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1 Chronicles 5:6

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 5:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
1 Chronicles 5:6 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
9and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Beerah his son, etc.] The last of Joel’s posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers f40 was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, (see <280101>Hosea 1:1) but neither the name, title, time, nor tribe, agree: whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive; the same with Tiglathpileser by a transposition of letters, (<121529>2 Kings 15:29) and is read the same here in the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he [was] prince of the Reubenites; at that time; that is, Beerah was.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“5:6 Tiglath-pileser was king of Assyria (744–727 BC); he attacked the tribes of Transjordan during King Pekah’s reign (752–732 BC), taking the people into captivity (see 5:25-26; 2 Kgs 15:29).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Beerah: i.e. a well, \[Strong's H880\], 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. Tilgathpilneser: Ch1 5:26; Kg2 15:29, Kg2 16:7, Tiglath-pileser Reubenites: Num 26:7 1 Chronicles 5:7”
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