1 Chronicles 5:8-10
Living Bible
7-8 His relatives became heads of clans and were included in the official genealogy: Jeiel, Zechariah, Bela (the son of Azaz, grandson of Shema, and great-grandson of
These Reubenites[a] lived in Aroer and as far distant as Mount Nebo and Baal-meon.
9 Joel was a cattleman, and he pastured his animals eastward to the edge of the desert and to the Euphrates River, for there were many cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 During the reign of King Saul, the men of Reuben defeated the Hagrites in war and moved into their tents on the eastern edge of Gilead.
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- 1 Chronicles 5:7 These Reubenites, implied in 5:1.
1 Chronicles 5:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, which dwelt in [a]Aroer even unto Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also Eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river [b]Perath: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred with the [c]Hagrites, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all the East parts of Gilead.
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- 1 Chronicles 5:8 These places were beyond Jordan toward the East in the land given to the Reubenites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:9 Or, Euphrates.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10 The Ishmaelites that came of Hagar Abraham’s concubine.
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