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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Samuel 30:29

And to them which were in Rachal, and them which were in the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Rachal;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kenites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kenites;   Ziklag;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kenites;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Leadership;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elder;   Kenites;   Rachal;   Ziklag;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerahmeel;   Judges, the Book of;   Kenites;   Rachal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jerahmeelite;   Racal;   Rachal;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Esdraelon;   Israel;   Jerahmeel;   Kenites;   Racal I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amalek, Amalekites ;   Jerahmeelites ;   Kenites ;   Rachal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rachel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kenite;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ra'chal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jerahmeel;   Judah, Territory of;   Racal;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amalek, Amalekites;   Judah, Tribe of;   Kenites;   Rechabites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
to those in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;
Hebrew Names Version
and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Yerachme'eli, and to those who were in the cities of the Kinim,
King James Version
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
Lexham English Bible
for those in Racal, for those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, for those in the towns of the Kenites,
English Standard Version
in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites,
New Century Version
Racal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites,
New English Translation
and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
Amplified Bible
Racal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites, the cities of the Kenites,
New American Standard Bible
to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And to them of Rachal, and to them of the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them of the cities of the Kenites,
Legacy Standard Bible
and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
Complete Jewish Bible
to those in Rakhal, to those in Yerachme'eli, to those in the cities of the Keni,
Darby Translation
and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
Easy-to-Read Version
Racal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites and the cities of the Kenites,
George Lamsa Translation
And to those who were in Rachal and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites
Good News Translation
and Racal; to the clan of Jerahmeel, to the Kenites,
Literal Translation
and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vnto them at Rachal, vnto them in the cities of the Ierahmielites, vnto them in the cities of the Kenites,
American Standard Version
and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,
Bible in Basic English
and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To them of Rachal, to them of the cities of Ierahmeel, to them of the cities of the Kenites,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Themath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite;
English Revised Version
and to them which were in Racal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites;
Berean Standard Bible
to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that weren in the citees of Jeramel, and that weren in the citees of Ceny,
Young's Literal Translation
and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
Update Bible Version
and to those that were in Racal, and to those that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those that were in the cities of the Kenites,
Webster's Bible Translation
And to [them] who [were] in Rachal, and to [them] who [were] in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to [them] who [were] in the cities of the Kenites,
World English Bible
and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
New King James Version
those who were in Rachal, those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
New Living Translation
Racal, the towns of the Jerahmeelites, the towns of the Kenites,
New Life Bible
and Racal. It is for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, the cities of the Kenites,
New Revised Standard
in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, in the towns of the Kenites,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and to them who were in Racal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerameelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
Revised Standard Version
in Racal, in the cities of the Jerah'meelites, in the cities of the Ken'ites,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

Contextual Overview

21 And Dauid came to the two hundred men which were so faint that they could not follow Dauid, whome they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet Dauid, and to meete the people, that were with him; and when Dauid came neere to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with Dauid, and said, Because they went not with vs, we wil not giue them ought of the spoile, that wee haue recouered, saue to euery man his wife and his children, that they may leade them away, and depart. 23 Then said Dauid, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath giuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and deliuered the companie that came against vs, into our hand. 24 For who will hearken vnto you in this matter? But as his part is that goeth downe to the battell, so shall his part bee that tarieth by the stuffe: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute, and an ordinance for Israel, vnto this day. 26 And when Dauid came to Ziklag, hee sent of the spoile vnto the Elders of Iudah, euen to his friends, (saying, Behold a Present for you, of the spoile of the enemies of the Lord ) 27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in South Ramoth, and to them which were in Iattir, 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and them which were in the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rachal: Supposed by Calmet to be the same as Hachilah. 1 Samuel 23:19

Jerahmeelites: The descendants of Jerahmeel son of Hezron - 1 Chronicles 2:9, 1 Chronicles 2:25-27, who inhabited a district in the south of Judah. 1 Samuel 27:10

Kenites: These people inhabited a small tract west of the Dead Sea. Judges 1:16

Cross-References

Genesis 30:5
And Bilhah conceiued and bare Iacob a sonne.
Genesis 30:8
And Rachel saide, With great wrastlings haue I wrastled with my sister, and I haue preuailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wife.
Genesis 30:10
And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iacob a sonne.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembred Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her wombe.
Genesis 30:25
And it came to passe when Rachel had borne Ioseph, that Iacob said vnto Laban, Send me away, that I may goe vnto mine owne place, and to my countrey.
Genesis 30:38
And he set the rods which he had pilled, before the flockes in the gutters in the watering troughes when the flocks came to drinke, that they should conceiue when they came to drinke.
Genesis 30:40
And Iacob did separate the lambes, and set the faces of the flockes toward the ring-straked, and all the browne in the flocke of Laban: and he put his owne flocks by themselues, and put them not vnto Labans cattell.
Genesis 31:6
And yee know, that with all my power I haue serued your father.
Matthew 24:45
Who then is a faithfull and wise seruant, whom his Lord hath made ruler ouer his houshold, to giue them meat in due season?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to [them] which [were] in Rachal,.... Another city of the tribe of Judah, but nowhere else spoken of:

and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Jerahmeelites: which lay to the south of Judah, 1 Samuel 27:10;

and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Kenites; who dwelt in the wilderness of Judah, in the south of Arad, Judges 1:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 30:29. Them which were in Rachal — We know not where this place was; it is mentioned nowhere else in the Bible. Calmet conjectures that Hachilah, 1 Samuel 23:19, may be the same place; here we know David did conceal himself for some time, till the Ziphites endeavoured to betray him to Saul.

The cities of the Jerahmeelites — See before, 1 Samuel 27:10.

And-the cities of the Kenites — A very small tract on the southern coast of the Dead Sea.


 
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