📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 7:34
What does 1 Chronicles 7:34 mean?
"The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram."
— 1 Chronicles 7:34 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
Explanation
This verse is a brief entry in a long genealogical record found in 1 Chronicles 7, which lists the descendants of several of Israel's tribes, including Asher. In plain terms, it simply names four men — Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram — as the sons of a man named Shemer, who was part of the tribal line of Asher, one of the twelve sons of Jacob. There is no narrative, teaching, or dramatic event attached to it; it functions purely as a record of family lineage within a larger list of names.
The book of 1 Chronicles was likely compiled after the Babylonian exile, traditionally attributed to Ezra or a scribe working in that same tradition, for the Jewish community that had returned to the land. The Chronicler begins his history not with battles or kings but with nine chapters of genealogies tracing Israel's tribes all
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