· Translation: KJV

1 Chronicles 7:34The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

The setting

Post-exilic Jerusalem, ~400 BC. Ezra's community painstakingly reconstructs tribal records to restore Israel's covenant identity in modern Israel/Palestine.

The emotion here: careful devotion to honor what nearly perished in exile

The original word

Shemer (שֶׁמֶר) — to keep, guard, preserve; this family name means 'guardian'

Why it matters

Without these records, returning families couldn't inherit ancestral land or serve in the temple

Read with care

What most readers miss in 1 Chronicles 7:34

These aren't just names—they're resurrection rolls of families thought lost forever

Common misconceptionThese genealogies seem random, but each represents a miracle—families who refused to disappear during 70 years of foreign oppression.

Bible Genome reading

1 Chronicles 7:34 — Bible Genome reading

SpeakerNarrator
EraUnited Kingdom
Primary emotionresting
Literary typegenealogy

Emotional genome

Comfort power20%
Quotability10%
Memorability20%
Crisis relevance10%
Standalone20%
Themes:genealogyfamily lineage

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1 Chronicles 7:34 comes from the book of 1 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is resting, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the genealogy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include genealogy, family lineage. Notable phrases: sons of Shemer.

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