1 Chronicles 1:15 Meaning and Explanation
“And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The list of Canaan's descendants continues with the Hivites, Arkites, and Sinites.
What Does 1 Chronicles 1:15 Mean?
Three more Canaanite peoples are named, the Hivites, Arkites, and Sinites, filling out the roster of nations dwelling in the land. The writer presses on through the full catalogue, leaving none of the peoples of Canaan unrecorded. The thoroughness itself is the point.
Each people had its place, its towns, its way of life, all known to God before Israel ever crossed the Jordan. The careful recording of these names reminds us that the Lord governs the rise and movement of every nation. His promises are kept not in a vacuum but in the real and crowded world of peoples and borders.
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What does 1 Chronicles 1:15 mean?
The list of Canaan's descendants continues with the Hivites, Arkites, and Sinites.