According to the author of the Chronicles, this part of the Bible tells us about a family tree, listing the children of a man named Ezra and the babies born from another person related to him. It's like a special family list showing who belonged to Ezra's family.
1 Chronicles 4:17: And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Lists specific individuals who are not mentioned elsewhere with exact relations, leading to potential confusion or contradictions with genealogies in other parts of the Bible.
1 Chronicles 4:17: And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.