seekeroftruth
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1 Chronicles 5:The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:
12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.
13 Their relatives, by families, were:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.
14 These were the sons of Abihail 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.
15 Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.
17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. 20 They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22 and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.
12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.
13 Their relatives, by families, were:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.
14 These were the sons of Abihail 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.
15 Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.
17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. 20 They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22 and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.
They took 100,000 people captive. 100,000 relatives of Ismael... They killed everyone except the 100,000 of great great whatever uncle Ishmael's family were taken captive. They took the camels, sheep, donkeys, and the land.
It isn't like they came to celebrate the "holidays" and never left.... right? No these cousins were worse... they killed the host, captured and took the wait staff hostage.... then they never left.... Cousins.
This commentary comes from the easy English site.
The tribe of Gad lived in the area called Bashan. They lived in Gilead, Bashan and the small towns near there. Their area included the plain called Sharon. The land in Bashan had good soil in which to plant crops. The plain called Sharon was a large flat area to the east of the river Jordan.
There were three areas called Sharon. One was near Caesarea and Joppa, which were on the west coast. The second one was between Mount Tabor and the sea called Galilee. This third one had boundaries next to Gilead and Bashan.
These records of the family of Gad are from the time of Jotham and Jeroboam. Jotham was king in Judah from 750 to 731 BC. Jeroboam II (the second) was king in Israel from 793 to 753 BC. There were two counts of the people. The first count was during the rule of Jeroboam. And the second count was during the rule of Jotham.
The two and a half tribes that lived on the east side of the river Jordan had a large army. This probably refers to the time of Joshua. These two and a half tribes fought against the local people and took their land. They trusted God to help them in battle. They prayed to God for success. The LORD helped them because this was his plan for them.
There were three areas called Sharon. One was near Caesarea and Joppa, which were on the west coast. The second one was between Mount Tabor and the sea called Galilee. This third one had boundaries next to Gilead and Bashan.
These records of the family of Gad are from the time of Jotham and Jeroboam. Jotham was king in Judah from 750 to 731 BC. Jeroboam II (the second) was king in Israel from 793 to 753 BC. There were two counts of the people. The first count was during the rule of Jeroboam. And the second count was during the rule of Jotham.
The two and a half tribes that lived on the east side of the river Jordan had a large army. This probably refers to the time of Joshua. These two and a half tribes fought against the local people and took their land. They trusted God to help them in battle. They prayed to God for success. The LORD helped them because this was his plan for them.
At this point... I think I'm questioning something. God said He would watch over Hagar and Ishmael. Now Ishmael's relatives are being murdered and captured... by their cousins from Isaac's side. Back in Kings.... God left a cruddy guy on the throne because He promised David that one of His heirs would stay on the throne..... I wonder if that's what happened here. Did Ishmael's family decide they didn't need God? Is that why so many of them perished?
Now it appears that the Hagrites were run out of the area... not murdered... according to biblestudytools.com.
They increasing, and their cattle being multiplied, they crowded out their neighbours the Hagarites, and extended their conquests, though not to the river Euphrates, yet to the wilderness which abutted upon that river. Thus God did for his people as he promised them: he cast out the enemy from before them by little and little, and gave them their land as they had occasion for it, Ex. 23:30. Of the tribe of Gad. Some great families of that tribe are here named , seven that were the children of Abihail, whose pedigree is carried upwards from the son to the father, as that is brought downwards from father to son. These genealogies were perfected in the days of Jotham king of Judah, but were begun some years before, in the reign of Jeroboam II, king of Israel. What particular reason there was for taking these accounts then does not appear; but it was just before they were carried away captive by the Assyrians, as appears 2 Ki. 15:29, 2 Ki. 15:31 . When the judgments of God were ready to break out against them for their wretched degeneracy and apostasy then were they priding themselves in their genealogies, that they were the children of the covenant; as the Jews, in our Saviour’s time, who, when they were ripe for ruin, boasted, We have Abraham to our father. Or there might be a special providence in it, and a favourable intimation that though they were, for the present, cast out, they were not cast off for ever. What we design to call for hereafter we keep an inventory of.
OOHHHH.... so the reason it says there were 100,000 Hagrites held captive.... they will be prominent characters later.... we'll see Ishmael's kin again.... the Hagrite cousins are still kicking.... Uncle Isaac's kin didn't kill them all off.
