1 Chronicles 4:19
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
The verse stands in the opening genealogies of Chronicles, in the section covering 1 Chronicles 1 to 4 and extending through the first twelve chapters, as part of the carefully preserved genealogical record of Judah that records names and related details among the tribes with particular attention to Judah and the priesthood. The genealogies supply what was left out of Samuel and Kings, taking knowledge of the preceding books for granted and giving many new facts, while saying scarcely anything about the northern kingdom. The great number of family lists exists because after the exile strict proof of hereditary descent was needed to assign the land to its hereditary owners and to restore the temple service to those whose hereditary duty it was.
The verse forms part of the record showing the preservation of family lines and the integrity of the tribes, and the record of Judah matters because Christ came through that tribe. The verse is an example of the Bible's long lists of names whose value may not be immediately clear to every reader, and such records include material about the origin and distribution of races that can reward scholarly study.
The verse is one of over five hundred verses in the first twelve chapters of 1 Chronicles that are nearly all names of persons, not an expressed direct promise and not a precious promise to God's people. It is one of more than fifteen hundred verses of mere names in the Bible that leave far fewer than thirty-one thousand five hundred thirteen verses that could be counted as promises. Even names in long family records are included in the careful record God has preserved, teaching that a faithful record of every soul is kept in heaven.