Chronicles I 4:27

27 Semei sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 4:27 In-Context

25 Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:

26 Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.

27 Semei sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.

28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

29 and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,