Geneva Bible Notes: 1 Chronicles 5

1 Chronicles 5:1 (!) The birthright taken from Reuben and giuen to the sonnes of Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:1 (a) Because thei were made two tribes, thei had a bouble portion.

1 Chronicles 5:2 (b) That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jaakobs prophecie, {Gen. 49, 8} because Christ shulde come of him.

1 Chronicles 5:3 (!) The genealogie of Reuben.

1 Chronicles 5:6 (c) To wit, in the time of Vziiah King of Israel, {2 Kings 15, 29}

1 Chronicles 5:8 (d) These places were beyonde Jorden to ward the East in the land giuen tothe Reubenites.

1 Chronicles 5:9 (/) Or, Euphrates.

1 Chronicles 5:10 (e) The Ismaelites that came of Hagar Abrahams concubine.

1 Chronicles 5:11 (!) And Gad.

1 Chronicles 5:16 (f) Bothe the hole countrey & one peculiar citie were called by this name Bashan.

1 Chronicles 5:19 (g) These twaine were the sonnes of Ismael, {Gene. 25, 13}.

1 Chronicles 5:20 (h) To wit, by the Lord, that gaue them the victorie.

1 Chronicles 5:21 (/) Ebr soules of men.

1 Chronicles 5:22 (i) Meaning the captiuitie of the ten tribes vnder Tilgath-Pilneeser.

1 Chronicles 5:23 (!) And of the halfe tribe of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 5:23 (k) Otherwise, called Baal-gad .

1 Chronicles 5:26 (l) Thus God stirred vp the wicked and vsed them, as instruments to execute his juste judgements against sinners, althogh they were led with malice & ambition.