John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. Beerah his son , etc.] The last of Joel’s posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, (see Hosea 1:1) but neither the name, title, time, nor tribe, agree: whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive ; the same with Tiglathpileser by a transposition of letters, ( 2 Kings 15:29) and is read the same here in the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic versions: he [was] prince of the Reubenites ; at that time; that is, Beerah was.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- Genealogies.
--This chapter gives some account of the two tribes and a half seate on the east side of Jordan. They were made captives by the king of Assyria, because they had forsaken the Lord. Only two things are her recorded concerning these tribes. 1. They all shared in a victory Happy is that people who live in harmony together, who assist eac other against the common enemies of their souls, trusting in the Lord and calling upon him. 2. They shared in captivity. They would have the best land, not considering that it lay most exposed. The desire of earthly objects draws to a distance from God's ordinances, and prepare men for destruction _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew בארה880 בנו1121 אשׁר834 הגלה1540 תלגת פלנאסר8407 מלך4428 אשׁר804 הוא1931 נשׂיא5387 לראובני׃7206
