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1 Chronicles 4:40-42
Contemporary English Version
1 Chronicles 4:40-42
Contemporary English Version
40 and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites, 41 but when Hezekiah was king of Judah, the descendants of Simeon attacked and forced the Hamites and Meunites off the land, then settled there.
42 Some time later, 500 men from the Simeon tribe went into Edom[a] under the command of Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi.
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- 4.42 Edom: The Hebrew text has “Mount Seir,” a common name for the nation of Edom.
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