1 Chronicles 4:43
in 1 Chronicles 4and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
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ASV
And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.
KJV
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 4
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Unto this day - These words are probably taken from the record which the writer of Chronicles had before him, and do not imply that the Simeonites remained undisturbed in their conquests until after the return from the captivity. So 1Ch 4:41.
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 Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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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), by which it should seem they escaped the calamities of the captivity. Providence sometimes sends those out of trouble that are designed for preservation.
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And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They smote the rest of the Amalekites - Those who had escaped in the war which Saul made against them, (see 1Sa 14:48), and from David, who had attacked them afterwards, 2Sa 8:12. The expedition of the Simeonites mentioned here, against Gedor and Seir, was in the days of Hezekiah; and, as Calmet conjectures, near about the time of the captivity of the ten tribes, when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward, into Arabia Petraea, for fear of the Jews. These may be probable conjectures. - See Calmet. There are several things in the account of Jabez that are very instructive: - 1. He appears to have been a child brought into the world with great difficulty, at the risk of his own life and that of his mother. So much seems to be implied in, she bare him with sorrow, i.e., with peculiar sorrow and danger. 2. To perpetuate the merciful interposition of God in her own and her son’s behalf, she gave him a name that must have recalled to her and his remembrance the danger to which both their lives were exposed, and from which they could not have been extricated but by the especial help of God. She called his name Jabez, etc. 3. He was brought up in the fear of God; he was no idolater; he worshipped the God of Israel, and he showed the sincerity of his faith by frequent and earnest prayer. 4. His prayer was at once both enlightened and pious. He had piety towards God, and therefore he trusted in him: he knew that he was the fountain of all good, and therefore he sought all necessaries both for body and soul from him. He prayed to the God of Israel. 5. Both the matter and manner of his prayer were excellent. […]
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּכּ֕וּ | vaiyaku | and they struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁאֵרִ֥ית | sheerit | [the] remnant of | H7611 → | |
| הַפְּלֵטָ֖ה | hapeletah | the escaped remnant | H6413 → | |
| לַעֲמָלֵ֑ק | laamalek | of Amalek | H6002 → | 39 times |
| וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | vaiyeshevu | and they have dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיַּכּ֕וּand they struck down
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁאֵרִ֥ית[the] remnant of
sheeritH7611 →
הַפְּלֵטָ֖הthe escaped remnant
hapeletahH6413 →
לַעֲמָלֵ֑קof Amalek
laamalekH6002 →39 times
וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּand they have dwelt
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Samuel 8:12from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 10:14
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
- 2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one…
- 2 Samuel 10:11
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- 2 Samuel 10:14
Through
1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:11
The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the…
- Psalms 18:42
I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
- 1 Kings 20:29–30
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
- Judges 4:16
Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
- 1 Samuel 11:11
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.