1 Chronicles 4:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogi...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. They of Ham had dwelt there of old - These were probably either Phili...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genealogies (continued) This chapter enumerates further descendants of Judah, and the descendants of Simeon.
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they found fat pasture and good. — If Gerar was the right reading in 1 Chronicles 4:39 , we might compare Genesis 26:17 seq. And the land was wide. — Genesis 34:21 . Literally, broad...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1-54 ; 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 ; 1 Chronicles 3:1-24 ; 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 ; 1 Chronicles 5:1-26 ; 1 Chronicles 6:1-81 ; 1 Chronicles 7:1-40 ; 1 Chronicles 8:1-40 ; 1 Chr...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here another line from Judah is traced, and must be viewed in the light of the royalty manifest in David. It is the story of the multiplication and settlement of the people who became workers in the...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The descendants of Simeon occupy the history of these verses with an account of the places of their settlement. The genealogy of this tribe was considered of sufficient importance in the register of...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they found fat pasture and good ,.... In or near the valley of Gedor: and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; there was room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 40. And they found fat pasture and good. ] This tempted the S...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They found fat pasture , &c. Those who thus dwelt (as we do) in a fruitful country, and whose land is wide, and quiet, and peaceable, have reason to own themselves indebted to that God, who app...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genealogies. B. C. 715. 24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, a...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They of Ham, i.e. the posterity of that cursed Ham; either the Arabians; or the Canaanites or Philistines, who descended from Ham, Genesis 10:6 . And accordingly these words contain a reason, ei...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obscurity often arising from brevity conspicuous in this passage. Yet we discern an order in it, indicated in first verse. It contains descendants of Shobal, Hur, Carmi, Hezron, and...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 4:9 . Jabez, dolour, grief, anguish. He was honourable; the same with Othniel, according to the Targumists. 1 Chronicles 4:22 . Jokim, &c. These four probably resided in Moab,...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

The sons of Judah. Survey of the genealogy I. How great the obscurity of most men! II. What folly to seek place and power only here! III. How needful to secure renown hereafter! “Rejoice...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 4:1-13 After the large space given to the "sons of David," of the tribe of Judah, in the previous chapter, this chapter returns for twenty-three verses to group toge...
1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Family of Simeon
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:6 ; Genesis 9:22-29 ; Judges 18:7-10 ; Psalms 105:23 ; Psalms 78:51
1 Chronicles 4:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fat pasture, &c. — Those who thus dwelt (as we do) in a fruitful country, and whose land is wide and quiet and peaceable, have reason to own themselves indebted to that God, who appoints the bo...

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Chronicles 4:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 4:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes