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Name: The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction
Author: Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

=11.= _Bashan_] the wide district extending from the Jabbok on the
south to Hermon in the north and from the Sea of Galilee on the west to
the mountains of Hauran on the east (compare verse 23). Remark that in
Numbers xxxii. 33; Deuteronomy iii. 12; Joshua xiii. 25, Gad is located
in Gilead (south of Bashan) where the Chronicler has placed Reuben.

_Salecah_] is probably represented at the present day by the ruins of
_Salkhad_ due south of the _Jebel Hauran_ and almost due east of Boṣra.

  ¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat
  in Bashan: ¹³and their brethren of their fathers’ houses;
  Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and
  Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail the son of
  Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael,
  the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi
  the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’
  houses.

=12.= _and Janai, and Shaphat_] LXX. “Janin the scribe”; Targum, “Janai
the judge.”

_of their fathers’ houses_] This rather awkward phrase means clans
or patriarchal families (πατριαί). Sometimes it is used to denote the
whole tribe, compare Numbers xvii. 17.

  ¹⁶And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns¹, and in
  all the suburbs² of Sharon, as far as their borders³.

    ¹ Hebrew _daughters_.

    ² Or, _pasture lands_

    ³ Hebrew _goings forth_.

=16.= _in Gilead in Bashan_] a contradictory phrase, since _Gilead_
means the southern and _Bashan_ the northern part of Israel’s
trans-Jordanic territory. Perhaps _in Bashan_ is here an addition
made by the Chronicler or a later hand to harmonise _in Gilead_
(the territory usually assigned to Gad――see note on verse 11 above)
with verses 11 and 23. The emendation “in Gilead in Jabesh” has been
suggested.

_Sharon_] some place, unidentified, to the east of Jordan. LXX. (B) has
_Sirion_. (The well-known _Sharon_ lay in the maritime plain between
Joppa and Caesarea.)

  ¹⁷All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
  king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introductionElmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

History

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

=11.= _Bashan_] the wide district extending from the Jabbok on the
south to Hermon in the north and from the Sea of Galilee on the west to
the mountains of Hauran on the east (compare verse 23). Remark that in
Numbers xxxii. 33; Deuteronomy iii. 12; Joshua xiii. 25, Gad is located
in Gilead (south of Bashan) where the Chronicler has placed Reuben.

_Salecah_] is probably represented at the present day by the ruins of
_Salkhad_ due south of the _Jebel Hauran_ and almost due east of Boṣra.

  ¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat
  in Bashan: ¹³and their brethren of their fathers’ houses;
  Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and
  Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail the son of
  Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael,
  the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi
  the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’
  houses.

=12.= _and Janai, and Shaphat_] LXX. “Janin the scribe”; Targum, “Janai
the judge.”

_of their fathers’ houses_] This rather awkward phrase means clans
or patriarchal families (πατριαί). Sometimes it is used to denote the
whole tribe, compare Numbers xvii. 17.

  ¹⁶And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns¹, and in
  all the suburbs² of Sharon, as far as their borders³.

    ¹ Hebrew _daughters_.

    ² Or, _pasture lands_

    ³ Hebrew _goings forth_.

=16.= _in Gilead in Bashan_] a contradictory phrase, since _Gilead_
means the southern and _Bashan_ the northern part of Israel’s
trans-Jordanic territory. Perhaps _in Bashan_ is here an addition
made by the Chronicler or a later hand to harmonise _in Gilead_
(the territory usually assigned to Gad――see note on verse 11 above)
with verses 11 and 23. The emendation “in Gilead in Jabesh” has been
suggested.

_Sharon_] some place, unidentified, to the east of Jordan. LXX. (B) has
_Sirion_. (The well-known _Sharon_ lay in the maritime plain between
Joppa and Caesarea.)

  ¹⁷All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
  king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

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