1 Chronicles 4:19 (LSB)

Passage

The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Chronicles 4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the fine linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "wife", "hodiah", "sister", "naham", "fathers", "keilah", and "garmite". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "wife", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "His Jewish wife bore Jered the father..." into verse 20's "The sons of Shimon were Amnon and...", so "sons" 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 "sons" and "wife" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.