And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam. The verse belongs to the genealogical record of Israel's tribes, part of the long lists of names filling page after page including the first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles. That genealogical record preserved proof of hereditary descent needed after the exile, when land was assigned to its ancestral owners and temple service resumed through hereditary duties. It shows the preservation of family histories and the integrity of the tribes, with Judah's carefully preserved genealogy mattering because Christ came through Judah.
The verse is fully inspired even though it is not equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances, so that many do not read such lists in family worship or private devotions and cannot see or understand their value. It was placed to interest scholars as well as the most illiterate person who finds nourishment elsewhere, because God made the Bible for all classes and not for one class only. It records the origin and distribution of races because God knew men would arise who would study ethnology, and along that way of scientific search He scattered pearls of spiritual truth so that many seeking only human knowledge find what is divine.
The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam. The verse belongs to the genealogical record of Israel's tribes, part of the long lists of names filling page after page including the first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles. That genealogical record preserved proof of hereditary descent needed after the exile, when land was assigned to its ancestral owners and temple service resumed through hereditary duties. It shows the preservation of family histories and the integrity of the tribes, with Judah's carefully preserved genealogy mattering because Christ came through Judah.
The verse is fully inspired even though it is not equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances, so that many do not read such lists in family worship or private devotions and cannot see or understand their value. It was placed to interest scholars as well as the most illiterate person who finds nourishment elsewhere, because God made the Bible for all classes and not for one class only. It records the origin and distribution of races because God knew men would arise who would study ethnology, and along that way of scientific search He scattered pearls of spiritual truth so that many seeking only human knowledge find what is divine.