1 Chronicles 4:20

20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

1 Chronicles 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:20

And the sons of Shimon
Perhaps another son of Mered by his last wife, or the same with Shammai, ( 1 Chronicles 4:17 ) were

Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon;
nowhere else mentioned:

and the sons of Ishi:
who it may be was the brother of Shimon or Tilon: were

Zoheth, and Benzoheth;
of whom we know no more than their names.

1 Chronicles 4:20 In-Context

18 These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)