1 Chronicles 5:13
1 Chronicles 5:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.”
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Read Full Chapter →Seven more leading kinsmen of Gad are named by their fathers' houses.
What Does 1 Chronicles 5:13 Mean?
Alongside the chiefs, the chronicler records seven of their brethren, listed by name and counted within their ancestral houses. The precise number, seven, marks the completeness of the record for this branch of the tribe.
Each name set down is a witness that the Lord knows His people one by one. In a list that could feel impersonal, the careful counting speaks of a God to whom no individual is lost in the crowd. The same care will one day gather His own by name into His everlasting kingdom.
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What does 1 Chronicles 5:13 mean?
Seven more leading kinsmen of Gad are named by their fathers' houses.