Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 9:6
From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records a genealogical register of returning Israelites, listing specific clan leaders and their household counts. This administrative inventory appears in the closing chapter of 1 Chronicles, cataloging tribal affiliations.
The words — בְּנֵי־זֶרַח (benei-ze.rach) translates literally as "descendants of Zerah," while שֵׁשׁ מֵאֹת וְתִשְׁעִים (shesh me'ot ve.tish'im) renders "six hundred and ninety."
The thread — The Zerahite lineage originates in Genesis 38:30, where Zerah is named after emerging with a scarlet thread. Numbers 26:20 and 1 Chronicles 2:4 further identify his clan as one of the recognized descendants of Judah through Tamar.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of precise tribal accounting rather than symbolic interpretation. It requires the reader to accept the recorded numbers as the complete factual boundary of the passage.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
Cross-references
- Genesis 38:30 Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
- Numbers 26:20 These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.