These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks. Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
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They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful; for those who lived there before were descended from Ham. These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks. Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
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These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
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And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
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And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
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- 1 Samuel 30:17 (v43) David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young…
- Genesis 36:8-9 (v42) Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom. This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill…
- 1 Samuel 15:7-8 (v43) Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt. He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and…
- 2 Samuel 8:12 (v43) of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- Exodus 17:14-16 (v43) Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory…
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- Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (v43) Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt; how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who…
- 2 Kings 18:8-12 (v41) He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. In the fourth year of king…
- Acts 17:26 (v41) He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the…
- Numbers 32:1-4 (v41) Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of…
- Deuteronomy 1:2 (v42) It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
- Deuteronomy 34:6 (v43) He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
- Judges 1:26 (v43) The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
- Judges 10:12 (v41) The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
- 1 Chronicles 4:34-38 (v41) Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, Elioenai, Jaakobah,…
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 (v43) The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside;…
- Isaiah 14:28-32 (v41) This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died. Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out…
- Jeremiah 44:6 (v43) Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted…
- Jeremiah 49:20 (v41) Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of…
- Matthew 27:8 (v43) Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
- Matthew 28:15 (v43) So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v43 And were not slain by Saul and David.
And were not slain by Saul and David.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv41–43 1Ch 4:41 And these written by name came in…
1Ch 4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.
Ver. 41. Came in the days of Hezekiah.] In the beginning of his reign; for in the sixth year of his reign the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser. {2Ki 18:10-11} So that it seems these Simeonites did not long enjoy their new conquests God often punisheth the wicked by others as wicked.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv41–43 In the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; but…
In the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; but a little before their captivity, which was in the sixth year of Hezekiah, 2Ki 17. So their joy in their new, and pleasant, and fruitful possessions lasted but for a very little while.
Smote their tents, i.e. the people dwelling in tents; for so it seems these still did for the conveniency of pasturage.
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Destroyed them utterly unto this day, i.e. so as they could never after recover themselves.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On v41 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that…
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,.... That escaped the sword of Saul; though, according to the Jews (n), 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, Sa1 27:8.
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 Ch2 34:9.
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(n) Midrash Esther, fol. 93. 4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v43 Verse 43. They smote the rest of the Amalekites]…
Verse 43. They smote the rest of the Amalekites] Those who had escaped in the war which Saul made against them, (see 1Sa 14:48,) and from David, who had attacked them afterwards, 2Sa 8:12.
THE expedition of the Simeonites mentioned here, against Gedor and Seir, was in the days of Hezekiah; and, as Calmet conjectures, near about the time of the captivity of the ten tribes, when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward, into Arabia Petraea, for fear of the Jews. These may be probable conjectures. - See Calmet.
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There are several things in the account of Jabez that are very instructive: -
1. He appears to have been a child brought into the world with great difficulty, at the risk of his own life and that of his mother. So much seems to be implied in, she bare him with sorrow, i.e., with peculiar sorrow and danger.
2. To perpetuate the merciful interposition of God in her own and her son's behalf, she gave him a name that must have recalled to her and his remembrance the danger to which both their lives were exposed, and from which they could not have been extricated but by the especial help of God. She called his name Jabez, c.
3. He was brought up in the fear of God he was no idolater; he worshipped the God of Israel, and he showed the sincerity of his faith by frequent and earnest prayer.
4. His prayer was at once both enlightened and pious. He had piety towards God, and therefore he trusted in him: he knew that he was the fountain of all good, and therefore he sought all necessaries both for body and soul from him. He prayed to the God of Israel.
5. Both the matter and manner of his prayer were excellent. His heart was deeply impressed with its wants, and therefore he was earnest and fervent; O that thou wouldest bless me indeed; אם ברך תברכני im barech tebarecheni; "O that in blessing thou wouldest bless me!" Let me live under thy benediction! Do thou diligently and frequently bless me!
6. He prays for the things necessary for the body as well as for the soul: And enlarge my coasts - grant me as much territory as may support my family. Let the means of living be adequate to the demands of life; let me have the necessaries, conveniences, and, as far as they may be safely intrusted with me, the comforts of life! O that thou wouldest enlarge my coasts!
7. He is conscious that without the continual support of God he must fail; and therefore he prays to be upheld by his power: That thy hand might be with me! May I ever walk with thee, and ever feel the hand of thy power to support and cover me in all the trials, dangers, and difficulties of life; and the hand of thy providence to supply all my wants in reference to both worlds!
8. He dreads both sin and suffering, and therefore prays against both: O that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! Sin and misery are in every step of the journey of life; keep me from sin, that I grieve thee not; and keep me from sin, that I render not myself miserable! We can never offend God without injuring ourselves; he that sins must suffer. Thorns and scorpions are everywhere in the way to perdition; and he that walks in it must be torn and stung. He alone is happy who walks in the ways of God. Keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me.
9. Prayers that have a right aim will have a right answer; Jabez did not pray in vain, for God granted him that which he requested. He was continually blessed; his family was increased; the hand of God was upon him for good. He was saved from sin, and saved from the pangs and sufferings of a guilty conscience.
10. If we take up the character and conduct of Jabez in the view given by the Chaldee, we shall not only see him as a pious and careful man, deeply interested in behalf of himself and his family, but we shall see him as a benevolent man, labouring for the welfare of others, and especially for the religious instruction of youth. He founded schools, in which the young and rising generation were taught useful knowledge, and especially the knowledge of God. He had disciples, which were divided into three classes, who distinguished themselves by their fervour in the worship of God, by their docility in obediently hearing and treasuring up the advices and instructions of their teachers, and by their deep piety to God in bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit. The spirit of prophecy, that is, of prayer and supplication, rested upon them.
11. He did not do these things merely as a duty he owed to God and his fellows, but from the abundance of a generous and loving heart: In his counsel he erected a school of disciples. God had blessed him with temporal things, and he secures their continuance by devoting them to his service; he honours God with his substance, and God honours him with his especial blessing and approbation.
12. On these accounts he was more honourable than his brethren. He was of the same stock and the same lineage; he had neither nobility of birth, nor was distinguished by earthly titles; in all these respects he was on a level with his brethren: but God tells us that he was more honourable than them all; and why? because he prayed, because he served his Maker, and because he lived to do good among men; therefore he received the honour that cometh from God. Reader, imitate the conduct of this worthy Israelite, that thou mayest be a partaker of his blessings.
The things added by the Targumist might have been derived from authentic tradition.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv41, 43 1Ch 4:41. These came in the days of Hezekiah…
1Ch 4:41. These came in the days of Hezekiah — But a little before their captivity, which was in the sixth year of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 17. So their joy in their new, pleasant, and fruitful possessions, lasted but for a very little while. And smote their tents — The people dwelling in tents; in which, it seems, they continued to dwell for the convenience of pasturage. And destroyed them unto this day — So as that they could never after recover themselves.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv41, 43 The habitations - Rather, “the Mehunim” (compare 2Ch 36:7),…
The habitations - Rather, “the Mehunim” (compare 2Ch 36:7), called also “Maonites” (see Jdg 10:12 note).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv41–43 Inhabitants. Septuagint, "and the Mineans." Hebrew meyenim, "the inhabitants…
Inhabitants. Septuagint, "and the Mineans." Hebrew meyenim, "the inhabitants of Maon," in Arabia. See Judges x. 11. Syriac and Arabic, "the fountains."
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41. The habitations that were found there — Rather, the Meunim, or Meunites, who were found there. These seem to have been an Arabian tribe of nomads from the vicinity of Mount Seir. Compare 2Ch_26:7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv41, 43 41. and the habitations] R.V. and the Meunim. Cp.…
41. and the habitations] R.V. and the Meunim. Cp. 2Ch_20:1 (note) and 1Ch_26:7, R.V.
destroyed them utterly] R.V. mg., devoted them (cp. Jos_6:18; Jos_6:21, R.V.).
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in their rooms] R.V. in their stead. Cp. Luk_14:8, A.V. and R.V.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv41–43 (41) These who were written by name.—The Ameers enumerated…
(41) These who were written by name.—The Ameers enumerated in 1Ch_4:34-37.
Smote their tents.—These Hamites, like the men of Laish, were nomades.
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And the habitations that were found there.—Heb. text, the wells: Heb. marg., the Maonites, in Hebrew a very similar word. LXX., τοὺς Mivaíovs, the Maonites or Minacans. The text may be compared with the Syriac, which reads, “And all springs of water that were there they stopped up.” But the Margin is probably correct, as the verb which the Syriac supplies is wanting in the Hebrew. The Maonites appear to have been sojourners from Maon, south of the Dead Sea, near Petra, now called Maân. (Comp. 2Ch_20:1.)
Destroyed them utterly.—Devoted them to God for destruction; Jos_6:17, “the city shall be accursed unto the Lord.” This practice was not peculiar to Israel, but was common to the Semitic races. Mesha, king of Moab, in like manner devoted the inhabitants of Nebo, 7,000 in number, to destruction in the name of ‘Ashtar-Chemosh. (See the Stele of Dibân, lines 14-17, in Dr. Ginsburg’s The Moabite Stone.)
Unto this day—That is, to the time when this record was first written, long before the chronicler borrowed it from his sources.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv41–43 The habitations that were found there. So the Authorized…
The habitations that were found there. So the Authorized Version, which has mistakenly Englished a word which should have been left a proper name, "the Maon-ires," i.e. the people elsewhere called in the Authorized Version the Mahunim. In doing this, our translators followed the Targum, copied by Luther and Junius (but see Gesenius, "Thesaurus," 1002 a; "Notes on Burckhardt," 1069; Bertheau, in "Chronik.;" and Septuagint reading). Unto this day, in this verse, as also in ver. 43, must not be understood to mark the date of the compiler of Chronicles, but that of the document or authority upon which he as a compiler drew anterior, of course, to the Captivity.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v42 five hundred men
five hundred men
"500 men" (See: Numbers)
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Pelatiah ... Neariah ... Rephaiah ... Uzziel ... Ishi
These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
the rest of the Amalekite refugees
"the remaining Amalekite refugees"
refugees
people who are forced to leave their home country
to this day
"from then until now." This refers to the day when the author was writing this account.
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Simeon
Amalek
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v41 4:41 completely destroyed: See “Complete Destruction” Theme Note.
4:41 completely destroyed: See “Complete Destruction” Theme Note.
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