They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag, at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign. Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy.
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Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah. The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath. Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen. The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. These records are ancient. These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: they lived there with the king for his work. The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and all their family didn’t multiply like the children of Judah. They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag, at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign. Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy. Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah— these mentioned by name were princes in their families. Their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
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They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,
at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,
at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign.
Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy.
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And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
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And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;
and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad;
and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag;
and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
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- Joshua 19:2-3 (v28) They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
- Joshua 19:3-4 (v29) Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
- Joshua 19:8 (v33) and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the…
- Joshua 19:5-6 (v31) Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages;
- Joshua 19:7 (v32) Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;
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- Joshua 19:9 (v28) Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too…
- 1 Samuel 27:6 (v30) Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
- 1 Samuel 30:1 (v30) When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck…
- Nehemiah 11:28 (v30) in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
- Joshua 15:28-29 (v28) Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
- Joshua 15:31 (v30) Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,
- Joshua 19:4-5 (v30) Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
- 1 Chronicles 12:1 (v30) Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he was a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish. They were among the mighty men, his…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv28, 31 These cities belonged of Judah, Josh. 19:2, and were…
These cities belonged of Judah, Josh. 19:2, and were given to the tribe of Simeon.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv28, 31, 32 1Ch 4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah,…
1Ch 4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
Ver. 28. And Hazarshual,] i.e., In vico vulpis, Vat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv28, 31 These and the following cities are mentioned Jos 19:2,…
These and the following cities are mentioned Jos 19:2, &c., with no great alterations.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv28, 32, 33 And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and…
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities. There are but four mentioned in Jos 19:7 one might be added since, or new built, namely, Tochen; these, according to Kimchi, were all that remained for them to dwell in, in the times of David; and therefore they were obliged to seek out for new settlements for themselves and flocks, as in Ch1 4:39, &c.
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ch1 4:33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal,.... The same with Baalathbeer, Jos 19:8.
these were their habitations, and their genealogy; as before described, until the times of David.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v31 Their cities - Several of these cities though given…
Their cities - Several of these cities though given to Simeon by Joshua, yet through the sloth or cowardice of that tribe, were not taken from the Philistines, until David's time, who took some of them; and, the Simeonites having justly forfeited their right to them by their neglect, gave them to his own tribe. For it is evident concerning Ziklag, one of them, that it was in the Philistines hands in David's time, and by them given to him, and by him annexed to the tribe of Judah, 1 Sam. xxvii, 6.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v31 Verse 31. These were their cities unto the reign…
Verse 31. These were their cities unto the reign of David.] It appears that David took some of the cities of the Simeonites, and added them to Judah; Ziklag for instance, 1Sa 27:6.
As the tribe of Simeon had withdrawn their allegiance from the house of David, the kings of Judah extended their domination as far as possible into the territories of that tribe, so that they were obliged to seek pasture for their flocks at Gedor, and in the mountains of Seir, as we find 1Ch 4:39-42.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v31 1Ch 4:31. These were their cities — Several of…
1Ch 4:31. These were their cities — Several of these cities, though given to Simeon by Joshua, yet, through the sloth or cowardice of that tribe, were not taken from the Philistines until David’s time, who took some of them, and, the Simeonites having justly forfeited their right to them by their neglect, gave them to his own tribe. For it is evident concerning Ziklag, one of them, that it was in the Philistines’ hands in David’s time, and by them given to him, and by him annexed to the tribe of Judah, 1Sa 27:6.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv31, 33 Unto the reign of David - It is not…
Unto the reign of David - It is not quite clear why this clause is added. Perhaps the writer is quoting from a document belonging to David’s reign. Or, he may mean that some of the cities, as Ziklag 1Sa 27:6, were lost to Simeon about David’s time.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv30, 31, 33 Bathuel appears to be the same with Bethulia, Judith…
Bathuel appears to be the same with Bethulia, Judith vi. 7. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v31 These were their cities unto the reign of David--In…
These were their cities unto the reign of David--In consequence of the sloth or cowardice of the Simeonites, some of the cities within their allotted territory were only nominally theirs. They were never taken from the Philistines until David's time, when, the Simeonites having forfeited all claim to them, he assigned them to his own tribe of Judah (Sa1 27:6).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–33 28–33 (= Jos_19:1-8). The Territory of Simeon
28–33 (= Jos_19:1-8). The Territory of Simeon
28. Beer-sheba] at the southern extremity of Palestine, as Dan was at the northern (1Sa_3:20).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–33 II.—THE SEATS OF THE SIMEONITES UNTIL THE REIGN OF…
II.—THE SEATS OF THE SIMEONITES UNTIL THE REIGN OF DAVID (1Ch_4:28-33).
This list is parallel to Jos_19:2-8. There are some variations, partly accidental.
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(28) Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual.—Jos_19:2 adds Sheba after Beer-sheba—an obviously mistaken repetition, making fourteen towns in all, whereas 1Ch_4:6 concludes, “thirteen cities and their villages.” Beer-sheba is Bir-esseba; Moladah, Tel-Milh, south of Hebron; Hazar-shual (fox-village) is unknown.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv28, 31, 33 Vers. 28-33. These "thirteen cities with their villages" and…
Vers. 28-33. These "thirteen cities with their villages" and "five cities" are found, with some slight differences, in Jos_19:1-9 (comp. Jos_15:26-32, Jos_15:42). They were carved out of the "portion of Judah," which had been found dispropor tioned during the interval that elapsed between the first settlements, viz. of Judah and the sons of Joseph, and the completion of the settlements westward of Jordan. (Jos_18:1-6; comp Jud_1:3, 17) From the second of these groups, Tochen (see suggestion in" Speaker"s Commentary," in loc.) is omitted in Jos_19:7, where only "four cities" are summed. The allusion (ver. 31) to the reign of David is sufficiently explained by the fact that during his persecuted wanderings he was often in the portion of Simeon, to three of the cities of which he sent presents from the spoils of the Amalekites; (1Sa_30:26-31) and Ziklag became his own, (1Sa_27:6) special mention being made of how it passed into the tribe of Judah. The fuller name of Baal (ver. 33) is given as Baalath-beer in Jos_19:8, where it is followed by the addition "Ramath (height) of the south." It may be noted that this description of the allotment of Simeon begins with Beer-sheba and ends with Baalath-beer. The expression (ver. 33), and their genealogy jy"thi infinitive Hithp., used as a noun will be more properly translated, their table of genealogy, or their registration. The following may then refer to "their habitations" rather than themselves, so that the clause, as a whole, would mean, "These were their dwellings, and their registration was correct to them." Bertheau, however, takes the meaning to be, "And there was their family register to them," i.e. "They had their own family register."
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Bilhah ... Ezem ... Tolad ... Bethuel ... Hormah ... Ziklag ... Beth Markaboth ... Hazar Susim ... Beth Biri ... Shaaraim
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