:19 - Benjamin Haggai 1:14 - stirred

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the God of Israel,.... The Targum is,

"the word of the God of Israel:''

stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria: in the times of Menahem king of Israel:

and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser; in the times of Pekah king of Israel, to invade the land, and make war in it:

and he carried them away: not the former, but the latter:

even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh; these entirely together, with some other parts of the land, see

2 Kings 15:29

and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan; to the very same places where afterwards Salmaneser carried the ten tribes, or what remained of them, see 2 Kings 17:6

unto this day; the times of Ezra, the writer of this book, after the tribe of Judah returned from the captivity of Babylon; but the ten tribes remained where they were carried, and have not returned even to this day.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“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” Genesis 11:31; 2 Kings 19:12; Ezekiel 27:23, being a softening down of the rugged original “Kharan.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:26. Tilgath-pilneser — Many MSS. have תגלת Tiglath instead of תלגת Tilgath. The Syriac, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, have the same reading as in 2 Kings 15:29, &c.

Brought them unto Halah — See the notes on the parallel places marked in the margin [2 Kings 17:6 (note), and 2 Kings 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.