Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 4:39
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text describes clan leaders and their expanding families moving from their established territory to secure new grazing land. This movement occurs during a broader survey of Simeonite descendants and their territorial acquisitions.
The words — לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁ (le./va.Kesh) translates literally as to seek, and מִרְעֶ֖ה (mir.'Eh) translates literally as pasture or grazing ground.
The thread — The place name Gedor appears in Joshua 15:58 as a settled town, while 1 Chronicles 4:4 and 1 Chronicles 4:18 trace the ancestral lines connected to that location.
Why it lands — The verse records a practical demographic expansion where growing families relocate to secure economic resources. It requires the reader to recognize how tribal inheritance and survival depended on active territorial acquisition rather than passive land distribution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
Cross-references
- Joshua 15:58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
- 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 4:18 These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
- Joshua 12:13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;