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1 Chronicles 4:43
43They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.
1 Chronicles 4:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
- New International Version (NIV)They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
Context of 1 Chronicles 4:43
41But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these leaders of Simeon invaded the region and completely destroyed the homes of the descendants of Ham and of the Meunites. No trace of them remains today. They killed everyone who lived there and took the land for themselves, because they wanted its good pastureland for their flocks. 42Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel—all sons of Ishi. They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 41 Chronicles 4:43 word by word
וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֥ית הַפְּלֵטָ֖ה לַעֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ שָׁ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:43
- Exodus 17:14After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 25:17“Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 30:17David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.
- 2 Samuel 8:12from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- Deuteronomy 34:6The Lord buried him in a valley near Beth-peor in Moab, but to this day no one knows the exact place.
- Judges 1:26Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place, which is in front of the Most Holy Place, but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.
- Jeremiah 44:6And so my fury boiled over and fell like fire on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusalem, and they are still a desolate ruin today.
- Matthew 27:8That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
- Matthew 28:15So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:43
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43They smote the rest of the Amalekites - Those who had escaped in the war which Saul made against them, (see 1 Samuel 14:48;), and from David, who had attacked them afterwards, 2 Samuel 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43Unto this day - These words are probably taken from the record which the writer of Chronicles had before him, and do not imply that the Simeonites remained undisturbed in their conquests until after the return from the captivity. So 1 Chronicles 4:41.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
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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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