Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 4:41
These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records Simeonite clan movements occurring during the reign of Judah’s King Hezekiah, following the clan’s earlier search for pastureland.
The words — בְּ/שֵׁמ֜וֹת (be./she.Mot) = by/ names and הַ/כְּתוּבִ֨ים (ha./ke.tu.Vim) = who/ were written, forming the phrase “noted by name” that identifies the specific clan members.
The thread — The campaign aligns with Hezekiah’s military activity recorded in 2 Kings 18:8, while the settlement for pasture echoes the land survey in Numbers 32:1 and the broader theme of nations inhabiting the earth in Acts 17:26.
Why it lands — It demands recognition that historical conquest and territorial settlement are framed as direct consequences of divine timing and provision, requiring the reader to trace clan movements within the broader arc of Judah’s covenant history.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Numbers 32:1 Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Judges 10:12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- 1 Chronicles 4:34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
- Isaiah 14:28 In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
- Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.