1 Chronicles 4:18 (DBY)

Passage

And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 4:16 And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.

1 Chronicles 4:19 And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

1 Chronicles 4:20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Jishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wife", "jewess", "bore", "jered", "father", "gedor", and "heber". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wife" and "jewess", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And the sons of Ezra Jether and..." into verse 19's "And the sons of the wife of...", so "wife" and "jewess" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wife" and "jewess" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.