1 Chronicles 4:27

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as 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 The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

26 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

28 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,