TRIBE OF. This tribe, having much cattle, solicited and obtained
from Moses possessions east of the Jordan; by which river it was
separated from the main body of Israel: it was, in consequence, exposed
to various inroads and oppressions from which the western tribes were
free; and it was among the first carried into captivity by Tiglath
pileser, 1 Chron. v, 26.
from Moses possessions east of the Jordan; by which river it was
separated from the main body of Israel: it was, in consequence, exposed
to various inroads and oppressions from which the western tribes were
free; and it was among the first carried into captivity by Tiglath
pileser, 1 Chron. v, 26.