1 Chronicles 4:1 Meaning and Explanation
“The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.”
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Read Full Chapter →The chapter opens a fresh pass through Judah's line, naming Pharez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal as descendants of the tribe.
What Does 1 Chronicles 4:1 Mean?
After the broad sweep of Judah's genealogy in chapter 3, the record loops back to gather more of the tribe's branches. These five names are not a strict father-to-son chain but heads of families gathered under Judah, the tribe through whom kingship and, later, the Messiah would come.
Scripture lingers over names the world would forget, because no life in the covenant family is anonymous to God. The same care that records each branch of Judah here points forward to the One who knows His own by name and calls them out of every nation.
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What does 1 Chronicles 4:1 mean?
The chapter opens a fresh pass through Judah's line, naming Pharez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal as descendants of the tribe.