📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 9:38
What does 1 Chronicles 9:38 mean?
"Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, near their brothers."
— 1 Chronicles 9:38 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon with
his firstborn son Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, near their brothers.
Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal. Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
Explanation
First Chronicles 9:38 is a short genealogical notice: Mikloth had a son named Shimeam, and this family lived among their relatives in Jerusalem, settled close to their kinsmen. On the surface it looks like a minor detail buried in a long list of names, but in the flow of Chronicles it carries real purpose.
The verse comes from the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin recorded in 1 Chronicles 8-9, which traces the ancestry of King Saul. The Chronicler, writing after the Babylonian exile (likely in the 5th–4th century BC), compiled these genealogies for a community of Jews who had returned to the land and needed to reestablish their identity, their tribal in
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