The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
1 Chronicles 4:24 belongs to the genealogies that form the first of the four divisions of Chronicles, the other three being the histories of David, of Solomon, and of the remaining kings of Judah. The title of the books is taken from the Hebrew, while the title in the Septuagint means The Things Omitted, showing that the books supply what was left out of Samuel and Kings. Throughout they take a knowledge of the preceding books for granted, give many new and important facts, and say scarcely anything about the northern kingdom or about the sinful acts of David and Solomon. The great number of genealogies such as this list of the sons of Simeon is there because of the need felt after the exile, when the land came to be assigned to its hereditary owners and the temple service to be taken up by those whose hereditary duty it was.
The verse is part of the genealogical record that preserves the identity and continuity of Israel's tribes, in a chapter whose records are largely genealogical. The careful preservation of Judah's genealogy is especially significant because Christ came through Judah. Its careful naming of the descendants of Simeon illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in heaven.
The verse is a list of the names of the sons of Simeon and is not an expressed promise, much less an exceeding great and precious promise to God's people. It belongs to twelve chapters of 1 Chronicles containing over five hundred verses that are nearly all names of persons, part of more than fifteen hundred verses in the Bible that are simply names of persons, places, nations, cities and kings. Since the whole Bible has only thirty-one thousand five hundred and thirteen verses, twenty-three thousand five hundred and fifty-six in the Old Testament and seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven in the New Testament, the numbers themselves limit what can be claimed. Since many other verses contain threatenings of God's wrath against sin and denunciations of evil, not every verse is a promise and there cannot be thirty-six thousand distinct promises.
1 Chronicles 4:24 belongs to the genealogies that form the first of the four divisions of Chronicles, the other three being the histories of David, of Solomon, and of the remaining kings of Judah. The title of the books is taken from the Hebrew, while the title in the Septuagint means The Things Omitted, showing that the books supply what was left out of Samuel and Kings. Throughout they take a knowledge of the preceding books for granted, give many new and important facts, and say scarcely anything about the northern kingdom or about the sinful acts of David and Solomon. The great number of genealogies such as this list of the sons of Simeon is there because of the need felt after the exile, when the land came to be assigned to its hereditary owners and the temple service to be taken up by those whose hereditary duty it was.
The verse is part of the genealogical record that preserves the identity and continuity of Israel's tribes, in a chapter whose records are largely genealogical. The careful preservation of Judah's genealogy is especially significant because Christ came through Judah. Its careful naming of the descendants of Simeon illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of each soul is kept in heaven.
The verse is a list of the names of the sons of Simeon and is not an expressed promise, much less an exceeding great and precious promise to God's people. It belongs to twelve chapters of 1 Chronicles containing over five hundred verses that are nearly all names of persons, part of more than fifteen hundred verses in the Bible that are simply names of persons, places, nations, cities and kings. Since the whole Bible has only thirty-one thousand five hundred and thirteen verses, twenty-three thousand five hundred and fifty-six in the Old Testament and seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven in the New Testament, the numbers themselves limit what can be claimed. Since many other verses contain threatenings of God's wrath against sin and denunciations of evil, not every verse is a promise and there cannot be thirty-six thousand distinct promises.