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1 Chronicles 5:4

1 Chronicles 5:4
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Beerah his son,.... The last of Joel's posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers (q) was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, see Hos 1:1 but neither the name, title, time, nor…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 5:1-17

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,…