1 Chronicles 4:40 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 4:40 Mean?
The Simeonites discovered exactly what they sought: fertile, spacious, and untroubled grazing country, then occupied by people descended from Ham. The land was everything their flocks required.
What they sought, God provided in abundance, beyond mere sufficiency. The 'wide, and quiet, and peaceable' land echoes the rest the Lord gives His people, a foretaste of the peace He prepares for all who follow the Good Shepherd.
1 Chronicles 4:40 in the Original Language
shalev (שָׁלֵו), 'quiet' -- at ease, undisturbed; the land's tranquility mirrors the rest God grants His flock.
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What does 1 Chronicles 4:40 mean?
They found rich, abundant pasture in a broad, quiet, and peaceful land, where descendants of Ham had long lived.