What Does 1 Chronicles 4:35 Mean in the King James?

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

1 Chronicles 4:35 · KJV

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

Joel (⁨יוֹאֵל⁩, Yōʾēl, “Yah is God”) places a declaration beside a lineage, where each name is held within a chain of lives.

THE MEANING

Joel stands alongside Jehu, whose place is named through Josibiah, Seraiah, and Asiel. The names remain distinct, yet the verse holds them within one line. Your life, too, is present within relationships and names that came before you.

THE ROOT

בֵּן

ben

GROWS FROM

בנה

b-n-h

to build, establish

The Hebrew word ben (⁨בֵּן⁩, “son”) is linked to banah (⁨בָּנָה⁩, “build”). The family line therefore carries an image of a household taking shape through successive lives, not merely a list of names.

ALSO GROWS

bānāh: to build

בָּנָה

The same root gives “son” its connection to building a family line.

binyān: building, structure

בִּנְיָן

This branch makes the lineage’s structure visible: each named relationship contributes to the whole.

bōneh: builder

בּוֹנֶה

A son can be understood through the image of one who continues building the family house.

THE PATTERN

Scripture names people within lines of belonging, where identity is carried through relationships.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Genesis 5:1 · KJVThe verse frames human identity through generations and the relationship to the one who creates.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe opening names Jesus within a line that connects him to David and Abraham.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

John 1:12 · KJVBelonging is expressed as sonship, placing a person within a new relationship.

THE THREAD

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127:1 · KJV

The Hebrew word for “son,” ben (⁨בֵּן⁩, ben), is linked to banah (⁨בָּנָה⁩, “build”), the root used here for building a house. Read together, the genealogy becomes a household taking shape as one name is carried into the next.

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