1 Chronicles 4:18 (LSB)

Passage

His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 4:16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

1 Chronicles 4:17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. (And these are the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took) and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

1 Chronicles 4:19 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

1 Chronicles 4:20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "The sons of Ezrah were Jether Mered..." into verse 19's "The sons of the wife of Hodiah...", so "jewish" and "wife" 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 "jewish" and "wife" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.