📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 4:26
What does 1 Chronicles 4:26 mean?
"The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son."
— 1 Chronicles 4:26 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: they lived there with the king for his work.
The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and all their family did not multiply like the children of Judah.
They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,
Explanation
This verse is part of a genealogical list tracing the descendants of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In plain terms, it simply records a family line: Mishma had a son named H
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