Jul 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 9:1-10:14. The writer of Chronicles takes us forward in history, giving us a list in Chapter 9 of the remnant from the tribe of Judah that are the first to return to Jerusalem after the seventy-year Babylonian...
Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 7:1-8:40 What we notice in the genealogies is that this chronicler is listing the tribal descendants that focus on the purpose of God in the Davidic covenant. The writer recognizes that King David must be a...
Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 5:18-6:81 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh were successful in battle because they cried out to the Lord (1 Chron 5:20). We are catching up with the apostasies among the descendants of...
Jul 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 4:5-5:17 As the chronicler lists the genealogies of the tribe of Judah, we read of Jabez. 1 Chronicles 4:9 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I...
Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- 1 CHRONICLES 2:18-4:4 The genealogy continues, and we have many unfamiliar names mixed in with some whom we may recognize. There are a number of Hezrons and Calebs. The Hezron we read about in 1 Chronicles 2:18 is the son...
Jul 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- We start reading 1 Chronicles today. 1 and 2 Chronicles were originally one book, simply titled “The Book of Chronicles,” and although it comes right after I and II Kings in our Bibles, it appears as the last...
