1 Chronicles 24:29

Study note

Setting — The chronicler records the final entries in a systematic enumeration of Levitical clans being organized for temple service. This list follows the entries for Mahli and precedes the closing summary of all Levitical families.

The words — בְּנֵי־ (benei) translates literally as “sons of,” and יְרַחְמְאֵל (Yerachme’el) is the proper name Jerahmeel. The phrase בְּנֵי יְרַחְמְאֵל establishes Jerahmeel as the founding patriarch of this specific line.

The thread — Jerahmeel appears in 1 Chronicles 2:9 and 4:21 as a Kohathite ancestor, while Kish is named in 1 Samuel 9:1 as the father of Saul and in 1 Chronicles 8:33 as an ancestor of the royal line. Both names recur in genealogical registers that track tribal inheritance and post-exilic restoration.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that priestly and royal lineages are traced through precise patriarchal markers. It asks the reader to treat genealogy as a structural record of covenant identity rather than a decorative list.

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