1 Chronicles 5:8 · KJV
“And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: {Shema: or, Shemaiah}”
— 1 Chronicles 5:8
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, {were} the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5 — Context
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away {captive}: he {was} prince of the Reubenites. {Tilgathpilneser: also called, Tiglathpileser}
7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, {were} the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: {Shema: or, Shemaiah}
9And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east {land} of Gilead. {throughout...: Heb. upon all the face of the east}
Cross References
Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. {gave...: Heb. they called by names the names of the cities}
Numbers 32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
1 Chronicles 5:4
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer {are} forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make {them} afraid.
Ezekiel 25:9
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities {which are} on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, {side...: Heb. shoulder of Moab}
Deuteronomy 32:49
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, {unto} mount Nebo, which {is} in the land of Moab, that {is} over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Deuteronomy 34:1
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that {is} over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, {Pisgah: or, the hill}
Joshua 13:17
Heshbon, and all her cities that {are} in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, {Bamothbaal...: or, the high places of Baal, and house of Baalmeon}