1 Chronicles 4:27

27 Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men 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 Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

26 The sons of Mishma: Ham'mu-el his son, Zac'cur his son, Shim'e-i his son.

27 Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men of Judah.

28 They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Mola'dah, Ha'zar-shu'al,

29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,