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1 Chronicles 4:43
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records this event immediately after five hundred Simeonites led by Pelatiah and his brothers depart for Mount Seir. The narrative concludes their military expedition against the remaining Amalekite forces.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יַּכּ֕וּ (va/i.ya.Ku), meaning "and they struck down," and וַ/יֵּ֣שְׁבוּ (va/i.Ye.she.vu), meaning "and they have dwelt." These verbs mark the transition from active destruction to permanent settlement.
The thread — The elimination of the Amalekite remnant parallels Saul’s campaign from Havilah to Shur and David’s pursuit that spared only four hundred fugitives. The Chronicler also groups Amalek with other defeated nations in the spoil of Hadadezer.
Why it lands — The verse records the final displacement of a hostile group and secures the Simeonites’ enduring territorial claim. It asks the reader to note the text’s focus on concluded judgment and established occupation rather than ongoing warfare.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 30:17 And 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.
- 1 Samuel 15:7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 8:12 from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 25:17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 34:6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Judges 1:26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- Jeremiah 44:6 Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
- Matthew 27:8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.