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1 Chronicles 4:39
39They travelled to the east side of the valley to find grass for their sheep to eat. They went as far as Gedor.
1 Chronicles 4:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
- New International Version (NIV)and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,
- New King James Version (NKJV)So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Context of 1 Chronicles 4:39
37and Ziza. Ziza was the son of Shiphi, who was the son of Allon and grandson of Jedaiah. Jedaiah was the son of Shimri and grandson of Shemaiah. 38Those men were the leaders of their clans. Their families became very large. They travelled to the east side of the valley to find grass for their sheep to eat. They went as far as Gedor. 40They found good fields that had plenty of grass. The soil was good and the place was large. There were no troubles in that region. Some descendants of Ham had been living there. 41When Hezekiah was the king of Judah, those leaders of Simeon's clans attacked the people who lived there. Some of those people were called Meunites. The men of Simeon destroyed their homes and they killed all the people. So even today none of those people still live there. Simeon's people lived there instead, because there was good grass for their sheep.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 41 Chronicles 4:39 word by word
וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ לִמְב֣וֹא גְדֹ֔ר עַ֖ד לְמִזְרַ֣ח הַגָּ֑יְא לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ מִרְעֶ֖ה לְצֹאנָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- to the entranceמָבוֹאmâbô' · entranceH3996
- of Gedorגְּדוֹרgedôr gedôr · GedorH1446
- unto the east sideמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
- of the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
- to seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
- pastureמִרְעֶהmir‛eh · pastureH4829
- for their flocksצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:39
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:39
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Gedor - Rather read, “Gerar” (Septuagint) a fertile district Genesis 26:6-12; 2 Chronicles 14:14-15 in Philistine country.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39Gedor: The exact location is unclear because Gedor (in Hebrew) is a common name. The Greek version, Gerar, likely refers to a city in Philistia, west of Judah (Genesis 10:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-4331-43. 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 (1Sa 27:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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