1 Chronicles 5

Genealogy of Reuben and Military Achievements 1 Chronicles 5:3–10

³Verse 3. the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ⁴Verse 4. The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Verse 5. Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Verse 6. and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites. ⁷Verse 7. His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸Verse 8. and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;

⁹Verse 9. and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead. ¹⁰Verse 10. In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

Gad's Lineage and Territory 1 Chronicles 5:11–16

¹¹Verse 11. The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah: ¹²Verse 12. Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³Verse 13. Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴Verse 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; ¹⁵Verse 15. Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses. ¹⁶Verse 16. They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

Military Strength and Divine Aid 1 Chronicles 5:17–22

¹⁷Verse 17. All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ¹⁸Verse 18. The sons of Reuben, 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 sixty, that were able to go out to war. ¹⁹Verse 19. They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab. ²⁰Verse 20. They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him.

²¹Verse 21. They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand. ²²Verse 22. For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

Half-Tribe of Manasseh's Growth 1 Chronicles 5:23–24

²³Verse 23. The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. ²⁴Verse 24. These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

Consequences of Unfaithfulness 1 Chronicles 5:25–26

²⁵Verse 25. They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them. ²⁶Verse 26. So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.