Chapter 5

Sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel, but his birthright was given to Joseph.  Had forgotten that.  That explains so much!  A double portion to the firstborn!  Ephraim and Manasseh.

2021 - This verse:  2 though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph), [1Ch 5:2 ESV]  I always wondered about this.  How was it that it was Judah where the Lord made his place, and Judah survived the longest of all the tribes, when Joseph's sons got the double portion?  Seems like they both settled, at least in part, beyond the Jordan, and so got picked off.  But part of one of them was on the west side of Jordan, yet was not part of the southern kingdom.  Somehow, Judah ends up being the longest lived tribe. 

Sons of Gad.  They defeated the Hagrites.

Sons of Manasseh.  They rebelled against God, and God had Assyrian kings take Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad into captivity.  The cities where they were settled are listed.