📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 23:10
What does 1 Chronicles 23:10 mean?
"The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei."
— 1 Chronicles 23:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
Explanation
This verse simply records the names of Shimei's four sons: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. It is a small piece of a much longer genealogical list that traces the Levite families, specifically the descendants of Gershon, one of
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