1 Chronicles 4:18 (GNV)

Passage

Also his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiah ye daughter of Pharaoh which Mered tooke.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 4:16 And the sonnes of Iehaleel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

1 Chronicles 4:17 And the sonnes of Ezrah were Iether and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon, and he begate Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 Also his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiah ye daughter of Pharaoh which Mered tooke.

1 Chronicles 4:19 And the sonnes of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

1 Chronicles 4:20 And the sonnes of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanam and Tilon. And the sonnes of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And the sonnes of Ezrah were Iether..." into verse 19's "And the sonnes of the wife of...", so "wife" and "iehudiiah" 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 "iehudiiah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.