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Expansion from God's Blessing
Commentators agree that this verse describes the tribe of Reuben's expansion eastward. This growth was a direct result of God's blessing, as 'their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.' Their prosperity required them to spread out, inhabiting the land right up to the edge of the great Syrian desert that stretched towards the Euphrates River.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 5:9
18th Century
Theologian
He inhabited - that is, Reuben. Eastward, the Reubenites inhabited the land as far as the commencement of the great Syrian Desert, which ext…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 5:9
19th Century
Bishop
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness. —As their flocks and herds increased, the Reubenites gradually spread ea…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 5:9
17th Century
Pastor
And eastward he inhabited
Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben:
unto the entering in of the wilder…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 5:1–26
17th Century
Minister
This chapter gives some account of the two tribes and a half seated on the east side of Jordan. They were taken captive by the king of Assyria beca…