1 Chronicles 4:27

27 Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole family did not become as numerous as the Judeans.

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 [Shaul's sons:] his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.

26 Mishma's sons: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

27 Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole family did not become as numerous as the Judeans.

28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,