Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches2
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
