"And they found fat pasture and good, and the land {was} wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for {they} of Ham had dwelt ther…" — 1 Chronicles 4:40

1 Chronicles 4:40 · KJV

“And they found fat pasture and good, and the land {was} wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for {they} of Ham had dwelt there of old.”

— 1 Chronicles 4:40

Verse 39

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, {even} unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

Verse 41

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.

1 Chronicles 4 — Context

These mentioned by {their} names {were} princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. {mentioned: Heb. coming}

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, {even} unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land {was} wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for {they} of Ham had dwelt there of old.

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.

Cross References

Judges 18:7-10

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that {were} therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and {there was} no magistrate in the land, that might put {them} to shame in {any} thing; and they {were} far from the Zidonians, and had no business with {any} man. {Laish: also called, Leshem} {magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints}

Genesis 9:22-29

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 10:6

And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Psalms 105:23

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Psalms 78:51

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of {their} strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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