Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Chronicles 4:1-43
The Prayer of Jabez. The Man 1 Chronicles 4:10 Here we have a very short biography of a very notable, character; there is no long preface to it, no long drawn-out description of what sort of man Jabez was, no flowery description of wonderful virtues and attainments, as are many biographies of Christian men which are too much shorn of the infirmities of the creature, and therefore too much dressed with human wisdom to be of very much use, although they seem to be very taking at times. I. His... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 4:40
(40) And they found fat pasture and good.—If Gerar was the right reading in 1 Chronicles 4:39, we might compare Genesis 26:17 seq.And the land was wide.—Genesis 34:21. Literally, broad of both hands—i.e., on both sides. An open plain is meant.And quiet and peaceable.—Like Laish, which the Danites took by surprise (Judges 18:7; Judges 18:28).They of Ham had dwelt there of old.—That is, they who were then dwelling there were Hamites or Canaanites (1 Chronicles 1:8).Of old.—Literally, before... read more