1 Chronicles 4:24-43 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:39

And they went to the entrance of Gedor ,.... There was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 4:18 but this seems to be further off, and perhaps is the same with Gedaris, mentioned by Strabo F12 Geograph. l. 16. p. 522. along with Azotus and Askelon, cities that belonged to the Philistines; since it was inhabited by the posterity of Ham, of whom the Philistines were, as in the following verse: even unto the east side of the valley ; which was near to Gedor, and a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:40

And they found fat pasture and good ,.... In or near the valley of Gedor: and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; there was room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies on either side to disturb them: for they of Ham had dwelt there of old ; either the Canaanites who descended from Canaan the son of Ham, and had never been expelled from thence; or the Philistines, who were a colony of the Egyptians, the posterity of Ham; and these inhabitants being of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:41

And these written by name ,.... Before in 1 Chronicles 4:34 , came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ; as Dr. Lightfoot F13 Works, vol. 1. p. 111. thinks, not within the first fourteen years of his reign, when the Syrian army was abroad, and none dost peep out, but in his last fifteen years, when the army was destroyed and gone: and smote their tents ; the tents of those who dwelt there for the sake of feeding their flocks, and whose pasturage the Simeonites wanted: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:42

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir ,.... In the land of Edom: having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi ; these four captains are said, by the ancient Rabbins, to be of the tribe of Manasseh, as Kimchi observes; see 1 Chronicles 5:24 but as the five hundred they were at the head of were of the sons of Simeon, the captains, no doubt, were of the same race. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:43

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped ,.... That escaped the sword of Saul; though, according to the Jews F14 Midrash Esther, fol. 93. 4. , 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, 1 Samuel 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:24

The sons of Simeon - This genealogy is very different from that given in Genesis 46:10 , and Numbers 26:12 . This may be occasioned by the same person having several names, one list taking one name, another list some other, and so on: to reconcile is impossible; to attempt it, useless. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:27

Neither did all their family multiply - In Numbers 1:23 ; the number of all the families of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred; and that of Judah was, Numbers 1:27 , not less than seventy-four thousand six hundred. When the next census was made, Num. 26, the tribe of Judah amounted to seventy-six thousand five hundred, an increase of one thousand nine hundred; while the tribe of Simeon amounted only to twenty-two thousand two hundred, a decrease of thirty-seven... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:31

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, 1 Samuel 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 1... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:40

They 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 more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:43

They 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, into Arabia... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:43

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:40

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 4:43

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