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1 Chronicles 4:43

4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelled there to this day.

What does 1 Chronicles 4:43 mean?

1 Chronicles 4:43 is a verse in the book of 1 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָכָה (nâkâh), שְׁאֵרִית (shᵉʼêrîyth), עֲמָלֵק (ʻĂmâlêq). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
they
smoteנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
the
restשְׁאֵרִיתshᵉʼêrîyth/sheh-ay-reeth'/H7611a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
of
the
AmalekitesעֲמָלֵקʻĂmâlêq/am-aw-lake'/H6002Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
that
were
escaped,פְּלֵיטָהpᵉlêyṭâh/pel-ay-taw'/H6413deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
and
dweltיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
there
unto
this
day.יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel

Genesis 5:15

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: Jared: Heb. Jered

Genesis 5:18

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Luke 3:37

Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

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Amalekites, thePelatiahSimeon, the Tribe Of

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Chronicles 4:43.

1 Samuel 26:8

Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. delivered: Heb. shut up

2 Chronicles 26:21

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. several: Heb. free

2 Kings 16:6

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. from Elath: Heb. from Eloth

2 Kings 19:31

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. they: Heb. the escaping

2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: who: Heb. great of acts lionlike: Heb. lion of God

Ezra 9:14

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. to preserve: Heb. to put for you a remnant

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What does 1 Chronicles 4:43 say?

1 Chronicles 4:43 (King James Version) reads: "And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day."

Is 1 Chronicles 4:43 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Chronicles 4:43 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Chronicles.

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