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1 Chronicles 8:32 Explained in Context
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Verse 32. 32And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Gibeon's household links to Jerusalem.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 8:29–32
Read 1 Chronicles 8:32 with 8:29–32. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Jeiel, Maachah, their sons, and Mikloth's descendants are associated with Gibeon and residence near relatives in Jerusalem.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 8:32 depends on 8:29–32; isolating “And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Gibeon's household links to Jerusalem.”
Read 1 Chronicles 8:29–32 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 8:29–32 forms the complete movement “Gibeon's household links to Jerusalem”: Jeiel, Maachah, their sons, and Mikloth's descendants are associated with Gibeon and residence near relatives in Jerusalem.
Verse 29. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
Verse 30. 30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
Verse 31. 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
Verse 32. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
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Read 1 Chronicles 8:29–32 — Gibeon's household links to JerusalemSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 8:29–32, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
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