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1 Chronicles 4:40

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1 Chronicles 4:40 — Meaning and Application

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" 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. "

1 Chronicles 4:40

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These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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.

And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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.

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From This Chapter

1 Chronicles 4:1

"The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal."

1 Chronicles 4:2

"And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites."

1 Chronicles 4:3

"And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:"

1 Chronicles 4:4

"And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem."

1 Chronicles 4:5

"And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah."

1 Chronicles 4:6

"And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah."

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