1 Chronicles 4:27

27 Shim'i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y'hudah.

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 His son was Shalum, his son was Mivsam, and his son was Mishma.

26 The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu'el, his son Zakur, his son Shim'i.

27 Shim'i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y'hudah.

28 They lived at Be'er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu'al,

29 Bilhah, 'Etzem, Tolad,