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1 Chronicles 5:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Gad's households are tied to Bashan and royal records.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 5:11–17
Read 1 Chronicles 5:11 with 5:11–17. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Gadite chiefs, ancestry, settlements, and genealogical registrations under Jotham and Jeroboam are named.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 5:11 depends on 5:11–17; isolating “And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Gad's households are tied to Bashan and royal records.”
Read 1 Chronicles 5:11–17 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 5:11–17 forms the complete movement “Gad's households are tied to Bashan and royal records”: Gadite chiefs, ancestry, settlements, and genealogical registrations under Jotham and Jeroboam are named.
Verse 11. 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
Verse 12. 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
Verse 13. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
Verse 14. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
Verse 15. 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
Verse 16. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
Verse 17. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 5:11–17 — Gad's households are tied to Bashan and royal recordsSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 5:11–17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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