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1 Chronicles 4:38 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 4 · verse 38
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.1 Chronicles 4:38 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 4:38 in context
36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mentionedbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- increasedpâratsto break outH6555 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- princesnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- greatlyrôbabundanceH7230 →
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We have here some of the genealogies of the tribe of Simeon (though it was not a tribe of great note), especially the princes of that tribe, Ch1 4:38. Of this tribe it is said that they increased greatly, but not like the children of Judah, Ch1 4:27.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-43