Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Chronicles 4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide and quiet and peaceable; for they of Ham, probably a tribe of the Canaanitish branch of the children of Ham, had dwelt there of old.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide and quiet and peaceable; for they of Ham, probably a tribe of the Canaanitish branch of the children of Ham, had dwelt there of old.
Verse 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_....
3. SIMEON, REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH Chapter S 4:24-5:26 _ 1. The sons of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24)_ 2. The sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1) 3. The children of Gad and half Manasseh ...
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...
they _of Ham_ Canaanites who had not been dispossessed at the Conquest and therefore expected no disturbance at a later time....
The Heroes of Simeon and their Exploits 38. _the house of their fathers_ R.V. THEIR FATHERS" HOUSES....
4. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF SIMEON (1 Chronicles 4:24-43) TEXT 1 Chronicles 4:24. The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul: 25. Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his so...
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 4 Other families of Judah –...
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
וַֽ יִּמְצְא֤וּ מִרְעֶה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן וָ טֹ֔וב וְ
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...
Here another line from Judah is traced, and must be viewed in the light of the royalty manifest in David. It is the story of the multiplication and settlement of the people who became workers in the g...
_Cham. It is not certain that the Philistines, who came from the country of the Casluim, were descendants of Mezraim, Genesis x. 14. But it is very clear that the Egyptians sprung from Cham, Psalm lxx...
The descendants of Simeon occupy the history of these verses with an account of the places of their settlement. The genealogy of this tribe was considered of sufficient importance in the register of f...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...
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 e...
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. Ver. 40. _And they found fat pasture and good._] This tempted the Sim...
_They found fat pasture_, &c. Those who thus dwelt (as we do) in a fruitful country, and whose land is wide, and quiet, and peaceable, have reason to own themselves indebted to that God, who _appoints...
1.11 The posteritie of Iudah by Caleb the sonne of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron. [THE GENEALOGIE OF IUDAH.] 9 Of Iabez, and his prayer. 21 The posteritie of Shelah. 24 The posterit...
THEY OF HAM, i.e. the posterity of that cursed Ham; either the Arabians; or the Canaanites or Philistines, who descended from Ham, GENESIS 10:6. And accordingly these words contain a reason, either,...
1 Chronicles 4:40 found H4672 (H8799) rich H8082 good H2896 pasture H4829 land H776 broad H7342 H3027 quiet
CONTENTS: Posterity of Judah and Simeon. CHARACTERS: God, Jabez, Caleb. CONCLUSION: If we set ourselves to acknowledge God in all our ways we put ourselves under the divine blessing and protection a...
1 Chronicles 4:9. _Jabez,_ dolour, grief, anguish. He was honourable; the same with Othniel, according to the Targumists. 1 Chronicles 4:22. _Jokim, &c._ These four probably resided in Moab, about the...
_The sons of Judah._ SURVEY OF THE GENEALOGY I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice that yo...
1 CHRONICLES 4:24 The Tribe of Simeon. This tribe’s allotted territory lay within Judah and was taken from that tribe (vv. 1 Chronicles 4:28; see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obscurity often arising from brevity conspicuous in this passage. Yet we discern an order in it, indicated in first verse. It contains descendants of Shobal, Hur, Carmi, Hezron, and o...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 4:1 After the large space given to the "sons of David," of the tribe of Judah, in the previous chapter, this chapter returns for twenty-three verses to group together a few ad...
In chapter four, we follow another line from Caleb through one of his sons called Er. And you get a different line of Caleb from that which was earlier given. Now in this particular line in verse nine...
Genesis 10:6; Genesis 9:22; Judges 18:7; Psalms 105:23; Psalms 78:51
Fat pasture, &c. — Those who thus dwelt (as we do) in a fruitful country, and whose land is wide and quiet and peaceable, have reason to own themselves indebted to that God, who appoints the bounds of...