1 Chronicles 4:27

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brethren did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the sons of Judah.

1 Chronicles 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:27

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters
None of which are mentioned by name:

but his brethren had not many children:
Hamuel and Zacchur:

neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah:
to show the fruitfulness and great increase of which tribe, the genealogical account of it, in this and the two preceding chapters, is given.

1 Chronicles 4:27 In-Context

25 also Shallum, his son, Mibsam, his son, and Mishma, his son.

26 The sons of Mishma: Hamuel, his son, Zacchur, his son, Shimei his son.

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brethren did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply, like the sons of Judah.

28 And they dwelt at Beersheba and Moladah and Hazarshual

29 and at Bilhah and at Ezem and at Tolad