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Chronicles 4 Genealogy of Judah
1: The sons of
Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2: And Reaiah
the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad.
These are the families of the Zorathites. 3: And these were of the
father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their
sister was Hazelelponi: 4: And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer
the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. 5: And Ashur the father of Tekoa
had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6: And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and
Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7: And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8: And
Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of
Harum. 9: And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his
mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10: And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand
might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it
may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. 11:
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of
Eshton. 12: And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah. 13: And the sons of
Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 14:
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the
valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 15: And the sons of
Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz. 16: And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah,
Tiria, and Asareel. 17: And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered,
and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah
the father of Eshtemoa. 18: And his wife Jehudiajah bare Jered the
father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the
father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19: And the sons of his wife Hodiah the
sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite. 20: And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah,
Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and
Ben-zoheth. 21: The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the
father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families
of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
22: And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had
the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient
things. 23: These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants
and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
Genealogy
of Simeon
24: The sons of
Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25: Shallum
his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26: And the sons of Mishma;
Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Shimei his son. 27: And Shimei had
sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many
children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children
of Judah. 28: And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and
Hazar-shual, 29: And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30: And at
Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31: And at Beth-marcaboth, and
Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David. 32: And their villages were, Etam,
and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33: And all
their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal.
These were their habitations, and their genealogy. 34: And Meshobab,
and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35: And Joel, and Jehu
the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36: And
Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37: And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of
Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38: These mentioned by their names were princes in their families:
and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39: And they went
to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to
seek pasture for their flocks. 40: And they found fat pasture and
good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of
Ham had dwelt there of old. 41: And these written by name came in the
days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the
habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto
this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there
for their flocks. 42: And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon,
five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains
Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43: And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and
dwelt there unto this day.
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Chronicles 5 Genealogy of Reuben
1: Now the sons of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but,
forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given
unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not
to be reckoned after the birthright. 2: For Judah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was
Joseph's:) 3: The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel
were, Hannoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4: The sons of Joel;
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5: Micah his son,
Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6: Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser
king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the
Reubenites. 7: And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy
of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and
Zechariah, 8: And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of
Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9: And
eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the
river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead. 10: And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites,
who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all
the east land of Gilead.
Genealogy
of Gad
11: And the
children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto
Salchah: 12: Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and
Shaphat in Bashan. 13: And their brethren of the house of their
fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and
Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14: These are the children of
Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the
son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of
Buz; 15: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house
of their fathers. 16: And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her
towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 17: All
these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
The
eastern tribes army
18: The sons of
Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant
men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and
skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and
threescore, that went out to the war. 19: And they made war with the
Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20: And they were
helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their
hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in
him. 21: And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty
thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses
two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 22: For there fell down
many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their
steads until the captivity.
Manasseh’s
history
23: And the
children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they
increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount
Hermon. 24: And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and
Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of
the house of their fathers. 25: And they transgressed against the God
of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of
the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26: And the God of Israel
stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and
brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan,
unto this day.
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Chronicles 6 Genealogy of Levi
1: The sons of
Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2: And the sons of Kohath; Amram,
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3: And the children of Amram; Aaron,
and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4: Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat
Abishua, 5: And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6: And
Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7: Meraioth begat
Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8: And Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9: And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat
Johanan, 10: And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the
priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11:
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12: And Ahitub
begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 13: And Shallum begat Hilkiah,
and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14: And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah
begat Jehozadak, 15: And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16:
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17: And these be the
names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18: And the sons of
Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19: The sons
of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the
Levites according to their fathers. 20: Of Gershom; Libni his son,
Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21: Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah
his son, Jeaterai his son. 22: The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son,
Korah his son, Assir his son, 23: Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his
son, and Assir his son, 24: Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his
son, and Shaul his son. 25: And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and
Ahimoth. 26: As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and
Nahath his son, 27: Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28: And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 29: The
sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
30: Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
The
Temple musicians
31: And these are
they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the
LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32: 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. 33: And these
are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the
Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34:
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of
Toah, 35: The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the
son of Amasai, 36: The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of
Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37: The son of Tahath, the son of
Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38: The son of Izhar,
the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39: And his
brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of
Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40: The son of Michael, the son of
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41: The son of Ethni, the son of
Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42: The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei, 43: The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son
of Levi. 44: And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left
hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45: The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46:
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47: The son of
Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48:
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of
service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
Genealogy
of Aaron
49: 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. 50: And these are the sons of
Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51: Bukki
his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52: Meraioth his son,
Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53: Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
The
Levite cities
54: Now these are
their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of
the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was
the lot. 55: And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it. 56: But the fields of the city, and
the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57:
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,
and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58: And Hilen with her suburbs,
Debir with her suburbs, 59: And Ashan with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60: And out of the tribe of Benjamin;
Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth
with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were
thirteen cities. 61: And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of
the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe,
namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62:
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe
of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
cities. 63: Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout
their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64: And the
children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs. 65: And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the
tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by
their names. 66: And the residue of the families of the sons of
Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67:
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68:
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69:
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70:
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and
Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of
Kohath. 71: Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 72: And out of the tribe of Issachar;
Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73: And Ramoth
with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74: And out of the tribe
of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75:
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76: And out
of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and
Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77: Unto
the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of
Zebulun. Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78: And on
the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were
given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with
her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79: Kedemoth also with her
suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80: And out of the tribe of
Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her
suburbs, 81: And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her
suburbs.
In today’s Bible
readings we see that the Genealogies continue. We have the
genealogies of Judah, Simeon, Reuben, and Gad. Then we have the
eastern tribes army. Then we have a little about the history of
Manasseh and the genealogy of Levi. Then we have described the temple
musicians. The Genealogy of Aaron and the list of the Levitical
cities. To most of us this may seem inane and strangely obscure yet
to Israel it is a matter of infinite importance. The Genealogy of
Judah is a very important genealogy because the Kings of the southern
kingdom came mainly from Judah. Again we have surprising detail from
father to son and other details such as location and even mother’s
names and family make up. Right in the centre we have the
interesting story of the Life of Jabez. He was the product of great
pain in childbirth for his mother but he proved to be a great joy in
her life. It’s very interesting that in this long list we have a
simple prayer recorded.
Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed,
and enlarge my
coast,
and that thine
hand might be with me,
and that thou
wouldest keep me from evil,
that it may not
grieve me!
And the writer
states simply that God granted him that which he requested. And then
the writer carries on as if nothing significant has happened. Yet in
the life of Jabez and Judah this is a momentous event. The lord stops
everything he is doing in this book to just record one simple prayer
and to tell us that God heard the prayer and answered it in blessing.
Let us be encouraged to pray. To bring before the Lord our hearts
desire and to express our deepest longings perhaps the Lord will hear
us. Then we have the genealogy of Simeon. What we read of in this
history is the wars that were fought over land for the flocks. Then
we have the genealogy of the tribe of Reuben. Reuben was the oldster
the first to be born yet he lost his firstborn status and rights and
the authority went to Judah, the priestly function went to Levi and
the double portion of the blessing went to Josephs sons Ephraim and
Manasseh. Of the genealogy of Gad it simply states where they lived
on the eastern bank of the Jordan in Bashan. Then we are told that
the armies of Israel that belonged to the eastern Jordan were men of
courage in battle and expert in war. They could use any of the
weapons of war and were very skilful - all 44,000 of them. They
fought many battles and in the middle of the battle when things were
not gong well they carried to the Lord and he delivered them because
they put their trust in the Lord. They also had 100,000 men in
reserve. They fought the battles of the LORD. Of the half tribe of
Manasseh the Lord says that their heads of families were mighty men
of extreme courage, famous in their day. But they forsook the Lord
and the Lord allowed them all to be taken captives by the Assyrians.
Then the writer turns to the genealogy of Levi. They were the priests
of the Lord. Then we have an interesting roll of honour. The
musicians. Music is important and especially so in days of
unspeakable joy. It is David the sweet songster of Israel that is the
one who set up the musicians of Israel. Yet David is most often
remembered as the man of war. Music is the expression of the soul
that is in sweet fellowship with the Lord. Music must never be
overlooked or treated as insignificant. Then we have the genealogy of
Aaron the priest of the LORD. And lastly we have a list of the cities
that the Levites occupied. They were not allowed to hold farming land
except a small area up to a mile outside of their 13 cities. Manasseh
had 10 cities and Gershom 13. And so the whole nation lived in their
appointed places as the Lord directed them by lot.
- What are your thoughts on Jabez?
- What does Jabez ask for?
- How does God bless him?
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