Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
and Ishmerai, and Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal;
and Jishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
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 reaches1
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
