Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 4:33

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:33

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:33

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy." — 1 Chronicles 4:33 (ASV)

To Baal. —Called in Joshua 19:8 Baalathbeer (“lady of the well”). The same passage adds what appears to be the name of this group of villages, namely, Ramath-negeb, or Ramah of the southland. (Compare to 1 Samuel 30:27.)

These (Hebrew, this) were their habitations. —A conclusion of the list of towns of Simeon.

And their genealogy. —Hebrew, and they had their own registration (or, enrolment); that is, though their settlements lay within the territory of Judah, their clans were registered as belonging to a distinct tribe.