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1 Chronicles 4:42

in 1 Chronicles 4

And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

KJV

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 4

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
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 1Ch 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.

This site's exposition

Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah

on 1 Chronicles 4:34-43

The leaders named here took their growing families to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture. In the days of Hezekiah they destroyed the Hamites who had lived there. Five hundred went on to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Now the curses on Ham and Amalek had a further accomplishment, when they seemed dormant, if not dead; as had also the curse on Simeon, that he should be divided and scattered ( Gen. xlix. 7 ): yet to him it was turned into a blessing, for the families of Simeon, which thus transplanted themselves into those distant countries, are said to dwell there unto this day (

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The words behind it

17 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.

  • וּמֵהֶ֣ם׀and some of <the> them

    umehem

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • שִׁמְע֗וֹןSimeon

    shimonH8095 →44 times

  • הָלְכוּ֙they went

    halekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • לְהַ֣רto [the] mountain of

    leharH2022 →546 times

  • שֵׂעִ֔ירSeir

    seirH8165 →

  • אֲנָשִׁ֖יםmen

    ʾanashimH582 →566 times

  • חֲמֵ֣שׁfive

    chameshH2568 →343 times

  • מֵא֑וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וּפְלַטְיָ֡הand Pelatiah

    ufelatyahH6410 →

  • וּ֠נְעַרְיָהand Neariah

    unearyahH5294 →3 times

  • וּרְפָיָ֧הand Rephaiah

    urefayahH7509 →5 times

  • וְעֻזִּיאֵ֛לand Uzziel

    veuzielH5816 →16 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׁעִ֖יIshi

    yishiH3469 →5 times

  • בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃[were] at head their

    beroshamH7218 →599 times

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

The walk

5 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

    Deuteronomy 1:2

    It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 32:8

      This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

    • Numbers 13:26

      and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit…

    • Deuteronomy 9:23

      And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You…

    • Deuteronomy 1:44

      Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

    • Exodus 3:1

      Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.