📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 5:8
What does 1 Chronicles 5:8 mean?
"and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;"
— 1 Chronicles 5:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;
and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
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