📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 4:16
What does 1 Chronicles 4:16 mean?
"The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel."
— 1 Chronicles 4:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
Explanation
First Chronicles 4:16 is a simple genealogical notice: it records that a man named Jehallelel had four sons — Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. On the surface it is
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