1 Chronicles 5:8

Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel. They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon,

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And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

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7Beerah's relatives according to their clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the leader, Zechariah, and

9and eastward to the start of the wilderness that extends to the Euphrates River. This was because they had many cattle in the land of Gilead.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:38Nebo, Baal Meon—their names were later changed, and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities that they rebuilt.

Deuteronomy 34:1Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. There Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan,

1 Chronicles 5:4The descendants of Joel were these: Joel's son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah's son was Gog. Gog's son was Shimei.

Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer will be abandoned. 1 They will be places for flocks to lie down, and no one will frighten them. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 5:2-18

Genealogies. ( b. c. 715.) 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his… Read the whole commentary →

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