1 Chronicles 4:40-42
International Standard Version
40 They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham. 41 Later on, during the reign[a] of King Hezekiah of Judah, these people,[b] enumerated by name, came and attacked both their homes[c] and the Meunim who had settled there and who remain exterminated to this day. They settled down there, taking their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 Some of them—that is, 500 Simeonite men—went to Mount Seir.[d] Under the leadership of Ishi’s sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel,
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- 1 Chronicles 4:41 Lit. days
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 The Heb. lacks people
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 Lit. tents
- 1 Chronicles 4:42 This mountain, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.
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