Key Verse Spotlight
1 Chronicles 5:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.”
1 Chronicles 5:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And 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}
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
And their brethren of the house of their fathers {were}, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
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;
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