1 Chronicles 4:40

40 And they found it - lush pasture, lots of elbow room, peaceful and quiet.

1 Chronicles 4:40 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40

And they found fat pasture and good
In or near the valley of Gedor:

and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable;
there was room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies on either side to disturb them:

for [they] of Ham had dwelt there of old;
either the Canaanites who descended from Canaan the son of Ham, and had never been expelled from thence; or the Philistines, who were a colony of the Egyptians, the posterity of Ham; and these inhabitants being of this cursed race, the Simeonites scrupled not to dispossess them.

1 Chronicles 4:40 In-Context

38 - all these were the leaders in their families. They prospered and increased in numbers

39 so that they had to go as far as Gedor (Gerar) to the east of the valley looking for pasture for their flocks.

40 And they found it - lush pasture, lots of elbow room, peaceful and quiet.

41 But the men in these family trees came when Hezekiah was king of Judah and attacked the Hamites, tearing down their tents and houses. There was nothing left of them, as you can see today. Then they moved in and took over because of the great pastureland.

42 Five hundred of these Simeonites went on and invaded the hill country of Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.