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What Does 1 Chronicles 4:33 Mean?

“And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. Baal: or, Baalathbeer their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them”

Context

31

And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. Hazarsusim: or, Hazarsusah

32

And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: Etam: or, Ether

33

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. Baal: or, Baalathbeer their genealogy: or, as they divided themselves by nations among them

34

And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

35

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

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Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(33) **Unto Baal.**—Called in Joshua 19:8 Baalathbeer (“lady of the well”). The same passage adds what appears to be the name of this group of villages, viz., Ramath-negeb, or Ramah of the southland. (Comp. 1Samuel 30:27.) **These** (Heb., *this*) **were their habitations.**—A conclusion of the list of towns of Simeon. **And their genealogy.**—Heb., *and they had their own registration* (or, *enrolment*)*;* that is, though their settlements lay within the territory of Judah, their clans were registered as belonging to a distinct tribe.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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