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1 Chronicles 4:28-31

King James Version (KJV)

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28. And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 29. And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30. And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31. And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David.

1 Chronicles 4:28-31 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 4:28

Theological / Devotional

They dwelt. Verses 28-33 give the dwelling places of the Simeonites. The list parallels that of Joshua 19:2-8. Many of the towns here assigned to Simeon are reckoned with Judah in Joshua 15:26-32, 42.

Beer-sheba. In Joshua’s enumeration Sheba appears after Beersheba, obviously as another designation of the site of Beer-sheba (see on Joshua 19:2).

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