Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 4:27
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
27. six daughters ] LXX. three daughters.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 27. Neither did all their family multiply] In Nu 1:23 the number of all the families of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred; and that of Judah was, Nu 1:27, not less than seventy-four thousand six hundred. When the next census was made, Num. 26, the tribe of Judah amounted to seventy-six thousand five hundred, an increase of one thousand nine hundred; while the tribe of Simeon amounted only to twenty-two thousand two hundred, a decrease of thirty-seven thousand one hundred. It was at that time the smallest tribe in Israel.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The tribe of Simeon did not increase proportionably to the tribe of Judah, in which they dwelt; as appears by those two catalogues, Num 1:22; 26:14; which is to be ascribed to Gods curse upon them delivered by the mouth of holy Jacob, Ge 49, and signified by Mosess neglect of them, when he blessed all the other tribes.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
27. his brethren had not manychildren(see Num 1:22;Num 26:14).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters,…. None of which are mentioned by name:
but his brethren had not many children: Hamuel and Zacchur:
neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah: to show the fruitfulness and great increase of which tribe, the genealogical account of it, in this and the two preceding chapters, is given.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(27) His brethren had not many children.His brethren, i.e., his fellow-tribesmen. The other Simeonite clans (Num. 26:12), are meant.
Neither did all their family multiply.Rather, nor did they multiply their whole clan. The word clan (mishpahath) is here used in the wider sense of tribe. This remark is borne out by what we otherwise know of the tribe of Simeon. It was never historically important, and appears to have ultimately been absorbed by Judah, within which its domain was included (Jos. 19:1). (Comp. Gen. 49:7 : I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
Ver. 27. And Shimei had sixteen sons. ] None mentioned in these genealogies had so many.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
children = sons.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
like to: Heb. unto, Num 2:4, Num 2:13, Num 26:14, Num 26:22
Reciprocal: Zec 12:13 – Shimei
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 4:27. Neither did their family multiply like the children of Judah The tribe of Simeon did not increase proportionably to the tribe of Judah in which they dwelt, as appears by those two catalogues, Num 1:22; Num 26:14; which is to be ascribed to Gods curse upon them, delivered by the month of holy Jacob, (Genesis 49.,) and signified by Mosess neglect of them, when he blessed all the other tribes.