AMP

AMP

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

1 Chronicles 5 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Descendants of Reuben

(Gen 46:8, 9 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 -

Now [we come to] the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—for Reuben was the eldest, but because he defiled his father’s bed [with Bilhah his father’s [fn]concubine], his birthright was given to [Manasseh and Ephraim] the sons of Joseph [the favorite] son of Israel, so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came [David] the leader [and eventually the Messiah], yet the birthright was Joseph’s—
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 - the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a leader of the tribe of Reuben.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his brothers (relatives) by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:8 - Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - To the east Bela settled as far as the entrance into the desert from the river Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - In the days of King Saul they made war with the [fn]Hagrites, who fell by their hands; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

Descendants of Gad

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 -

The sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - Their relatives from the households of their fathers: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:14 - These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:15 - Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the [surrounding] pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All these were enrolled in the genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam [II] king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 -

The 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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:19 - And these Israelites, [on the east side of the Jordan River] made war with the Hagrites [a tribe of northern Arabia], Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - They were given help against them, and the Hagrites were handed over to them, and all who were allied with them; for they cried out to God [for help] in the battle; and He granted their entreaty because they relied on and trusted in Him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - These Israelites took away their livestock: their 50,000 camels, and 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 [fn]people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:22 - For a great number fell mortally wounded, because the battle was of God. And these Israelites settled in their territory until the exile [by Assyria more than five centuries later].

Descendants of Manasseh

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 -

Now the sons (people) of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; their settlements spread from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, warriors of valor [willing and able to encounter danger], famous men, and heads of the households of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 -

But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and played the prostitute with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, [that is,] the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile—the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, [where they remain] to this day.
AMP Footnotes
See note Gen 22:24.
A tribal people believed to be related to Hagar, the mother of Ishmael.
Lit souls of men.
AMP

Amplified Bible Copyright (c) 2015 by

The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631 All rights reserved.

For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
AMP
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
AMP

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

1 Chronicles Chapter 5 — Additional Translations: