1 Chronicles 4:20

20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

1 Chronicles 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:20

And the sons of Shimon
Perhaps another son of Mered by his last wife, or the same with Shammai, ( 1 Chronicles 4:17 ) were

Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon;
nowhere else mentioned:

and the sons of Ishi:
who it may be was the brother of Shimon or Tilon: were

Zoheth, and Benzoheth;
of whom we know no more than their names.

1 Chronicles 4:20 In-Context

18 His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
22 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are ancient.
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