1 Chronicles 4:1-43 - other clans

4:1-10

While David was in one sense “the main man”, God’s covenant and promise applied to all Israel, so we get more genealogies. In 4:9,10 we get Jabez, the “prayer of Jabez” was quite “a thing”  a few years ago. His name meant “pain”, or, at least, sounds like the Hebrew for pain. He prayed and God granted his request. One can imagine the prayer and situation of Jabez being very relevant to the returnees. Israel had become a byword for disgrace, and they had suffered much. Moreover,  they wanted God’s blessing and for their territory to be increased. So God granting Jabez’s prayer would be an encouragement to them.

4:11-43

In 4:15 we get yet another Caleb. 4:24 onwards gives the genealogy for Simeon.