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A.M. 2294, etc. B.C. 1710, etc. he was. 1Ch 2:1 Ge 29:32 Ge 46:8 Ge 49:3 Ex 6:14 Nu 1:5 Nu 16:1 Nu 26:5
forasmuch. Ge 35:22 Ge 49:4 Le 18:8 Le 20:11 De 27:20 1Co 5:1
birthright. 1Ch 26:10 Ge 48:15-22 De 21:17 Col 1:15
and. Ge 25:23 1Sa 16:6-11
reckoned. Jos 14:6
25 The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins.
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Judah. Ge 35:23 Ge 49:8-10 Nu 2:3 Nu 7:12 Jos 14:6 Jude 1:2 Ps 60:7 Ps 108:8 Mic 5:2 Mt 2:6 Heb 7:14 Re 5:5
the chief ruler. or, the prince.By the chief ruler is meant first David, and after him the Messiah, agreeably to the celebrated prophecy of Jacob (Ge 49:10). The Syriac calls him "Christ the king," and the Arabic, "Messiah the king." 1Sa 16:1 1Sa 16:10 1Sa 16:12 2Sa 8:15 Ps 78:68-71 Jer 23:5 Jer 23:6 Mic 5:2 Mt 2:6 Heb 7:14
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Beerah
Tilgath-pilneser. 1Ch 5:26 2Ki 15:29 2Ki 16:7
Beerah. .After their separation from the house of David, the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes, till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captive; at which time Beerah, who according to the Targum was the same as Baruch, was their prince. Tiglath-pileser.
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when the genealogy. 1Ch 5:17
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Shema. 1Ch 5:4
Shemaiah. Aroer. Nu 32:34 De 2:36 Jos 13:15-21 Isa 17:2
Nebo.The city of Nebo was doubtless situated on or near the Celebrated mountain of the dsame name, east of Jordan. Nu 32:38 De 32:49 De 34:1 Isa 15:2
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unto the entering.That is, unto the borders of Arabia Deserta, which extends to the Euphrates.
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the Hagarites. 1Ch 5:19 1Ch 5:20 Ge 21:9 Ge 25:12 Ps 83:6
A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060. throughout, etc. Heb. upon all the face of the East.
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in the land. Nu 32:34-36 De 3:10-17 Jos 13:11 Jos 13:24-28
the children.The Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh are joined to the genealogy of Reuben, because they inhabited the same country, and formed a sort of separate colony east of Jordan.
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Joel
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made war. 1Ch 5:10
the Hagarites.The Hagarites, and these other tribes, were descendants of Hagar, and dwelt, according to Strabo, in Arabia Deserta. Naphish:
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And they. 1Ch 5:22 Ex 17:11 Jos 10:14 Jos 10:42 1Sa 7:12 1Sa 19:15 Ps 46:1 Ps 146:5 Ps 146:6
for they cried. 1Ki 8:44 1Ki 8:45 2Ch 13:14 2Ch 13:15 2Ch 14:11-13 2Ch 18:31 2Ch 20:12 2Ch 32:20 2Ch 32:21
in the battle. 1Ki 22:32 2Ch 13:13 2Ch 13:14 2Ch 14:10 2Ch 14:11 2Ch 18:31
because. Ps 9:10 Ps 20:7 Ps 20:8 Ps 22:4 Ps 22:5 Ps 84:11 Ps 84:12 Jer 17:7 Jer 17:8 Na 1:7 Eph 1:12
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men. Heb. souls of men. Nu 31:35 Re 18:13
took away. Heb. led captive. camels.The camel, in Hebrew {gamal,} retained with little variation in all languages, is, according to the Linnæan system, a genus of quadrapeds of the order pecora; comprehending the camel, properly so called, with two prominences; the dromedary, with a single one; the lama, or Peruvian camel, with the back even and the breast gibbose, and the pacos, or camel without any gibbosity. The camel, properly so called, is about 6® feet in height: its head is small; ears short; neck long, slender, and bending; legs long and slender, having four callosities on the fore legs and two on the hinder, on which it rests; feet soft, parted, but not thoroughly divided; bottom of the foot tough and pliant; tail about two feet in length, terminating in a tuft; and hair fine, soft, of considerable length, and of a dusky reddish colour. Besides the same internal structure as other ruminating animals, it is furnished with an additional bag for containing a quantity of water till wanted.
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famous men. Heb. men of names 1Ch 4:38
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went. Re 1:17 Re 9:20 2Ki 17:7-18 Ho 1:2 Ho 9:1 Re 17:5
after the gods. Re 1:12 2Ch 25:14 2Ch 25:15 Ps 106:34-39
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