Divrey Hayamim Alef 4:27

27 And Shimei had sixteen banim and six banot, but his brethren had not many banim, neither did all their mishpakhat multiply like the Bnei Yehudah.

Divrey Hayamim Alef 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.

Divrey Hayamim Alef 4:27 In-Context

25 Shallum bno, Mivsam bno, Mishma bno.

26 And the Bnei Mishma: Chamuel bno, Zakkur bno, Shimei bno.

27 And Shimei had sixteen banim and six banot, but his brethren had not many banim, neither did all their mishpakhat multiply like the Bnei Yehudah.

28 And they dwelt at Beer-Sheva, and Moladah, and Chatzar Shual,

29 And at Bilhah, and at Etzem, and at Tolad,