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1 Chronicles 4:40

1 Chronicles 4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide , and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir,.... In the land of Edom:

having for…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

They of Ham had dwelt there of old - These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor, which was…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Chronicles 4:24-43

We have here some of the genealogies of the tribe of Simeon (though it was not a tribe of great note), especially the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

they of Ham Canaanites who had not been dispossessed at the Conquest and therefore expected no disturbance at a later…

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