1 Chronicles 2:36

Study note

Setting — The text operates as a genealogical entry within a post-exilic historical chronicle, recording ancestral lines for the community of Israel. It appears in a continuous list tracing descent from earlier patriarchs through successive generations.

The words — The verb הֹלִיד (ho.Lid) appears twice, literally meaning "he fathered," marking direct paternal succession. The particle אֶת־ ('et-) functions as a direct object marker introducing each subsequent son.

The thread — The name Zabad reappears in 1 Chronicles 11:41 among David’s warriors, though listed as the son of Ahlai rather than Nathan, indicating the name’s presence across distinct familial branches.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge unbroken ancestral succession without providing narrative or theological commentary. It establishes the structural continuity of Israel’s tribal and familial records.

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.