1 Chronicles 4:27

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon’s tribe never grew as large as the tribe 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 descendants of Shaul were Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

26 The descendants of Mishma were Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon’s tribe never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.

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

29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,