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1 Chronicles 4:42

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

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The passage records a military and migratory movement during the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, immediately following the Simeonites' defeat of the Hamites and Meunites.

The words — The Hebrew הָלְכוּ (ha.le.Khu) literally means "they went," and שֵׂעִיר (se.'Ir) names the specific highland region targeted by this expedition.

The thread — Mount Seir appears in Genesis 36:8 as the settled territory of Esau (Edom) and in Deuteronomy 1:2 as a geographical marker on the route from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea.

Why it lands — The text documents a clan relocation to secure pasture, requiring the reader to observe how a Simeonite force occupied a region historically tied to Edom without editorial commentary on the moral or theological implications.

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The Hebrew words

וּמֵהֶ֣ם׀u./me./Hemand/ some of <the>/ themמִן־min-ofבְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofשִׁמְע֗וֹןshim.'onSimeonהָלְכוּ֙ha.le.Khuthey wentלְהַ֣רle./Harto/ [the] mountain ofשֵׂעִ֔ירse.'IrSeirאֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.Shimmenחֲמֵ֣שׁcha.Meshfiveמֵא֑וֹתme.'othundred<s>וּפְלַטְיָ֡הu./fe.lat.Yahand/ Pelatiahוּ֠נְעַרְיָהU./ne.'ar.yahand/ Neariahוּרְפָיָ֧הu./re.fa.Yahand/ Rephaiahוְעֻזִּיאֵ֛לve./'u.zi.'Eland/ Uzzielבְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofיִשְׁעִ֖יyish.'IIshiבְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃be./ro.Sha/m[were] at/ head/ their

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

People named

SimeonIshiNeariahPelatiahRephaiahUzziel