King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 4:34 Mean?
“And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,”
Context
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,
36
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**III.—EMIGRATION OF THE SIMEONITES: THEIR CONQUESTS** (1Chronicles 4:34-43).
(34-37) The thirteen princes (emirs) of Simeon who headed the expedition of their tribe in the age of Hezekiah (fl. 710 B.C.). None of them are otherwise known.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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