1 Chronicles 4:28

28 They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Mola'dah, Ha'zar-shu'al,

1 Chronicles 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:28

And they dwelt at Beersheba
posterity of Simeon; and this and the other places of their habitation are mentioned in the same order, and with very little variation of names to the end of ( 1 Chronicles 4:31 ) , as in ( Joshua 19:2-6 ) and here, at ( 1 Chronicles 4:31 ) it is added,

these were their cities unto the reign of David;
when, according to Kimchi, and other Jewish writers, he expelled them from thence, and restored them to the tribe of Judah.

1 Chronicles 4:28 In-Context

26 The sons of Mishma: Ham'mu-el his son, Zac'cur his son, Shim'e-i his son.
27 Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men of Judah.
28 They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Mola'dah, Ha'zar-shu'al,
29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30 Bethu'el, Hormah, Ziklag,
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