Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
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Gill's Exposition
And his brethren by their families,.... Either the brethren of Beerah, or the rest of the posterity of Reuben:
(when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned;) either in the times of Jotham…
Adam Clarke
Beerah his son - After their separation from the house of David the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes; and this continued till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captives into…
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,…
Cambridge Bible
Tilgath-pilneser called Tiglath-pileser(2Ki 15:29), and no doubt identical with Pul(ib.2Ki 15:19). See F. Hommel in Hastings" Bible Dict., Assyria, p. 185. The Chronicler is therefore in error in…
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