_Hezron, and Carmi_] also given as sons of Judah: for Hezron, compare ii. 5 (note); for Carmi ii. 7, iv. 1. ⁴The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son; ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son; =4.= _sons of Joel_] the connection, if any, with the preceding verse is not known. ⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser² 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, ² In 2 Kings xv. 29, xvi. 7, _Tiglath-pileser_. =6.= _Beerah ... captive_] The deportation of Beerah is recorded only here, but there is no reason why the tradition should not be historical. The information is of very slight importance in itself, but since there is absolutely no motive to make the Chronicler invent the statement, this is precisely the _kind_ of notice which implies that he had some sources oral or traditional at his command outside the canonical material (see Introduction. § 5). _Tilgath-pilneser_] called _Tiglath-pileser_ (2 Kings xv. 29), and no doubt identical with _Pul_ (see below, verse 26). 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 entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. =8.= _Aroer_] now _‘Ar‘āir_, a heap of ruins near the _wādy Mojib_, i.e. the _Arnon_ (Joshua xii. 2). According to Joshua xiii. 9‒16 it passed from Sihon king of the Amorites into the hands of the Reubenites. See Bädeker, _Palestine_⁵, p. 153. _Nebo and Baal-meon_] A line drawn due north from Aroer (see last note) passes close first to _Ma‘in_ (which may be _Baal-meon_) and then to _Jebel Nebā_, which evidently preserves the name of Mount Nebo. _Baal-meon_] called more correctly Beth-baal-meon Joshua xiii. 17. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the _land_ east of Gilead. =10.= _in the days of Saul_] Saul’s victory over the Ammonites (1 Samuel xi.) may have paved the way for the expansion of Israel east of Jordan, but see also the note on verse 19. _the Hagrites_] compare Psalms lxxxiii. 6 (Revised Version margin). They were an Arab people. See further the note on verse 19. _the_ land _east of Gilead_] i.e. the land between Gilead and the Euphrates (compare verse 9). On Gilead, see note, ii. 22. =11‒17.= THE GENEALOGY AND SETTLEMENTS OF GAD. ¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah: