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1 Chronicles 5:4
4Joel's descendants were: His son Shemaiah. Shemaiah's son Gog. Gog's son Shimei.
1 Chronicles 5:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Context of 1 Chronicles 5:4
2Judah became stronger than all his brothers. Israel's ruler came from his tribe. But it was Joseph who received the benefits that belong to the firstborn son. 3The sons of Reuben, Israel's oldest son, were: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. Joel's descendants were: His son Shemaiah. Shemaiah's son Gog. Gog's son Shimei. 5Shimei's son Micah. Micah's son Reaiah. Reaiah's son Baal. 6Baal's son Beerah. Beerah was a leader of Reuben's tribe. Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, took him away to Assyria as his prisoner.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 51 Chronicles 5:4 word by word
בְּנֵ֖י יוֹאֵ֑ל שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה בְנ֛וֹ גּ֥וֹג בְּנ֖וֹ שִׁמְעִ֥י בְנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:4
- 1 Samuel 8:2The name of his firstborn son was Joel. The name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba town.
- 1 Chronicles 9:16There was also Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah and grandson of Galal, who was Jeduthun's son. And there was Berekiah, the son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah. Elkanah had lived in the villages of the Netophath people.
- Ezekiel 38:2‘Son of man, turn and look towards Gog, in the land of Magog. He is the most important prince of Meshech and Tubal. Speak my message to warn him.
- Ezekiel 39:1‘Son of man, you must tell my message to Gog to warn him. Say to him, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- Ezekiel 38:15You will come from your country far away in the north. You will bring many soldiers with you. All of them will be riding on horses. They will be a great army of many soldiers.
- Ezekiel 39:2I will turn you around and I will pull you along. I will bring you from the far away places in the north to attack the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 38:8After many days you will have to bring your soldiers together to fight a battle. In the years at the end of time, you will go to attack the land of Israel. It will be a land that has become strong again after war. The people there will have returned from other nations. They will all be living safely in that land that had become heaps of stones. They will all be together on Israel's mountains.
- Ezekiel 38:12We will fight them and take their things for ourselves. The people there have come back from other nations where they lived. They are living in their homes which had become heaps of stones. Now they have got many animals and valuable things. Their land has become an important place in the middle of everywhere.’
- Revelation 20:8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea.
- 2 Samuel 16:5King David and his people arrived near Bahurim town. Gera's son Shimei came out to meet David. He was a relative of Saul. Shimei cursed David in a loud voice as he came towards him.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The sons of Joel - The line of succession here given must be broken by one great gap or several smaller ones, since nine generations before Tiglath-pileser would carry us back no further than the reign of Rehoboam.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8We do not know how Joel's descendants are related to the rest of the Reuben tribe.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Ch 5:1-10. The Line of Reuben. 1. Now the sons of Reuben--In proceeding to give this genealogy, the sacred historian states, in a parenthesis (1Ch 5:1, 2), the reason why it was not placed first, as Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. The birthright, which by a foul crime he had forfeited, implied not only dominion, but a double portion (De 21:17); and both of these were transferred to Joseph, whose two sons having been adopted as the children of Jacob…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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