1 Chronicles 4:39-43

39 they spread out westward almost to Gerar and pastured their sheep on the eastern side of the valley in which that city is located.

40 They found plenty of fertile pasture lands there in a stretch of open country that was quiet and peaceful. The people who had lived there before were Hamites.

41 In the time of King Hezekiah of Judah, the men named above went to Gerar and destroyed the tents and huts of the people who lived there. They drove the people out and settled there permanently because there was plenty of pasture for their sheep.

42 Five hundred other members of the tribe of Simeon went east to Edom. They were led by the sons of Ishi: Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel.

43 There they killed the surviving Amalekites, and they have lived there ever since.

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1 Chronicles 4:39-43 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4

In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1Ch 4:1-23 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1Ch 4:24-38 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. [Some ancient translations] Gerar; [Hebrew] Gedor.
[b]. the tents and huts . . . there; [or] the tents of the people who lived there, and the Meunites also.

1 Chronicles 4:39-43

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1 Chronicles 4:39-43 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4

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