1 Chronicles 5:9 meaning and explanation
They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler is describing the territory of the tribe of Reuben, part of the genealogy he gives for the tribes settled east of the Jordan. The verse explains not a battle but an expansion: because their herds and flocks had grown so numerous, the Reubenites spread eastward from Gilead until they reached the desert that runs toward the Euphrates.
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