Who will step up to rule Israel? How about David, the guy God’s been trying to get onto the throne for a while now? So David marches into Hebron and everyone in Israel goes with him and pledges their loyalty. After all, they point out, Saul might have been king but David was the one […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 10 End of genealogies. Now we’re into the stories. Remember though, these are rehashings of tales you’ll find elsewhere in the Bible. If you’re up on your 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings, then this should be smooth sailing. If not, Shmoop is on the job. A little background […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 9 This chapter begins with a reminder that Judah and Benjamin’s tribes ruled in the Southern Kingdom of Judah until about 587 BCE when the Babylonian Empire rolled into Jerusalem and exiled the Judeans to Babylon. Luckily for Israel, in 538 BCE the Persians took over and let everyone come back home […]
MORE ...1 Corinthians 13:6 Back to Benjamin. The Chronicler spends a lot of time telling us what happened with the tribes of Judah, Levi, and Benjamin because he thinks these guys made up the “real Israel.” Those other 10 tribes? Not so much. Anyway, Benjamin had tons of offspring, but the big standout here is his […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 7 Jacob’s other sons all lived in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, too. There’s Issachar. He had sons who were awesome fighters. Benjamin was pretty great, too. Lots of sons. Lots of warriors. Naphtali? He had a couple kids. No biggie. And Manasseh. Sure, half of his tribe joined up with the […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 6 Time for another one of Jacob’s sons—Levi. No, not the jeans maker. This is the guy who’s the grandfather of every single high priest in Israel. Well, at least according to our author. Levi’s actually the great-grandfather to Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. You’ll probably remember them from the time they helped […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 5 Onto Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son. He might be firstborn, but he forfeited his birthright because he slept with his dad’s concubine. That’s a pretty big no-no. Reuben has a lot of sons who end up living in the Northern Kingdom when Israel splits into two after David dies. Eventually, these guys […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 4 Thought we were done with Judah? Think again. The author returns to listing all of Judah’s descendants. We thought that other list looked kind of sparse. One of the standouts in later generations is Jabez, who prays that God will bless him and protect him. Oh, and give him some more […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 3 Let’s find out more about this fabulous King David. The author distinguishes David’s sons based on where they were born. A few of them are born in Hebron where David ruled for seven years. A whole bunch more are born in Jerusalem (to be fair, David did live there for 33 […]
MORE ...1 Chronicles Chapter 2 Yup, it’s more genealogies. Get used to it. The next few chapters go over the families that sprung up from Jacob’s sons. All 12 of them—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher Buckle up. It’s going to be a long genealogy. So what’s going on […]
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