1 Chronicles 2:47 Meaning and Explanation

The chronicler lists the six sons of Jahdai, a man connected to Caleb's family though his exact link is not spelled out. The record gathers in another cluster of names belonging to this large and spreading household of Judah. The thoroughness leaves no recognized branch unrecorded.

Even where the connections grow tangled and hard to trace, the chronicler still gathers every name into the family of God's people. None are dropped for being hard to place. This reflects a God who keeps account of all His own, even those whose stories are only dimly known to us. In His book no one is lost in the crowd; each is named, each belongs, each is remembered by the Lord who counts His people one by one.