1 Chronicles 5:17 meaning and explanation
All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Chronicles 5:17, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler, writing after the exile, is tracing the family lines of the tribes east of the Jordan. Verse 17 anchors these lists to a real moment in history: the registries were compiled during the reigns of Jotham over Judah and Jeroboam II over Israel, in the eighth century BC, before Assyria swept the northern tribes away.
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