1 Chronicles 4:43

43 They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

1 Chronicles 4:43 in Other Translations

43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

43 And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

43 They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.

43 They killed all the escaped Amalekites who were still around. And they still live there.

43 They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped and still live there today.

1 Chronicles 4:43 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:43

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,
&c.] That escaped the sword of Saul; though, according to the Jews ^F14, 100,000 of them were slain by him in one day; and of the sword of David, though he is said not to leave man or woman alive, ( 1 Samuel 27:8 1 Samuel 27:9 )

and dwelt there unto this day;
in the cities of the Amalekites, even of the posterity of the above; who were some of the remnant of Israel, that were not carried away by the king of Assyria, and who dwelt here after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, even in the times of Ezra, the writer of this book; see ( 2 Chronicles 34:9 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Midrash Esther, fol. 93. 4.

1 Chronicles 4:43 In-Context

41 The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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

43 They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 14:7; 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Samuel 8:12; Esther 3:1; Esther 9:16