1 Chronicles 4:40

1 Chronicles 4:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
• New International Version (NIV)They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:40

38These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. 39They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. 41The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there. 42Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir

1 Chronicles 4:40 word by word

וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ מִרְעֶה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן וָט֔וֹב וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדַ֔יִם וְשֹׁקֶ֖טֶת וּשְׁלֵוָ֑ה כִּ֣י מִן־חָ֔ם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים שָׁ֖ם לְפָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• fatשָׁמֵןshâmên · richH8082
• pastureמִרְעֶהmir‛eh · pastureH4829
• and goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• and the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• wideיָדyâd · hand: toH3027
• wideרָחָבrâchâb · broad: wideH7342
• and quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• and peaceableשָׁלֵוshâlêv shâlêyv shelêvâh · at easeH7961
• of Hamחָםchâm · HamH2526
• had dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• there of oldפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:40

• Judges 18:7So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
• Genesis 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.
• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Psalms 78:51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
• Psalms 105:23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40They of Ham had dwelt there of old - These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor, which was situated in the environs of Joppa and Samnia. Those whom the five hundred Simeonites expelled from Seir were Amalekites, 1 Chronicles 4:43.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-43The list of men described as leaders of Simeon's wealthy clans (1 Chronicles 4:34–38) leads into the description of Simeon's geographic expansion (4:38–43). The tribe expanded with thirteen family leaders during Hezekiah's time (late 700s BC) in the Gerar area. This might have been part of Hezekiah's military action against Philistine territories (2 Kings 18:8).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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 4:40

• Ham
• Hezekiah
• Simeon

In the dictionaries

• Ham
• Grant
• Simeon, The tribe of
• Uzziel
• Ziza
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Meshobab
• Palestine Exploration
• Dan

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