1 Chronicles 4:28

“And they lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,”

1 Chronicles 4:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 4:28, word by word

And they livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yeshvu” appears
in Beershebaבְאֵרveer

Beersheba

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Moladahמוֹלָדָהmolada

Moladah

Moladah: a town of Judah in the Negev. The name comes from "birth."

Where else “molada” appears
Hazar-shualחֲצַרchatsar

Hazar-shual

Hazar-shual: a town of Judah in the Negev. The name means "village of the fox."

Where else “chatsar” appears

Translation note

The list of the cities of Simeon is also in Joshua 19:2-8, with some names written in another form.

Places in this verse

JerusalemBeersheba
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Beersheba

    Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel

    A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.

    Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.

    Genesis 21:31Genesis 26:331 Kings 19:3Amos 5:5

The context

27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, and all their family did not multiply as much as the sons of Judah.

28 · This verse (above)

29in Bilhah, in Ezem, in Tolad,

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