1 Chronicles 5:26 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'El
H3478
Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
up
וַיָּעַר֩vai.ya.'Ar
H5782
to wake (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
spirit
ר֣וּחַRu.ach
H7307
wind · noun, common feminine singular construct
Pul
פּ֣וּלpul
H6322
Pul · proper noun, a man's name
king
מֶֽלֶךְMe.lekh-
H4428
a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria
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Cross-references
2 Kings 15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to con…
2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and…
2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by…
2 Kings 18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of t…
1 Chronicles 5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
2 Chronicles 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him wi…
2 Samuel 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 Kings 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of th…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 5:18–end
The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, Ch1 5:23, Ch1 5:24. Their lot, at first, was Bashan only; but afterwards they increased so much in wealth and power that they spread far north, even unto Hermon. Two things only are here recorded concerning these tribes on the other side Jordan, in which they were all concerned. They all shared,
I. In a glorious victory over the Hagarites, so the Ishmaelites were now called, to remind them that they were the sons of the bond-woman, that was cast out. We are not told when this victory was obtained: whether it be the same with that of the Reubenites (which is said Ch1 5:10 to be in the days of S…
the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul--the Phalluka of the Ninevite monuments (see on Kg2 15:19).
and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser--the son of the former. By them the trans-jordanic tribes, including the other half of Manasseh, settled in Galilee, were removed to Upper Media. This was the first captivity (Kg2 15:29).
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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 5:26
Tilgath-pilneser - Many MSS. have תגלת Tiglath instead of תלגת Tilgath. The Syriac, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, have the same reading as in Kg2 15:29, etc.
Brought them unto Halah - See the notes on Kg2 17:6 (note), and Kg2 18:11 (note), for many particulars of these wars, and consequent captivity. It is a pity that some method were not found out to harmonize the books of Kings with the books of Chronicles, that the variations might be seen at one view.
John Gill on 1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel,.... The Targum is,"the word of the God of Israel:"
stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria: in the times of Menahem king of Israel:
and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser; in the times of Pekah king of Israel, to invade the land, and make war in it:
and he carried them away: not the former, but the latter:
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh; these entirely together, with some other parts of the land, see 2 Kings 15:29.
and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan; to the very same places where afterwards Salmaneser carried the ten tribes, or what remained of them, see 2 Kings 17:6.
unto this day; the t…
Dictionary and topics
Captivities Of The Jews — The present article is confined to the forcible deportation of the Jew; from their native land, and their forcible detention, under the Assyrian or Babylonian kings. Captives of Israel.—The kingdom…
Captivity — (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr.…
Exile — (1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C.…
Gad — Fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she…
Gozan — A region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chr. 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 37:12). It was situated in Mesopotamia, on the river Habor (2 Kings 17:6;…
Habor — The united stream, or, according to others, with beautiful banks, the name of a river in Assyria, and also of the district through which it flowed (1 Chr. 5:26). There is a river called Khabur which…
Hagarene — Or Hagarite. (1.) One of David’s mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David’s flocks. “A Hagarite had charge of David’s flocks, and an…
Halah — A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). It lay along the banks of the upper Khabur, from its source to its junction…
Hara — Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr. 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the Israelite captives were carried. It has not been…
Isaiah — (Heb. Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was…
אַשּׁ֗וּר
'a.Shur
H804
Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
spirit
ר֙וּחַ֙Ru.ach
H7307
wind · noun, common feminine singular construct
Tilgath-pilneser
תִּלְּגַ֤תti.le.Gat
H8407
Tiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser · proper noun, a man's name
king
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh
H4428
a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.Shur
H804
Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
away
וַיַּגְלֵם֙vai.yag.Lem
H1540
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Reubenites
לָראוּבֵנִ֣יlo.r.'u.ve.Ni
H7206
a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben · preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Gadites
וְלַגָּדִ֔יve.la.ga.Di
H1425
a Gadite (collectively) or descendants of Gad · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
half
וְלַחֲצִ֖יve.la.cha.Tzi
H2677
the half or middle · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
tribe
שֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vet
H7626
a scion · noun, common masculine singular construct
Manasseh
מְנַשֶּׁ֑הme.na.Sheh
H4519
Menashsheh · proper noun, a man's name
brought
וַ֠יְבִיאֵםVay.vi.'em
H935
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Halah
לַחְלַ֨חlach.Lach
H2477
Chalach · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Habor
וְחָב֤וֹרve.cha.Vor
H2249
Chabor · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
Hara
וְהָרָא֙ve.ha.Ra'
H2024
Hara · conjunction + proper noun, a place name
river
וּנְהַ֣רu.ne.Har
H5104
a stream (including the sea · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
Gozan
גּוֹזָ֔ןgo.Zan
H1470
Gozan · proper noun, a place name
day
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yom
H3117
a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
And the God of Israel,.... The Targum is,"the word of the God of Israel:"
stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria: in the times of Menahem king of Israel:
and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser; in the times of Pekah king of Israel, to invade the land, and make war in it:
and he carried them away: not the former, but the latter:
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh; these entirely together, with some other parts of the land, see Kg2 15:29.
and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan; to the very same places where afterwards Salmaneser carried the ten tribes, or what remained of them, see Kg2 17:6.
unto this day; the tim…
The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh went into permanent exile because of unfaithfulness.
Rashi on 1 Chronicles 5:25
and they strayed after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God had destroyed from before them The meaning is, they went astray after the gods of the peoples of the land. And which people? [Those] whom God had destroyed from before them [Israel], whose god could not help them [the pagans]. And they [Israel] did not ponder the matter, [reasoning] that since He destroyed them [the pagans] from before them [Israel], and it [their god] could not help them, it would certainly not be able to help us.
Manasseh — Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons…
Moabite — The designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern border of the Dead Sea, they gradually spread over the region on…
Music — Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the…
Pul — (1.) An Assyrian king. It has been a question whether he was identical with Tiglath-pileser III. (q.v.), or was his predecessor. The weight of evidence is certainly in favour of their identity. Pul…
Reuben — Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph,…
Reuben, Tribe of — At the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num. 1:20, 21), and at the close of the wilderness wanderings they numbered only 43,730 (26:7). This tribe united with…
Tiglath-Pileser III. — Or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2…
Tiglathpileser — (In (1 Chronicles 5:26) and again in 2Chr 28:20 The name of this king is given as TIGLATH-PILNESER.) Tiglath-pileser is the second Assyrian king mentioned in Scripture as having come into contact…
Tilgathpilneser — a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6,26; 2 Chronicles 28:20)
Assyria · 15:19; — 15:19;
Gad, The Tribe Of · Taken captive to Assyria — Taken captive to Assyria
Gozan · the conquest of Samaria — the conquest of Samaria
Habor · A river of Me — A river of Me
Halah · A place to which Israelite — A place to which Israelite
Hara · Israelitish — Israelitish
Pul · .Forced taxes from Menahem, king of Israel — .Forced taxes from Menahem, king of Israel
Reuben, The Tribe Of · Carried away by Tiglathpileser — Carried away by Tiglathpileser
Reubenites · Taken — Taken
Rivers · Mentioned in scripture: Gozan — Mentioned in scripture: Gozan
Tiglath-Pileser · Inva — Inva
War · 28:25-68;32:30; — 28:25-68;32:30;
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
