1 Chronicles 4:20 (GNV)

Passage

And the sonnes of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanam and Tilon. And the sonnes of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Chronicles 4:21 The sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the householdes of them that wrought fine linnen in the house of Ashbea.

1 Chronicles 4:22 And Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and Iashubi Lehem. These also are auncient things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sonnes", "shimon", "amnon", "rinnah", "ben-hanam", "tilon", and "ishi". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sonnes" and "shimon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And the sonnes of the wife of..." into verse 21's "The sonnes of Shelah the sonne of...", so "sonnes" and "shimon" 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 "sonnes" and "shimon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.