1 Chronicles 8:26

Study note

Setting — The passage operates as a genealogical entry within a tribal census, positioned between two verses that identify other sons of Shashak and Jeroham. It maintains a continuous familial sequence without narrative interruption.

The words — The Hebrew terms וְ/שַמְשְרַ֥י (ve./sham.she.Rai), וּ/שְחַרְיָ֖ה (u./she.char.Yah), and וַ/עֲתַלְיָֽה\׃ (va./'a.tal.Yah) each carry the conjunction "and" and function strictly as proper names. They are rendered literally as Shamsherai, Shechariah, and Athaliah with no descriptive modifiers in the source text.

The thread — This entry extends the lineage list begun in 1 Chronicles 8:25 and continued in 1 Chronicles 8:27, where each verse simply enumerates descendants. The text sustains a consistent genealogical format without introducing external events or cross-references.

Why it lands — The text explicitly records Shamsherai, Shechariah, and Athaliah as named individuals within a documented family line. A reader must first accept this straightforward enumeration of ancestors before evaluating any later historical or theological inferences attached to these names.

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.