1 Chronicles 5:26 meaning and explanation
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
1 Chronicles 5:26, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler, writing after the exile for a restored community, closes the record of the eastern tribes by naming Assyria's king. Pul is the Babylonian name for Tiglath-pileser III, who deported the Reubenites, Gadites and half-tribe of Manasseh.
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