Sheerah’s unique legacy

Elaine Storkey considers 1 Chronicles 7:21-24 to unpack who Sheerah was, and her significance for us today, urging us not to waste what we have been given

Occasionally I come across verses in the Bible that I find both intriguing and frustrating. Intriguing, because they mention people I’ve never heard of before, and frustrating, because I never hear of them again! Most of the time, it doesn’t really matter; after all, the Bible mentions thousands of people by name and we can’t expect to read the life history of them all. But sometimes we come across someone who must have been very significant, yet all we find is a one-line summary of what they did. When the name in question is of a woman, it is even more tantalising. It whets our appetite but leaves us hungry for more: we want to know what kind of person she was, and what motivated her to accomplish what she did.