The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
The line stands in the history of David assigned to 1 Chronicles 21 to 25, within the records dealing especially with the kingdom of Judah in the prosperous years of David's reign. Chronicles assumes knowledge of the preceding books of the Bible, supplies many new and important facts, and says scarcely anything about the northern kingdom. It belongs among the many genealogies, the long lists of hard names that are not inviting to read. As a record of fathers and sons it met the need felt after the exile for proof of hereditary descent by which the land was assigned to its hereditary owners and the temple service was taken up by those whose hereditary duty it was. It shows that God is particular, keeping a faithful record of each soul in the books of heaven, just as He instructed His people to keep genealogies and moved scribes to record them.
The line stands in the history of David assigned to 1 Chronicles 21 to 25, within the records dealing especially with the kingdom of Judah in the prosperous years of David's reign. Chronicles assumes knowledge of the preceding books of the Bible, supplies many new and important facts, and says scarcely anything about the northern kingdom. It belongs among the many genealogies, the long lists of hard names that are not inviting to read. As a record of fathers and sons it met the need felt after the exile for proof of hereditary descent by which the land was assigned to its hereditary owners and the temple service was taken up by those whose hereditary duty it was. It shows that God is particular, keeping a faithful record of each soul in the books of heaven, just as He instructed His people to keep genealogies and moved scribes to record them.