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1 Chronicles 4:39

in 1 Chronicles 4

and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

KJV

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And they went to the entrance of Gedor,.... There was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, 1Ch 4:18 but this seems to be further off, and perhaps is the same with Gedaris, mentioned by Strabo (l) 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 suitable place: to seek pasture for their flocks; their sheep and goats. (l) Geograph. l.

This site's exposition

Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah

on 1 Chronicles 4:34-43

The princes named here led their growing families to seek new pasture, first east of Gedor, where they found the land wide and quiet and destroyed a remnant of Ham's descendants who had held it of old, in the days of Hezekiah. A second company of five hundred went further, to mount Seir, and smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, the last blow this book records against the people whose destruction Israel was commanded from the days of Moses and Saul.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Gedor - Rather read, “Gerar” (Septuagint) a fertile district Gen 26:6-12; 2Ch 14:14-15 in Philistine country.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּלְכוּ֙and they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • לִמְב֣וֹאto [the] entrance of

    limvo'H3996 →

  • גְדֹ֔רGedor

    gedorH1446 →7 times

  • עַ֖דto

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • לְמִזְרַ֣חto [the] east of

    lemizrachH4217 →74 times

  • הַגָּ֑יְאthe valley

    hagay'H1516 →59 times

  • לְבַקֵּ֥שׁto seek

    levakeshH1245 →225 times

  • מִרְעֶ֖הpasture

    mirehH4829 →13 times

  • לְצֹאנָֽם׃for flock[s] their

    letzonamH6629 →274 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 4:4

    Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 4:18

      And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered…

    • 1 Chronicles 2:50

      These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

    • 1 Chronicles 2:19

      When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

  • Through

    Joshua 12:13

    the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:36

      Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 10:38

      Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 4:18

    And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 4:4

      Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

    • 1 Chronicles 2:42

      The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

    • Joshua 15:58

      Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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