Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 5:17
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
17. reckoned by genealogy ] A specimen of this kind of reckoning is given in Neh 7:5-65.
in the days of Jotham and in the days of Jeroboam ] “Reckoning by genealogy” is a phrase used only in the writings of the Chronicler (Chron., Ezra, Neh.), but the practice probably resembled what is called in other books “numbering the people.” The object however was different and corresponded with the circumstances of the returned exiles, who found themselves in the midst of a Gentile population in Judaea. The people were “reckoned by genealogy” not so much to take a census of them, as to inquire into the purity of their Israelite descent. The ancient term “numbering” would probably be a more suitable description of a transaction belonging to the days of Jotham. For Jotham see 2 Chronicles 27 and for Jeroboam 2Ki 14:23-29. The last years of the reign of Jeroboam II. synchronized with part at least of the reign of Jotham.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The writer refers here to two registrations, one made under the authority of Jeroboam II when he was king and Israel flourishing, the other made under the authority of Jotham, king of Judah, during the troublous time which followed on the great invasion of Tiglath-pileser. There is nothing surprising in a king of Judah having exercised a species of lordship over the trans-Jordanic territory at this period.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
In the days of Jotham king of Judah; who reigning long, partly in his fathers days, and partly by himself, 2Ki 15, and being at leisure as to wars or troubles, thought this a fit season to examine the state of his people.
In the days of Jeroboam; either the second of that name, of whom see 2Ki 13:13. Or rather the first Jeroboam; partly because he is called simply Jeroboam, without any addition; which shows that he speaks of the most famous of the two; and partly because this work of taking an account of the people doth far better agree to the times of Jeroboam the First, when the kingdom of Israel was first erected and established, and broken off from that of Judah, when it was necessary for Jeroboam to know his own strength, and the numbers of his people, than to the times of Jeroboam the Second, when the kingdom of Israel was broken, and near to its ruin.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
17. All these were reckoned . . . inthe days of JothamHis long reign and freedom from foreign warsas well as intestine troubles were favorable for taking a census ofthe people.
and in the days ofJeroboamthe second of that name.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
All these were reckoned by genealogies,…. All before mentioned:
in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel; not that those two kings reigned at the same time, and one and the same reckoning is meant; but, as Dr. Lightfoot y observes, there were two reckonings; his words are,
“in the days of Jotham there was an account taken of the families of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, 1Ch 5:17 and so had there been in the days of Jeroboam the second; then at their restoring by Jeroboam out of the hands of Hamath and Syria, and now at their arming against the Assyrian, under whom they fell in the time of Pekah, and are never again restored to Israel.”
y Works, vol. 1. p. 100.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ch 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Ver. 17. In the days of Jeroboam, ] i.e., Jeroboam the second, who ruled over them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jotham . . . Jeroboam. Jotham (647-631) and Jeroboam II (728-687). See App-50. Consequently, the statement here refers to consensusses at different times.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
reckoned by genealogies: 1Ch 5:7
Jotham: Jdg 9:5, 2Ki 15:5, 2Ki 15:32, 2Ch 27:1
Jeroboam: 1Ki 11:26, 2Ki 14:16, 2Ki 14:23, 2Ki 14:28
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 5:17. In the days of Jotham king of Judah Who, reigning long, partly in his fathers days, and partly by himself, and being at leisure from wars and troubles, thought this a fit season to examine the state of his people. And in the days of Jeroboam Probably Jeroboam the second, of whom see 2Ki 13:13-14. This does not imply that Jotham and Jeroboam reigned at the same time; but only that in their several reigns this account was taken.