1 Chronicles 4:41

39 So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40 And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.

41 These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they ^aattacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and ^butterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.

42 Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

43 And they¹ defeated ^athe rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.

Commentaries:

No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 1 Chronicles 4:41.

I Chronicles 4:41-43

It was a defeat of those who had escaped from the Philistines, and Amalekites (who had escaped from Saul). That defeat took place by the hand of the descendants of Simeon in the early days of Hezekiah.

Here Hezekiah is mentioned. Also, when you investigate it there is a time marker here with these descendants of Simeon who seems to have pushed toward Judah from Israel, actually expanding Judah’s borders as they moved away from Israel and avoided the siege and captivity of Israel by Assyria that took place in the early years of King Hezekiah’s reign.

Excerpted from Jabez: 'That I May Not Cause Pain'

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