1 Chronicles 5:10

And the children of Gad dwelt over against them,.... Or by them, the Reubenites; and one part of Gilead was given them between them, and the other to the half tribe of Manasseh:

in the land of…

The “Hagarites” or “Hagarenes” are generally regarded as descendants of Hagar, and a distinct branch of the Ishmaelites 1Ch 27:30-31; Psa 83:6. They appear to have been one of the most wealthy 1Ch…

And 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…

We have here an extract out of the genealogies,

I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have,

1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and,…

in the days of Saul Saul's great victory over the Ammonites (1Samuel 11) may have paved the way for the expansion of Israel east of Jordan.

the Hegarites R.V. the Hagrites as Psa 83:6 (R.V. mg.). They…