Holy Scripture
1 Chronicles 5:8
A church father on this verse
“There is abundant information in the books of Chronicles which were written to continue the books of the Kings and to preserve the memory of such important events. The first book begins with a genealogy that sets out to demonstrate how the human race came from a single man. Since it focuses only on the single kingdom…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Nebo, and Baal-meon.
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6his son Beerah, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away captive: he is the chief of the Reubenites.
7And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah.
— 1 Chronicles 5:8 —
9And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
10And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners in the land; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Gilead.