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1Ch 4:39	Strong Concordance	And they went [03212] to the entrance [03996] of Gedor [01446], even unto the east side [04217] of the valley [01516], to seek [01245] pasture [04829] for their flocks [06629].
	King James	And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Gedor - Rather read, "Gerar" (Septuagint) a fertile district Gen 26:6-12; Ch2 14:14-15 in Philistine country.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Gedor - Rather read, "Gerar" (Septuagint) a fertile district Gen 26:6-12; Ch2 14:14-15 in Philistine country.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The princes named "went westward from Gedor to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks." גדר מבוא does not mean the entrance of Gedor (Mich., Berth., and others); but is, as the corresponding מזרח, "rising" of the sun, i.e., east, requires, a designation of the west, and is abridged from השּׁמשׁ מבוא, as in statements with reference to places מזרח is used instead of השּׁמשׁ מזרח. The locality itself, however, is to us at present unknown. So much is clear, that by Gedor, the Gedor mentioned in Jos 15:58, situated in the high lands of Judah, north of Hebron, cannot be intended, for in that district there is no open valley stretching out on either hand; and the Simeonites, moreover, could not have carried on a war of conquest in the territory of the tribe of Judah in the reign of Hezekiah. But where this Gedor is to be sought cannot be more accurately determined; for הגּיא is certainly not "the valley in which the Dead Sea lies, and the southern continuation of that valley," as Ewald and Berth. think: that valley has, in the Old Testament, always the name הערבה. From the use of the article, "the valley," no further conclusion can be drawn, than that a definite valley in the neighbourhood of Gedor is meant. (Note: The lxx have rendered גדר by Γεράρ, whence Ewald and Bertheau conclude that גדר is a transcriber's error for גרר. But a slip of the pen which would make the Gerar so famed in the history of the patriarchs into Gedor is priori not very probable; and the defective writing גדר, while Gedor in the high lands is written גּדור, cannot be adduced, as Bertheau thinks, in support of the hypothesis, since Gedor even in Ch1 4:18 is written defectively. It is decisive against Gerar, that the dwelling-places of the Simeonites demonstrably did not extend till towards sunset (westward) from Gerar, for the cities assigned to them all lie to the east of Gerar.) Even the further statements in Ch1 4:30, with regard to the district, that they found there fat and good pasture, and that the land extended on both sides (i.e., was wide), and at rest and secure, because formerly the Hamites dwelt there, and the statement of Ch1 4:41, that the Simeonites found the Meunim there, and smote them, give us no firm foothold for the ascertainment of the district referred to. The whole Negeb of Judah has been as yet too little travelled over and explored by modern travellers, to allow of our forming any probable conjecture as to Gedor and the wide valley stretching out on both sides. The description of the Hamite inhabitants, וּשׁלוה שׁקטת, reminds us of the inhabitants of the ancient Laish (Jdg 18:7, Jdg 18:27). Those צם מן are people from Ham, i.e., Hamites, and they may have been Egyptians, Cushites, or even Canaanites (Ch1 1:8). This only is certain, that they were a peaceful shepherd people, who dwelt in tents, and were therefore nomads. לפנים, "formerly," before the Simeonites took possession of the land.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The princes named "went westward from Gedor to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks." גדר מבוא does not mean the entrance of Gedor (Mich., Berth., and others); but is, as the corresponding מזרח, "rising" of the sun, i.e., east, requires, a designation of the west, and is abridged from השּׁמשׁ מבוא, as in statements with reference to places מזרח is used instead of השּׁמשׁ מזרח. The locality itself, however, is to us at present unknown. So much is clear, that by Gedor, the Gedor mentioned in Jos 15:58, situated in the high lands of Judah, north of Hebron, cannot be intended, for in that district there is no open valley stretching out on either hand; and the Simeonites, moreover, could not have carried on a war of conquest in the territory of the tribe of Judah in the reign of Hezekiah. But where this Gedor is to be sought cannot be more accurately determined; for הגּיא is certainly not "the valley in which the Dead Sea lies, and the southern continuation of that valley," as Ewald and Berth. think: that valley has, in the Old Testament, always the name הערבה. From the use of the article, "the valley," no further conclusion can be drawn, than that a definite valley in the neighbourhood of Gedor is meant.

(Note: The lxx have rendered גדר by Γεράρ, whence Ewald and Bertheau conclude that גדר is a transcriber's error for גרר. But a slip of the pen which would make the Gerar so famed in the history of the patriarchs into Gedor is priori not very probable; and the defective writing גדר, while Gedor in the high lands is written גּדור, cannot be adduced, as Bertheau thinks, in support of the hypothesis, since Gedor even in Ch1 4:18 is written defectively. It is decisive against Gerar, that the dwelling-places of the Simeonites demonstrably did not extend till towards sunset (westward) from Gerar, for the cities assigned to them all lie to the east of Gerar.)

Even the further statements in Ch1 4:30, with regard to the district, that they found there fat and good pasture, and that the land extended on both sides (i.e., was wide), and at rest and secure, because formerly the Hamites dwelt there, and the statement of Ch1 4:41, that the Simeonites found the Meunim there, and smote them, give us no firm foothold for the ascertainment of the district referred to. The whole Negeb of Judah has been as yet too little travelled over and explored by modern travellers, to allow of our forming any probable conjecture as to Gedor and the wide valley stretching out on both sides. The description of the Hamite inhabitants, וּשׁלוה שׁקטת, reminds us of the inhabitants of the ancient Laish (Jdg 18:7, Jdg 18:27). Those צם מן are people from Ham, i.e., Hamites, and they may have been Egyptians, Cushites, or even Canaanites (Ch1 1:8). This only is certain, that they were a peaceful shepherd people, who dwelt in tents, and were therefore nomads. לפנים, "formerly," before the Simeonites took possession of the land.

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¹⁴ And they smote [05221] all the cities [05892] round about [05439] Gerar [01642]; for the fear [06343] of the LORD [03068] came upon them: and they spoiled [0962] all the cities [05892]; for there was exceeding much [07227] spoil [0961] in them.
¹⁵ They smote [05221] also the tents [0168] of cattle [04735], and carried away [07617] sheep [06629] and camels [01581] in abundance [07230], and returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389].

⁶ And Isaac [03327] dwelt [03427] in Gerar [01642]:
⁷ And the men [0582] of the place [04725] asked [07592] him of his wife [0802]; and he said [0559], She is my sister [0269]: for he feared [03372] to say [0559], She is my wife [0802]; lest, said he, the men [0582] of the place [04725] should kill [02026] me for Rebekah [07259]; because she was fair [02896] to look upon [04758].
⁸ And it came to pass, when he had been there a long [0748] time [03117], that Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] looked out [08259] at [01157] a window [02474], and saw [07200], and, behold, Isaac [03327] was sporting [06711] with Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802].
⁹ And Abimelech [040] called [07121] Isaac [03327], and said [0559], Behold, of a surety [0389] she is thy wife [0802]: and how saidst [0559] thou, She is my sister [0269]? And Isaac [03327] said [0559] unto him, Because I said [0559], Lest I die [04191] for her.
¹⁰ And Abimelech [040] said [0559], What is this thou hast done [06213] unto us? one [0259] of the people [05971] might lightly [04592] have lien [07901] with thy wife [0802], and thou shouldest have brought [0935] guiltiness [0817] upon us.
¹¹ And Abimelech [040] charged [06680] all his people [05971], saying [0559], He that toucheth [05060] this man [0376] or his wife [0802] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
¹² Then Isaac [03327] sowed [02232] in that land [0776], and received [04672] in the same year [08141] an hundredfold [03967] [08180]: and the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] him.

⁸ The sons [01121] of Ham [02526]; Cush [03568], and Mizraim [04714], Put [06316], and Canaan [03667].

²⁷ And they took [03947] the things which Micah [04318] had made [06213], and the priest [03548] which he had, and came [0935] unto Laish [03919], unto a people [05971] that were at quiet [08252] and secure [0982]: and they smote [05221] them with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and burnt [08313] the city [05892] with fire [0784].

⁷ Then the five [02568] men [0582] departed [03212], and came [0935] to Laish [03919], and saw [07200] the people [05971] that were therein [07130], how they dwelt [03427] careless [0983], after the manner [04941] of the Zidonians [06722], quiet [08252] and secure [0982]; and there was no magistrate [03423] [06114] in the land [0776], that might put them to shame [03637] in any thing [01697]; and they were far [07350] from the Zidonians [06722], and had no business [01697] with any man [0120].

⁴¹ And these written [03789] by name [08034] came [0935] in the days [03117] of Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and smote [05221] their tents [0168], and the habitations [04583] that were found [04672] there, and destroyed [02763] them utterly unto this day [03117], and dwelt [03427] in their rooms: because there was pasture [04829] there for their flocks [06629].

³⁰ And at Bethuel [01328], and at Hormah [02767], and at Ziklag [06860],

¹⁸ And his wife [0802] Jehudijah [03057] bare [03205] Jered [03382] the father [01] of Gedor [01446], and Heber [02268] the father [01] of Socho [07755], and Jekuthiel [03354] the father [01] of Zanoah [02182]. And these are the sons [01121] of Bithiah [01332] the daughter [01323] of Pharaoh [06547], which Mered [04778] took [03947].

⁵⁸ Halhul [02478], Bethzur [01049], and Gedor [01446],