1 Chronicles 4:34 (GNV)

Passage

And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 4:32 And their townes were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.

1 Chronicles 4:33 And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogie,

1 Chronicles 4:34 And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

1 Chronicles 4:35 And Ioel and Iehu the sonne of Ioshibiah, the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Asiel,

1 Chronicles 4:36 And Elionai, and Iaakobah, and Ieshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, and Benaiah,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "meshobab", "iamlech", "ioshah", "sonne", and "amashiah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "meshobab" and "iamlech", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "And all their townes that were rounde..." into verse 35's "And Ioel and Iehu the sonne of...", so "meshobab" and "iamlech" 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 "meshobab" and "iamlech" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.