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Atomic Bible
1 Chronicles 7:8
The sons of Becher:
from The Descendants of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
What it says

Becher’s sons are named as Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. The line is expanded through a detailed list of descendants.

What it is doing

It introduces Becher’s branch before its summary count.

In context

6The three sons of Benjamin: 7The sons of Bela: 8The sons of Becher: 9Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families— 20,200 mighty men of valor. 10The son of Jediael: 11Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. 12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.