and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
Parallel translations
- WEB They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
- KJV And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
- NKJV And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
- NASB They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
- NLT They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.
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Quick answer
They struck the surviving Amalekites and settled in Seir permanently. It records the final defeat of a longstanding enemy of Israel.
Overview
These Simeonites destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites, Israel's ancient foe whom God had vowed to blot out (Exodus 17:14-16; Deuteronomy 25:17-19). Their victory brought a measure of fulfillment to that divine purpose. The Chronicler thus closes Simeon's account on a note of God's faithfulness in dealing with the enemies of his people.
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- 1 Sam 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- 1 Sam 15:7–8Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 2 Sam 8:12from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- Deut 25:17–19Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Exod 17:14–16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deut 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Matt 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
- 2 Chr 5:9The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- Jer 44:6Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
- Judg 1:26And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- Matt 27:8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
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