1 Chronicles 4:36

Study note

Setting — The chronicler continues a tribal genealogical register, listing seven male descendants immediately after Joel and Jehu (1 Chronicles 4:35) and before Ziza (1 Chronicles 4:37). This occurs within a structured historical record of Israelite family lines.

The words — Every proper name in the verse is prefixed with the Hebrew conjunction וְ (ve), literally "and," marking each entry as a sequential addition to the ancestral list. The names themselves are standard Hebrew theophoric or patronymic forms with no additional descriptive modifiers in the text.

The thread — This sequence functions as a direct continuation of the genealogical framework established in 1 Chronicles 4:35 and 1 Chronicles 4:37, with no parallel listing provided in the supplied context. The pattern of naming descendants in order appears throughout the surrounding tribal registers in 1 Chronicles 4.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track ancestral continuity without narrative embellishment or theological commentary. It demands careful attention to the preservation of lineage as a structural element of Israel's recorded history.

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