1 Chronicles 4:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Of Judah — The tribe of Simeon did not increase proportionably to the tribe of Judah in which they dwelt; as appears by those two catalogues, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 26:14, which is to be ascribed to God's curse upon them, delivered by the mouth of holy Jacob, Genesis 49:5-7, and signified by Moses's neglect of them when he blessed all the other tribes.

1 Chronicles 4:27

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.