1 Chronicles 5:1-10

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+title = "1 Chronicles 5:1–10"
+date = "2023-09-14"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles5.1-10)
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+Reuben was an interesting character. He was the eldest of Israel's sons, and
+the main thing I remember about him was that he convinced his brothers not to
+kill Joseph and planned to rescue him from the pit, but the others sold Joseph
+to the slavers before he could. What doesn't get mentioned much, because
+exactly two verses (widely separated) in Genesis talk about it, is that Reuben
+had relations with his father's concubine at some point after Rachel died. For
+this dishonor, the double-portion of the inheritance that is the birthright of
+the firstborn was removed from Reuben and given to Joseph, Rachel's firstborn,
+instead. This is why there is not a single "tribe of Joseph", but tribes named
+after his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh.
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+As short genealogy of the tribe of Reuben is given, probably mentioning only
+the more famous members or leaders from the tribe. Beerah was captured and
+taken into exile, but this was before the time the whole northen kingdom was
+conquered. Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria invaded Syria and Israel and captured
+a large chunk of their land (including Syria's capital Damascus), but the
+kingdom of Israel didn't fall completely for another couple of generations.
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+The tribe of Reuben was one of the two-and-a-half tribes that settled east of
+the Jordan River, along with Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. The
+Chronicles list a few of the places that the Reubenites dwelled as they
+expanded their territory, and lists a significant victory they had during the
+time of King Saul.
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+We are none of us righteous; only You are holy.