The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.It appears this Achar is who we know in Joshua as Achan, the man who kept some of the spoil from the fall of Jericho, and caused Israel to lose their next battle. I don't know why he's called Achar here, but the Achan of Joshua was a son of Carmi, so I'm assuming it's the same person. Also, that is the only "ban" that I can recall.
But where does this come from? They're going through the genealogies, when all of the sudden this is dropped in. There's no other reference to Carmi or Achar/Achan in the genealogy to this point, so what connection are we supposed to make? I can understand mentioning the one who broke the ban, since it was a key moment of disobedience in Israel's history, and had consequences for the entire nation, but why here? Was he and Carmi a descendent of the last person mentioned, or at least of that family? It doesn't say, they're just dropped in out of nowhere.
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