1 Chronicles 4:31
in 1 Chronicles 4Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
KJV
And at Beth–marcaboth, and Hazar–susim, and at Beth–birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseFor it is evident concerning Ziklag, one of them, that it was in the Philistines hands in David's time, and by them given to him, and by him annexed to the tribe of Judah, 1 Sam. xxvii, 6.
This site's exposition
And they dwelt at
on 1 Chronicles 4:28-33
Simeon's inheritance is listed as cities held inside Judah's own territory, matching Joshua nineteen's account that the tribe's portion lay within Judah's larger allotment because Judah's share was too much for them. The recurring note, these were their cities unto the reign of David, marks a boundary the Chronicler's source dated its information by, and some of the towns, Ziklag among them, changed hands again in David's own lifetime.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
When those of this tribe that revolted from the house of David were carried captive with the rest into Assyria those that adhered to Judah were remarkably owned of God and prospered in their endeavours to enlarge their coasts. It was in the days of Hezekiah that a generation of Simeonites, whose tribe had long crouched and truckled, was animated to make these bold efforts.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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, 1Sa 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 As the tribe of Simeon had withdrawn their allegiance from the house of David, the kings of Judah extended their domination as far as possible into the territories of that tribe, so that they were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 1Ch 4:39-42.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Unto the reign of David - It is not quite clear why this clause is added. Perhaps the writer is quoting from a document belonging to David’s reign. Or, he may mean that some of the cities, as Ziklag 1Sa 27:6, were lost to Simeon about David’s time.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְבֵ֤ית | uveveit | and in Beth | H1024 → | |
| מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ | markavot | Marcaboth | H1024 → | |
| וּבַחֲצַ֣ר | uvachatzar | and in Hazar | H2702 → | |
| סוּסִ֔ים | susim | Susim | H2702 → | |
| וּבְבֵ֥ית | uveveit | and in Beth | H1011 → | |
| בִּרְאִ֖י | biri | Biri | H1011 → | |
| וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם | uveshaarayim | and in Shaaraim | H8189 → | |
| אֵ֥לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| עָרֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾareihem | [were] cities their | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| מְלֹ֥ךְ | melokh | reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| דָּוִֽיד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וּבְבֵ֤יתand in Beth
uveveitH1024 →
מַרְכָּבוֹת֙Marcaboth
markavotH1024 →
וּבַחֲצַ֣רand in Hazar
uvachatzarH2702 →
סוּסִ֔יםSusim
susimH2702 →
וּבְבֵ֥יתand in Beth
uveveitH1011 →
בִּרְאִ֖יBiri
biriH1011 →
וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִםand in Shaaraim
uveshaarayimH8189 →
אֵ֥לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
עָרֵיהֶ֖ם[were] cities their
ʾareihemH5892 →1090 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
מְלֹ֥ךְreigned
melokhH4427 →348 times
דָּוִֽיד׃David
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
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1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.