1 Chronicles 5:10

1 Chronicles 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
• New International Version (NIV)During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)During the reign of Saul, the Reubenites defeated the Hagrites in battle. Then they moved into the Hagrite settlements all along the eastern edge of Gilead.

Context of 1 Chronicles 5:10

8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. 9Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead. Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead. 11And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah: 12Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,

1 Chronicles 5:10 word by word

וּבִימֵ֣י שָׁא֗וּל עָשׂ֤וּ מִלְחָמָה֙ עִם־הַֽהַגְרִאִ֔ים וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ בְּיָדָ֑ם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאָ֣הֳלֵיהֶ֔ם עַֽל־כָּל־פְּנֵ֖י מִזְרָ֥ח לַגִּלְעָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
• warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• with the Hagaritesהַגְרִיhagrîy hagrîy' · HagriH1905
• who fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• by their handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• and they dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in their tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• throughoutפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• all the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:10

• 1 Chronicles 5:19They made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
• Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing.
• Genesis 25:12Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
• 2 Samuel 24:6Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon;
• Psalms 83:6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;
• 1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.
• 1 Chronicles 27:31and Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And they dwelt in their tents - The Hagarites were tribes of Nomade, or Scenite, Arabs; people who lived in tents, without any fixed dwellings, and whose property consisted in cattle. The descendants of Reuben extirpated these Hagarites, seized on their property and their tents, and dwelt in their place.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The “Hagarites” or “Hagarenes” are generally regarded as descendants of Hagar, and a distinct branch of the Ishmaelites 1 Chronicles 27:30-31; Psalm 83:6. They appear to have been one of the most wealthy 1 Chronicles 5:21 and widely-spread tribes of the Syrian Desert, being found on the side of the Euphrates in contact with the Assyrians, and also in the Hauran, in the neighborhood of Palestine, in contact with the Moabites and Israelites. If identical…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The tribes of Transjordan, including the Reubenites, expanded their settlements north and east during their war with the Hagrites in Saul's time (see 1 Chronicles 5:18–22; Psalm 83:6). Later, some Hagrites joined David's men (see 1 Chronicles 11:38; 27:31).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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 5:10

• Gad
• Gilead
• Hagar

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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