And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
The verse belongs to the long lists of names in the opening chapters of 1 Chronicles, whose first nine chapters are filled almost wholly with genealogies that are hard to pronounce. Chronicles and Kings are parallel books, with Chronicles giving more of the details of Judah while Kings deals with the ten-tribe division of the kingdom. Such genealogical lists may not interest or benefit every reader equally and can seem not of particular interest.
They preserve information about the origin and distribution of peoples and can interest those who study ethnology. Along the way the Bible also contains spiritual truths for readers seeking other kinds of knowledge. The careful keeping of genealogies shows God is particular, keeping a faithful record of each soul in the books of heaven just as Israel was instructed to keep and record genealogies.
The verse belongs to the long lists of names in the opening chapters of 1 Chronicles, whose first nine chapters are filled almost wholly with genealogies that are hard to pronounce. Chronicles and Kings are parallel books, with Chronicles giving more of the details of Judah while Kings deals with the ten-tribe division of the kingdom. Such genealogical lists may not interest or benefit every reader equally and can seem not of particular interest.
They preserve information about the origin and distribution of peoples and can interest those who study ethnology. Along the way the Bible also contains spiritual truths for readers seeking other kinds of knowledge. The careful keeping of genealogies shows God is particular, keeping a faithful record of each soul in the books of heaven just as Israel was instructed to keep and record genealogies.