📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 5:4
What does 1 Chronicles 5:4 mean?
"The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,"
— 1 Chronicles 5:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
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