1 Chronicles 2:31

Study note

Setting — The text operates as a genealogical entry within a broader tribal record, listing direct descendants in a post-exilic historical compilation. It appears in a sequence documenting family lines to establish ancestral continuity.

The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּנֵי (bene) literally means "sons of" and structures the verse by marking each generational link. It appears repeatedly to denote direct paternal succession from Appaim through Ishi and Sheshan to Ahlai.

The thread — This lineage continues into 1 Chronicles 2:34, which records that Sheshan had no biological sons, only daughters. The surrounding entries in 1 Chronicles 2:30 and 1 Chronicles 2:32 similarly note other sons who died without children, highlighting a recurring genealogical pattern.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track unbroken paternal succession before the text later interrupts it with a note of childlessness. It establishes the factual baseline of family lines that the surrounding narrative will subsequently complicate.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.