1 Chronicles 4:43

43 et percusserunt reliquias quae evadere potuerant Amalechitarum et habitaverunt ibi pro eis usque ad diem hanc

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 hii ergo venerunt quos supra descripsimus nominatim in diebus Ezechiae regis Iuda et percusserunt tabernacula eorum et habitatores qui inventi fuerant ibi et deleverunt eos usque in praesentem diem habitaveruntque pro eis quoniam uberrimas ibidem pascuas reppererunt

42 de filiis quoque Symeon abierunt in montem Seir viri quingenti habentes principes Phaltiam et Nahariam et Raphaiam et Ozihel filios Iesi

43 et percusserunt reliquias quae evadere potuerant Amalechitarum et habitaverunt ibi pro eis usque ad diem hanc