Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Chronicles 5:16

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan and in her towns , and in all the suburbs of Sharon , upon their borders .

i. e. The Children or Tribe of Gad.

i. e. In part of Gi [illegible: 1+ letters] for the Reubenites and Manassites dwelt in other parts of it, Deut. 3. 12, 13, 16.

In the Land of Bashan, as it is said v. 11. Qu. How come the Gadites to dwell in Bashan, when all Bashan is expresly said to be given to the half Tribe of Manasseh, Deut. 3. 13. & Ios. 13. 29, 30? Ans. All Bashan is put for the greatest Part of it by a Synecdoche very frequent in Scripture and all Authors; and so the Gadites might possess a Part of it. And thus both Bashan and Gilead are used for Parts of them, Ios. 17. 1. where it is said of Machir a Manassite, that he had Gilead and Bashan. And as it is unquestionably true that Gilead is taken sometimes more largely for all the Land of the Israelites beyond Iordan, sometimes more strictly for that part of it which Borders upon Mount Gilead; of which see my Notes on Ios. 17. 1. The like may be presumed concerning Bashan; and so in its strictest Sence it might be all given to the Manassites, and yet in its largest [illegible: 1+ letters]ence might comprehend a Part of the Land belonging to the Gadites.

i. e. In some of her Cities and Towns.

i. e. In its Fields and Pasture-grounds, 1 Chron. 27. 29.

Not that within Iordan, Isa. 35. 2. but another without Iordan.

To wit, of Gilead and Bashan. For Gilead, properly so called, or the greatest Part of it, belonged to the Reubenites; and Bashan, or the greatest Part of it, to the Manassites; and so the Gadites (whose Habitation was between the Reubenites and Manassites) had those Parts of both their Countries which were towards their Borders. Or, unto their Borders, i. e. as far as the Suburbs or Fields of Sharon, which were last mentioned, were extended.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 span]; Ch▪ 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 29.; [illegible: 1 span]