These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
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- WEB These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- KJV And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- NKJV These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.
- NASB These people, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them to this day; and they lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- NLT But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these leaders of Simeon invaded the region and completely destroyed the homes of the descendants of Ham and of the Meunites. No trace of them remains today. They killed everyone who lived there and took the land for themselves, because they wanted its good pastureland for their flocks.
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Quick answer
In Hezekiah's day these Simeonites drove out the inhabitants and settled there for the pasture. It dates and details their occupation of the land.
Overview
During the reign of the godly king Hezekiah, these named men displaced the Meunim and earlier dwellers, taking the land for their flocks. The Chronicler links the event to a faithful king's era, suggesting it occurred under God's favor. The episode reflects the ongoing outworking of Israel's call to possess the land entrusted to them.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Kgs 18:8–12He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
- Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Jer 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Num 32:1–4Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Judg 10:12Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- 1 Chr 4:34–38Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
- Isa 14:28–32In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
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