What Does 1 Chronicles 15:7 Mean in the King James?
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The name Gershom carries the memory of being a stranger, yet here it belongs to a counted family.
THE MEANING
Belonging takes shape in names, kinship, and a place within the count. Gershom carries the scriptural echo of sojourning, yet the name stands among brothers, with Joel at their head.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A name marked by estrangement means you must remain outside the community.
THE ROOT
גֵּרְשֹׁם
Gershōm
GROWS FROM
גור
gûr
To sojourn or dwell as a stranger.
Exodus links Gershom with גֵּר (gēr), “stranger” or “sojourner,” through the wordplay “I have been a stranger in a strange land.” Here, that name stands within a counted household, so the name’s echo of estrangement is carried inside a place of belonging.
ALSO GROWS
gēr: Stranger; resident alien; sojourner.
גֵּר
This is the word Exodus uses to explain Gershom’s name.
megūrîm: Sojournings; places of residence.
מְגוּרִים
The same root can describe the condition of dwelling in a land as a sojourner.
THE PATTERN
A name marked by sojourning does not prevent belonging; the stranger is given a place among the people.
But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;THE THREAD
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.Exodus connects Gershom’s name with the sojourner’s confession, giving the name in this verse an echo of estrangement. Here, that same name belongs to a counted brotherhood.
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