c 5. e, The Children,or Tribe of Gad. @ 7. e. In part of Gilead: for the Reubenites and Manaſſites dwelt in other parts of it,Deur.3.12, i3, 16. e in the Land of Baſban,as it is ſaid v. 11. Qz. How come th: Gadites to dwell in Baſhan, when «ll Baſban is expreſly ſaid to be given to the half Tribe of Manaſſeh, Deut, 3«13- & Joj.13.29, 30? Av. ll Baſhan is put for the greateſt Part of it by a Synecdoche, very frequent in Scripture & all Authors; and ſo the Gadites might po: ſeſs a part of it. And thus both Baſban and Gilead are uſed tor parts of them, Joſ. 17.1. where it is ſaid of Machir a Manaſſite, that he had Gilead and Baſhan. And as it 1$ unqueſtionably true that Gzlead is taken ſometimes more largely for all the Land of the 1[raelites be- yond Jordan,ſometimes more ſtrictly for that part of it which Bor- ders upon Mount Gilead; of which ſee my notes on of. 17. 1. The like may be preſumed concerning Baſban ; and ſo in its ſtrieſtſenſe it might be all given to the Mznaſſies, and yet in its largeſt Senſe might comprehend a Part of the Land belonging to the Gaaites. f i.e. In ſome of her Cities and Towns. g 7-e. In its Fields and Pa- ſture-grounds, 1 Chron:27:29. þ Not that within Jordan, 1Ja:35:2.but another without Jordan. # To wit, of Gilead and Baſhan, For Gilead, properly ſo called, or the greateſt part of it, belonged to the Reubenites ; and Baſhan, or the greateſt part of it,to the Ma- naſſites; and ſo the Gadites (whoſe Habitation was between the Reu- benites and Manaffites) had thoſe Parts of both their Countries which were towards their Borders. Or, unto :heir Borders, i. e. as far as the Suburbs or Fields of Sharon, which were laſt mentioned, were
extended. . 17 All theſe were reckoned by Genealogies in the
days of * Jotham. king of Judah &, and in the days of * ſeroboam / king of Ifrael.
&W ho reigning long, partly in hisFathers days,and partly by him- ſelf, 2 Kings 15. And being at leaſure as to Wars or Troubles, thought this a fit Seaſon to examine the ſtate of his people. / Either the ſecond of that name, of whom ſee 2 Kings 13.13, 14. Or rather the firſt Ferobo4m : partly becauſe he is called ſimply Jeroboam, with- out any Addition; which ſhews that he ſpeaks of the moſt Famous of the two : and partly becauſe this Work of raking an Account of tlie People doth far better aggree to the Times of Zeroboam the Firſt, when the Kingdom of [/rael was firſr ereted and eſtabliſhed, and broken off from that of Judah, when it was neceſlary for Jero- hoam, to know his own Strength and the Numbers of his Peo- ple, than to the Times of Jerobo#m the ſecond, when the Kingdom of Ijracl was broken, and near to its Ruine.
18 The ſons of Reuben,and che Gadite,and half the tribe of Manaſlſeh, + of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and ſword, and to ſhoot with bow, and skilfu! in war, were four and forty thouſand ſeven hundred and threeſcore, that went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with *Je- tur, and Nephiſh, and Nodab »».
m i.e. With the Poſterity of Jetur, &c. who were Ifhmeelites, appears from Gen. 25, 15+ ;
20 And they were helped againſt them », and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them 0: for they cried to God in the battel, and he was intreated of them, becauſe they pur their
eruſt in bim. n To wit, By God, v.22 who gave them extraordinary Courage and Succeſs. o Their Friends and Allies in this War.
21 And they T took ayay cheir cartel, of their camels fifty thouſand p, and of ſheep ewo hundred and fifty thouſand, and of afles two thouſand, and of + men an hundred thouſand 9.
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1444760 men ; or part of them by the conſent of the reſt. r Of which, 2 Kings 15. 29. and 17. 6:
23 And the children of the half-tribe of Manaſſeh « dwelt in the land x: they increaſed from Baſhan, unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
u Having difcourſed of the Reubenites, w. 3, &c. and next of the Gaaites, v. 1, &c. he now comes to the Manaſſites. x 5.e. In their Land, to wit, in the Northern part of the land beyond Jordan.
24 And theſe were the heads of the houſe of their fathers, even Epher, and 1ſhi, and Eliel,and Azriel,and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, andJahdiel, mighty men of valour, | famous men, axd heads of the houſe of their + 1:0 father on men of
25 And they tranſgreſled againſt the God of their 1am p'e of the land, whom God deſtroyed before them. !7:7:
26 And the God of Iſrael ſtirred up the ſpirit y of * ——_ Pul king of Aſſyria,and the ſpirit of Tilgath-pilneſer king of Aſlyria, and he carried them away, ( even the Reu- benite,and the Gadite,and the half tribe of Manafleh ) and brought them unto * Halah, and Habor,and Hara, * and to the river Gozan z, unto this day. &,
y He fo governed his Countels and AffeQions, that he ſhould
bring his Forces againſt this People rather than others. x Of which Places lee, 2 Kinge15. & 17.
CHAP. VI
The Sons of Levi : the Line of the High Prieſts from Aaron to the Captio
wity, 1 I5. The Families of Gerſhom, Merari, and Kohath, 16-<-48.
The Office of Aaron and his Line unto Ahimaaz, 49 53. The Cities
of the Prieſts and Levites, 54
18. H E. ſons of Levi; * || Gerſhon, Kohath, and ,
Merari. l he ee 2 And the ſons of Kohath ; Amram,Izhaft a,and He- 6:16, = bron, and Uzziel. Ch: 23:6; # Called alſo Amminadab, v. 22. compare Ezod, 6. 2s || Or, Ger. 3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, and Moſes, /* v6: and Miriam. The ſons alſo of Aaron; * Nadab and A-
bihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas,& Phinehas begat Abiſhua, 5 And Abiſhua begat Bukki,and Bukki begar Uzzi 5, b In whoſe days ir is ſuppoſed that the High-Prieſthood was tran-
flared from Eleazar's Family to Ithamar's, for fome Cauſe now un- known, in whole Line it continued for ſome Succeſlions.
6 _ UZzzi begat Zerahiah,and Zerahiah begat Me- rajoth,
7 Merajoth begat Amariah,& Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And * Ahicub begat Zadok, and * Zadok begat , Ahimaaz, hy _
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat * + Sam: Johanan, 15: 27;
10 And Johanan begat Azariah, ( * he it 5s that exe- «
7:6:and 18: 11.
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cuted the prieſts office c fin the * temple that Solomon Gs built 4 in Jeruſalem. ) F Heb. is