English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 5:11
11The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
1 Chronicles 5:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
- New International Version (NIV)The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah:
- New Living Translation (NLT)Next to the Reubenites, the descendants of Gad lived in the land of Bashan as far east as Salecah.
Context of 1 Chronicles 5:11
9He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead. The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: 12Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 51 Chronicles 5:11 word by word
וּבְנֵי־גָ֣ד לְנֶגְדָּ֗ם יָֽשְׁב֛וּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַבָּשָׁ֖ן עַד־סַלְכָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:11
- Genesis 30:11And Leah said, "Good fortune has come!" so she called his name Gad.
- Numbers 21:33Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
- Numbers 32:34And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- Deuteronomy 3:10all the cities of the tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Joshua 12:4and Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
- Joshua 13:11and Gilead, and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11From this passage and from the subsequent account of the Manassites 1 Chronicles 5:23-24, the Gadites extended themselves to the north at the expense of their brethren, gradually occupying a considerable portion of the tract originally allotted to the “half tribe.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24Chapter 5 lists the family histories for: Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1–10; compare Genesis 46:9) Gad (1 Chronicles 5:11–17) Manasseh (1 Chronicles 5:23–24) These are the tribes of Israel that settled in Transjordan (the area east of the Jordan River).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1511-15. the children of Gad dwelt over against them--The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a separate colony.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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