1 Chronicles 4:34

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler continues a Simeonite genealogical register, documenting family lines to clarify land settlements and tribal inheritance for the post-exilic community.

The words — בֶּן־ (ben-) literally means "son of," serving as the fixed genealogical marker that attaches Joshah to his father Amaziah.

The thread — This "son of" lineage formula structures the tribal registers throughout 1 Chronicles 1–9 and reappears in the census records of Ezra 2:3–4 and Nehemiah 7:8–9.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to trace the unbroken transmission of family identity and territorial claim without elevating the names to theological significance.

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