1 Chronicles 4:38

38 These {mentioned by name} [were] leaders in their families, and their fathers' households increased greatly.

1 Chronicles 4:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:38

These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their
families
The principal men of them, heads of their fathers' houses:

and the house of their fathers increased greatly;
by them, so that they were obliged to seek out for new habitations, as follows.

1 Chronicles 4:38 In-Context

36 And Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.

38 These {mentioned by name} [were] leaders in their families, and their fathers' households increased greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, up to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40 And they found fertile and good pasture, and the land [was] very broad, quiet, and at ease, for the former inhabitants there [were] from Ham.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "coming in the names"