1 Chronicles 5:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 5:9 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 22:8saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
  2. Joshua 22:9So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

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