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1 Chronicles 4:43

1 Chronicles 4:43
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Unto this day - These words are probably taken from the record which the writer of Chronicles had before him, and do not imply that the Simeonites remained undisturbed in their conquests until after…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They smote the rest of the Amalekites - Those who had escaped in the war which Saul made against them, (see Sa1 14:48), and from David, who had attacked them afterwards, Sa2 8:12.

The expedition of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 4:24-43

We have here some of the genealogies of the tribe of Simeon (though it was not a tribe of great note), especially the princes of that tribe, Ch1 4:38. Of this tribe it is said that they increased…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the rest of the Amalekites R.V. the remnant of the Amalekites i.e. the descendants of those who had escaped from Saul (1Samuel 15). They had apparently found refuge in some part of the Edomite…