PROCLAMATION
“So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold,
they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were
carried away to Babylon for their transgressions.” 1 Chronicles 9:1 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
The words
of this Book of The Bible were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit
of God. The human author is unknown
although Jewish tradition suggests that, and some current Bible scholars
attribute, this book was written by Ezra the scribe and priest and historical
Bible scholar. It was written to the
Jewish people of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas on their return from 70 years
of captivity in Babylon. In the original
Hebrew copies of the scriptures, First and Second Chronicles were both part of
one Bible Book, as was Samuel and Kings. The first nine chapters in the
Bible Book of First Chronicles contain Biblical genealogies. Chapter one begins with Adam and ends with the
three dukes of Edom. (1 Chronicles 1:1-54)
Chapter two begins with the sons of Israel and ends with the sons of Salma.
(1 Chronicles 2:1-58) Chapter three
begins with the sons of David and ends with the seven sons of Elioenai. (1
Chronicles 3:1-24) Chapter four begins
with the sons of Judah and ends with the sons of Shiphi who smote the Amalekites.
(1 Chronicles 4:1-43) Chapter five begins
with the sons of Reuben and includes the sons of Abihail and then states that
these are genealogies of Judah and Israel. (1 Chronicles 5:1-17) Then the author briefly describes the war that
the sons of Reuben, and the Gadities, and half of the tribe of Manasseh made war against the Hagarites, and defeated
them and took their flocks and their land. (1 Chronicles 5:18-23) The heads of the tribes are listed, and these
men transgressed against The Lord and sought other gods. The Lord God caused Pul and Tilgath-pilneser,
the kings of Assyria, to rise up against them, defeat them, and carry them away
into captivity. (1 Chronicles 5:24-26)
Chapter six includes more genealogies and begins with the sons of Levi
and includes how the land was divided up and assigned to each of the tribes. (1
Chronicles 6:1-81) Chapter seven begins
with the sons of Issachar and ends with the sons of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:1-40) Chapter eight begins with the sons of
Benjamin and ends with the sons of Ulam. (1 Chronicles 8:1-40) Chapter nine records the people that dwelt in
Jerusalem, (1 Chronicles 9:1-13), the responsibilities of the Levites, (1
Chronicles 9:14-34) and the family of King Saul. (1 Chronicles 9:35-44)
APPLICATION
There is an old saying which goes, “Those who do not
know their history are doomed to repeat it.”
Actually that quote a paraphrase from the original saying, “Those who
cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana) Knowing one’s history and one’s ancestry can
be important. Knowing one’s roots can
give a person strength of character. Those
who grow up without the knowledge of their genealogy do not know who they
really are. The same is true for knowing
how we came to believe in what we believe.
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