Day 112 – A Year in the Bible – 1 Chronicles 6-9
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1 CHRONICLES 6 – TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR ISRAEL
They Whom David Set Over the Service of Song
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. – 1 Chronicles 6:31-32
Appointed Unto All Manner of Service of the Tabernacle
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. – 1 Chronicles 6:48
Appointed for All the Work of the Place Most Holy
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. – 1 Chronicles 6:49-53
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1 CHRONICLES 7 – THEM APT TO THE WAR AND TO BATTLE
Mighty Men of Valour
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. – 1 Chronicles 7:5
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. – 1 Chronicles 7:11
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. – 1 Chronicles 7:40
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1 CHRONICLES 8 – ALL THESE ARE OF THE SONS OF BENJAMIN
Kish Begat Saul and Saul Begat Jonathan
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, and Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: and Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. – 1 Chronicles 8:33-39
Mighty Men of Valour and Archers
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. – 1 Chronicles 8:40
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1 CHRONICLES 9 – WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
Who were Carried Away to Babylon for Their Transgression
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 transgression.
1 Chronicles 9:1
The genealogies are important. Don’t skip them!
Reckoned – to be counted, computed, or calculated; to be esteemed or considered
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