Saul’s early victories
Saul and Jonathan defeat the Philistines despite Israel’s lack of fighting men and weapons: 1 Chronicles 9:35–39; 1 Samuel 13–14 It’s …
Category Archives: 1 Chronicles
Jabez
The genealogy from Judah to King David: Ruth 4:13–22; 1 Chronicles 2:9–55 and 4:1–23 In the middle of a list of fathers, …
The fall of Jericho
The battles of Jericho and Ai; Aachan’s sin; the covenant renewed: Joshua 6–8; 1 Chronicles 2:7 God had given Jericho, …
The joy of the new Temple foundation
Cyrus lets the exiles return. They start rebuilding the Temple, but they are opposed by locals who stop the works: Ezra …
Genealogies of the exiles
Genealogies of the 12 exiled tribes of Israel: 1 Chronicles 4:24–5:26; 6:1–15; 7:1–8:28; 8:29–9:1 The people of Israel and Judah seemed to have …
The lost ten lost tribes of Israel
The so-called ten lost tribes of Israel were: the three tribes on the eastern side of the Jordan River: Reuben, …
Timeline for Israel and Judah
Chronology of the History of Israel
David was not an enforcer
David gives his last words and then dies; a collection of David’s psalms: 1 Kings 2:1–9; 2 Samuel 23:1–7; 1 Kings 2:10–12; …
Intrigue at court: Joab supports the wrong son
David and other leaders give gold and other valuables for the Temple, then David names Solomon as king (again); Adonijah’s attempt …
Couldn’t David have let it go?
Duties of Temple officials and other jobs, tribal leaders, David instructs Solomon on building the Temple: 1 Chronicles 26–28 David really …
Dodging temple politics
Allocating jobs in the new Temple: 1 Chronicles 23–25 As David allocated tasks for the new Temple, he found himself with …
A sacrifice has to cost something to be a sacrifice
David sins by taking a census, chooses a consequence that is stayed at Jerusalem, then buys a threshing floor to build …
One woman saves a town
Israel bickers over rights to David, then rebels against him; the Gibeonites avenged and Philistines defeated; and a psalm: 2 Samuel …
Joab: David’s right-hand man
Joab sets David up to capture Rabbah, David’s family starts to fall apart with Amnon’s treatment of Tamar and Absalom’s …
Killing a man for his wife
The siege of Rabbah starts, but David stays behind and commits adultery with Bathsheba, is caught out, repents, then mourns …
The historian marks his place in history
A list of David’s key staff and Levite priests; David looks after Mephibosheth (Jonathan’s son), then defeats the Ammonites and …
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