July 15, 2013

From Gary... Bible Reading and Study, July 15


Bible Reading and Study, July 15

July 15
1 Chronicles 7-9

1Ch 7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
1Ch 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
1Ch 7:3 The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
1Ch 7:4 With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
1Ch 7:5 Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
1Ch 7:6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
1Ch 7:7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
1Ch 7:8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
1Ch 7:9 They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
1Ch 7:10 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
1Ch 7:11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.
1Ch 7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1Ch 7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
1Ch 7:14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore Machir the father of Gilead:
1Ch 7:15 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
1Ch 7:16 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
1Ch 7:17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
1Ch 7:18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
1Ch 7:19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
1Ch 7:20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
1Ch 7:21 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
1Ch 7:22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
1Ch 7:23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
1Ch 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
1Ch 7:25 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
1Ch 7:26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
1Ch 7:27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
1Ch 7:28 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
1Ch 7:29 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
1Ch 7:30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
1Ch 7:31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
1Ch 7:32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
1Ch 7:33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
1Ch 7:34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
1Ch 7:35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1Ch 7:36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
1Ch 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
1Ch 7:38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
1Ch 7:39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
1Ch 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
1Ch 8:1 Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
1Ch 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
1Ch 8:3 Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
1Ch 8:4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
1Ch 8:5 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
1Ch 8:6 These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
1Ch 8:7 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
1Ch 8:8 Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
1Ch 8:9 He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
1Ch 8:10 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.
1Ch 8:11 Of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
1Ch 8:12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
1Ch 8:13 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
1Ch 8:14 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
1Ch 8:15 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
1Ch 8:16 and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
1Ch 8:17 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
1Ch 8:18 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
1Ch 8:19 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
1Ch 8:20 and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
1Ch 8:21 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
1Ch 8:22 and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
1Ch 8:23 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
1Ch 8:24 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
1Ch 8:25 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
1Ch 8:26 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
1Ch 8:27 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
1Ch 8:28 These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.
1Ch 8:29 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;
1Ch 8:30 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1Ch 8:31 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
1Ch 8:32 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
1Ch 8:33 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
1Ch 8:34 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
1Ch 8:35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
1Ch 8:36 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
1Ch 8:37 Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
1Ch 8:38 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.
1Ch 8:39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1Ch 8:40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
1Ch 9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
1Ch 9:2 Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
1Ch 9:3 In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
1Ch 9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
1Ch 9:5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
1Ch 9:6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
1Ch 9:7 Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
1Ch 9:8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
1Ch 9:9 and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
1Ch 9:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
1Ch 9:11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
1Ch 9:12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
1Ch 9:13 and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
1Ch 9:14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
1Ch 9:15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
1Ch 9:16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
1Ch 9:17 The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
1Ch 9:18 who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
1Ch 9:19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
1Ch 9:20 Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.
1Ch 9:21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
1Ch 9:22 All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
1Ch 9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
1Ch 9:24 On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1Ch 9:25 Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
1Ch 9:26 for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
1Ch 9:27 They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.
1Ch 9:28 Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
1Ch 9:29 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
1Ch 9:30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.
1Ch 9:31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
1Ch 9:32 Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
1Ch 9:33 These are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.
1Ch 9:34 These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these lived at Jerusalem.
1Ch 9:35 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
1Ch 9:36 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
1Ch 9:37 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
1Ch 9:38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
1Ch 9:39 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
1Ch 9:40 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
1Ch 9:41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
1Ch 9:42 Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza;
1Ch 9:43 and Moza became the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
1Ch 9:44 Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.




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1 Chronicles




1 Chronicles 7 1
Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
And the sons of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.
And sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1 Chronicles 7 2
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of
their fathers` houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number
in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Samuel,
heads of their fathers` houses, of Tola, valiant men of might in their generations; their
number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
And sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of the house of their fathers, [even] of Tola, mighty of valour in
their generations: their number in the days of David [is] twenty and two thousand
and six hundred.
1 Chronicles 7 3
The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all
of them chief men.
And the sons of Uzzi: Jizrahiah; and the sons of Jizrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel,
[and] Jishijah, five; all of them chief men.
And sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel,
Ishiah, Hamishah -- all of them heads.
1 Chronicles 7 4
With them, by their generations, after their fathers` houses, were bands of the host for war,
thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
And with them by their generations, according to their fathers` houses, were military
bands for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
And beside them, by their generations, of the house of their fathers, [are] troops
of the host of battle, thirty and six thousand, for they multiplied wives and sons;
1 Chronicles 7 5
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by
genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar valiant men of might, registered
by genealogy, in all eighty-seven thousand.
and their brethren of all the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour, eighty
and seven thousand, all have their genealogy.
1 Chronicles 7 6
[The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
[The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
Of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
1 Chronicles 7 7
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers` houses,
mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of
fathers` houses, mighty men of valour; and they were registered by their genealogy
twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.
And sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of
a house of fathers, mighty of valour, with their genealogy, twenty and two
thousand, and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles 7 8
The sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and
Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were the sons of Becher.
And sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezar, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jerimoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] sons of Becher,
1 Chronicles 7 9
They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers` houses,
mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
And they were registered by their genealogy by their generations, heads of their
fathers` houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand two hundred.
with their genealogy, after their generations, heads of a house of their fathers,
mighty of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles 7 10
The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah,
and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud,
and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
And sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
1 Chronicles 7 11
All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers` [houses], mighty men of
valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war.
All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour,
seventeen thousand two hundred, fit for service for war.
All these [are] sons of Jediael, even heads of the fathers, mighty in valour,
seventeen thousand and two hundred going out to the host for battle.
1 Chronicles 7 12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
And Shuppim, and Huppim, the children of Ir. -- Hushim: the sons of Aher.
And Shuppim and Huppim [are] sons of Ir; Hushim son of Aher.
1 Chronicles 7 13
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
Sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, sons of Bilhah.
1 Chronicles 7 14
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore Machir the
father of Gilead:
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, ... whom she bore; his Syrian concubine bore Machir the
father of Gilead.
Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with
Machir father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 7 15
and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister`s name was Maacah; and the name
of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
And Machir took a wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister
was Maachah. And the name of the second [son] was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had
daughters.
And Machir took wives for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of the one [is]
Maachah, and the name of the second Zelophehad, and Zelophehad hath daughters.
1 Chronicles 7 16
Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother
was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name
of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
And Maachah wife of Machir beareth a son and calleth his name Peresh, and the
name of his brother [is] Sheresh, and his sons [are] Ulam and Rakem.
1 Chronicles 7 17
The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh.
And son of Ulam: Bedan. These [are] sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 7 18
His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
And his sister Moleketh bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
1 Chronicles 7 19
The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
And the sons of Shemidah were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
And the sons of Shemida are Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
1 Chronicles 7 20
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and
Tahath his son,
And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his
son, and Tahath his son,
And sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah
his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles 7 21
and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were
born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle.
and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elad. And the men of Gath born in
the land slew them, because they came down to take their cattle.
and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and slain them have
men of Gath who are born in the land, because they came down to take their cattle.
1 Chronicles 7 22
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
And Ephraim their father mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to
comfort him,
1 Chronicles 7 23
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it
went evil with his house.
And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name
Beriah, for [he was born] when calamity was in his house.
and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he
calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, --
1 Chronicles 7 24
His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.
And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and
Uzzen-sheerah.
and his daughter [is] Sherah, and she buildeth Beth-Horon, the lower and the
upper, and Uzzen-Sherah --
1 Chronicles 7 25
Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
And his son was Rephah, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
and Rephah [is] his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
1 Chronicles 7 26
Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
1 Chronicles 7 27
Nun his son, Joshua his son.
Nun his son, Joshua his son.
Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
1 Chronicles 7 28
Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it, and eastward Naaran, and
westward Gezer, with the towns of it; Shechem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of
it;
And their possession and dwelling-places were Bethel and its dependent villages, and
eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its dependent villages, and Shechem and its
dependent villages as far as to Gazah and its dependent villages.
And their possession and their dwellings [are] Beth-El and its small towns, and to
the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its
small towns, unto Gaza and its small towns;
1 Chronicles 7 29
and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns,
Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
And in the hands of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its dependent villages,
Taanach and its dependent villages, Megiddo and its dependent villages, Dor and its
dependent villages. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
and by the parts of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-Shean and its small towns, Taanach
and its small towns, Megiddo and its small towns, Dor and its small towns; in these
dwelt the sons of Joseph son of Israel.
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The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
The sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; Serah their sister.
Son of Asher: Imnah, and Ishve, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
1 Chronicles 7 31
The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
And sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel -- he [is] father of Birzavith.
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Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the sons of Japhlet.
And sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these [are] sons of Japhlet.
1 Chronicles 7 34
The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.
and sons of Shamer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, and Jimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And son of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
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The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Jimrah,
Sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
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Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Jithran, and Beera.
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
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The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
And sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
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The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
And sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rezia.
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All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers` houses, choice and mighty men of
valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was
twenty-six thousand men.
All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers` houses, choice men, mighty of valour,
chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit
for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.
All these [are] sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen ones, mighty
in valour, heads of the princes, with their genealogy, for the host, for battle, their
number [is] twenty and six thousand men.
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Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
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Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
And there are sons to Bela: Addar, and Gera,
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and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
and Abihud, and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
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and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
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These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers` [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and
they carried them captive to Manahath:
-- And these are the sons of Ehud (these were the chief fathers of the inhabitants of Geba;
and they carried them away to Manahath;
And these [are] sons of Ehud: they are heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Geba,
and they remove them unto Manahath;
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and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza
and Ahihud.
even Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera; he removed them), and he begot Uzza and Ahihud.
and Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza and Ahihud.
1 Chronicles 8 8
Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara were his wives.
And Shaharaim begot [children] in the land of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and
Baara his wives.
And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after his sending them away; Hushim
and Baara [are] his wives.
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He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
And he begot of Hodesh his wife: Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
And he begetteth of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
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and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers` [houses].
and Jeuz, and Shobia, and Mirmah; these were his sons, chief fathers.
and Jeuz, and Shachiah, and Mirmah. These [are] his sons, heads of fathers.
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Of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
And of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal.
And of Hushim he begat Ahitub and Elpaal.
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The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its
dependent villages;
And sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misheam, and Shamer, (he built Ono and Lod and its
small towns),
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and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers` [houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who
put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
and Beriah, and Shema, who were chief fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon; they drove
away the inhabitants of Gath.
and Beriah and Shema, (they [are] the heads of fathers to the inhabitants of
Aijalon -- they caused to flee the inhabitants of Gath),
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and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
1 Chronicles 8 15
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
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and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
and Michael, and Jishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
and Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, sons of Beriah,
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and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hiski, and Heber,
and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
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and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
and Jishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
and Ishmerai, and Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal;
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and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
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and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles 8 21
and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, sons of Shimei;
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and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
And Jishpah, and Eber, and Eliel,
And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles 8 23
and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
1 Chronicles 8 24
and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
1 Chronicles 8 25
and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
and Jiphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
and Iphedeiah, and Penuel, sons of Shashak;
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and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
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and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.
and Jaareshiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, sons of Jeroham.
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These were heads of fathers` [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in
Jerusalem.
These were the chief fathers, according to their generations, principal men; these dwelt
in Jerusalem.
These [are] heads of fathers, by their generations, heads; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 8 29
In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife`s name was Maacah;
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; and his wife`s name was Maachah.
And in Gibeon hath the father of Gibeon dwelt, and the name of his wife [is]
Maachah;
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and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon; and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
and his son, the first-born, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1 Chronicles 8 31
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher;
1 Chronicles 8 32
Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over
against their brothers.
And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And these also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem,
with their brethren.
and Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also over-against their brethren dwelt in
Jerusalem with their brethren.
1 Chronicles 8 33
Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of
Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchishua, and
Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-
Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
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The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
And a son of Jonathan [is] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah;
1 Chronicles 8 35
The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
and sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz:
1 Chronicles 8 36
Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and
Zimri begot Moza;
and Ahaz begat Jehoadah, and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri begat Moza,
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Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
and Moza begot Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
and Moza begat Binea, Raphah [is] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
1 Chronicles 8 38
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 Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bochru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; all these were sons of Azel.
And to Azel [are] six sons, and these [are] their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these [are] sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles 8 39
The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
And sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
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The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons` sons, one
hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and
sons` sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying
sons and son`s sons, a hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 9 1
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their
And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on
the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their
trespass.
1 Chronicles 9 2
Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests,
the Levites, and the Nethinim.
And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the
Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel,
[are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
1 Chronicles 9 3
In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children
of Ephraim and Manasseh:
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of
the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh:
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the
sons of Ephraim and Manasseh:
1 Chronicles 9 4
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of
Perez the son of Judah.
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
children of Pherez the son of Judah.
Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez,
son of Judah.
1 Chronicles 9 5
Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
And of the Shilonite: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.
1 Chronicles 9 6
Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel; and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
1 Chronicles 9 7
Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of
Hassenuah,
And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of
Hassenuah,
1 Chronicles 9 8
and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the
son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
and Jibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and
Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Jibnijah;
and Ibneiah son of Jeroham, and Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam son
of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah.
1 Chronicles 9 9
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were
heads of fathers` [houses] by their fathers` houses.
and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these
men were chief fathers in their fathers` houses.
And their brethren, according to their generations, [are] nine hundred and fifty
and six. All these [are] men, heads of fathers, according to the house of their
fathers.
1 Chronicles 9 10
Of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
1 Chronicles 9 11
and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the
son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
and Azariah the son of Hilkijah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
and Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of
Ahitub, leader in the house of God;
1 Chronicles 9 12
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of
Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Masai the son
of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of
Immer;
and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai son of
Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer.
1 Chronicles 9 13
and their brothers, heads of their fathers` houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able
men for the work of the service of the house of God.
and their brethren, heads of their fathers` houses, a thousand and seven hundred and
sixty; able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven
hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, [are] for the work of the service of the house
of God.
1 Chronicles 9 14
Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons
of Merari;
And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
of the sons of Merari;
And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of
the sons of Merari;
1 Chronicles 9 15
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of
Asaph,
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the
son of Asaph;
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zichri, son
of Asaph;
1 Chronicles 9 16
and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of
Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the
son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of
Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.
1 Chronicles 9 17
The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the
chief),
And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren;
Shallum was the chief.
And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
their brethren -- Shallum [is] the head;
1 Chronicles 9 18
who hitherto [waited] in the king`s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the
children of Levi.
And they have been hitherto in the king`s gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in
the camps of the children of Levi.
and hitherto they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the
gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.
1 Chronicles 9 19
Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father`s
house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent:
and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of
the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the
thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of
the entrance.
And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the
house of his father, the Korahites, [are] over the work of the service, keepers of
the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers [are] over the camp of Jehovah,
keepers of the entrance;
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Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] Yahweh was with him.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.
and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah [is]
with him.
1 Chronicles 9 21
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah [is] gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of
meeting.
1 Chronicles 9 22
All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These
were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in
their office of trust.
All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These
were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had
instituted them in their trust.
All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred
and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and
Samuel the seer appointed in their office.
1 Chronicles 9 23
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house
of the tent, by wards.
And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to
keep watch there.
And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the
house of the tent, by watches.
1 Chronicles 9 24
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 9 25
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with
them:
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after [every] seven days from time to
time with them.
And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to
time with these.
1 Chronicles 9 26
for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the
chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they
were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;
For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they
have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,
1 Chronicles 9 27
They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them
pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was
upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they
[are] over the opening, even morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 9 28
Certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by
count were these taken out.
And [part] of them had the charge of the instruments of service, for by number they
brought them in and by number they brought them out.
And [some] of them [are] over the vessels of service, for by number they bring
them in, and by number they take them out.
1 Chronicles 9 29
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary,
and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
[Part] of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the holy instruments,
and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
And [some] of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the
sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense,
and the spices.
1 Chronicles 9 30
Some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.
And it was [some one] of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the
spices.
And [some] of the sons of the priests are mixing the mixture for spices.
1 Chronicles 9 31
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of
trust over the things that were baked in pans.
And Mattithiah of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in
trust over the things that were made in the pans.
And Mattithiah, of the Levites (he [is] the first-born to Shallum the Korahite), [is]
in office over the work of the pans.
1 Chronicles 9 32
Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it
every Sabbath.
And [some] of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in
rows, to prepare them every sabbath.
And of the sons of the Kohathite, [some] of their brethren [are] over the bread of
the arrangement, to prepare [it] sabbath by sabbath.
1 Chronicles 9 33
These are the singers, heads of fathers` [houses] of the Levites, [who lived] in the chambers [and
were] free [from other service]; for they were employed in their work day and night.
And these were the singers, chief fathers of the Levites, [who were] in the chambers free
from service; for they were employed day and night.
And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, [are] free, for
by day and by night [they are] over them in the work.
1 Chronicles 9 34
These were heads of fathers` [houses] of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men:
these lived at Jerusalem.
These are the chief fathers of the Levites, heads according to their families; these dwelt
in Jerusalem.
These heads of the fathers of the Levites throughout their generations [are] heads.
These have dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 9 35
In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife`s name was Maacah:
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and his wife`s name was Maachah.
And in Gibeon dwelt hath the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife [is]
Maachah;
1 Chronicles 9 36
and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
and his son, the first-born, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and
Nadab,
1 Chronicles 9 37
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth;
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
1 Chronicles 9 38
Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over
against their brothers.
and Mikloth begot Shimeam. And they also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem,
with their brethren.
And Mikloth begat Shimeam, and they also, over-against their brethren, have
dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren.
1 Chronicles 9 39
Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of
Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchishua, and
Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-
Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.
1 Chronicles 9 40
The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
And a son of Jonathan [is] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles 9 41
The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].
And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea.
And sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
1 Chronicles 9 42
Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza;
And Ahaz begot Jarah: and Jarah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
begot Moza;
and Ahaz -- he begat Jaarah, and Jaarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri,
and Zimri begat Moza,
1 Chronicles 9 43
and Moza became the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
and Moza begot Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
and Moza begat Binea, and Rephaiah [is] his son. Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
1 Chronicles 9 44
Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bochru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.
And to Azel [are] six sons, and these their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael,

and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these [are] sons of Azel.

Study Questions

Beginning with chapter 2, each chapter begins with a listing of one of the twelve sons of Israel. Why would this be important?

Why would 9:1 be key to understanding the genealogies?

What did the census perform?

Are there any clans which have mostly women mentioned? 

What does this tell us about the men?

Since the Israelites hated the god "Baal", how do we account for the names listed in vs. 33-34 which include the name?

From Jim McGuiggan... Faith and the Unfolding Drama

Faith and the Unfolding Drama

This brief piece will be very repetitive. It’s abundantly clear to me that God forgave sins from the days of Adam and Eve down to the arrival of Jesus. Forgiveness was always by God’s holy grace and could never be "earned". God never asked anyone to "earn" it! The NT never doubts that and neither should we. David exults in the truth that there were people whose sins were not credited against them (Psalm 32:1,2 and Romans 4:6-8). But that’s not what the NT is dealing with!
Abraham’s faith in God was as true and as real as Paul’s faith in God. The faith of believers in ancient times (Hebrews 11) was truly faith in God. The NT never doubts that and neither should we. True believers are true believers no matter in what age they live. But that’s not what the NT is dealing with!
The obedience of faith that we read about in the OT (in people like Noah, Hannah, Josiah, Moses’ mother Jochebed or Melchizedek) was as real as the obedience that stemmed from faith in believers in Jesus Christ. The faith-filled obedient people are the same kind of people no matter in what age they live. But that’s not what the NT is dealing with!
The New Testament deals with a specific section of God’s unfolding drama. Everything prior to that, while absolutely essential to the drama as a whole, is prelude. The fullness of times (Galatians 4:4) and the "ends of the ages" (1 Corinthians 10:11) only arrived when God became incarnate in and as Jesus of Nazareth who is called the Christ. The NT era is the time that all the ancient worthies had to wait for if they hoped for the completed drama (Hebrews 11:39-40).
It doesn’t matter that they all didn’t know what the end was to be. It didn’t matter that they didn’t know all that the end would involve. In trusting to God they were looking for whatever it was that God had in store. Prophets spoke things they didn’t really understand and people hoped for things (as we do) that they didn’t understand. "Eye hasn’t seen, ear hasn’t heard nor has it entered into the heart of man the things God has prepared for them that love him." That is as true today for us as it would have been for ancient believers prior to coming of God in the flesh.
People enjoyed forgiveness and life with God because God in holy grace granted it to them. But that life with God that they enjoyed could never come to fullness in the world as it was and is even now. For the life that God finally intended for the human family when he was creating us wasn’t fulfilled in Genesis 1. That was the beginning of what God had in mind for us but the fullness of what God had in mind for us is revealed in Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:16) who is the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:47). God gave forgiveness and life in a relationship to Abraham but Abraham would die, as would Moses and Samuel and David and the rest. Death would rob them of embodied life (and a human is not fully a human if not embodied). Click
Death reigned over the human family even over those that believed in God. Then came Jesus of Nazareth, the death killer! In and by him death was destroyed (2 Timothy1:9-10) and a new creation begun. In him, as a single individual, a new creation has actually begun.
By faith Abraham was as right with God in his day as Christians are right with God by faith in Jesus Christ. But the content of the Christian’s faith is richer and more developed that Abraham’s was. The shape of his faith bore witness to God within the parameters and boundaries of his place in God’s developing drama. The shape of a Christian’s faith in God through Jesus Christ is a witness to God’s bringing his creation purposes to completion in Jesus Christ. No one’s faith, prior to Jesus Christ, could bear such a witness precisely because pre-Jesus Christ faith could not proclaim what God has now accomplished in the person of Jesus Christ. Christians live at a particular time in the history of the world and have been called to be the body of Jesus Christ in the world.
The forgiveness in pre-Jesus Christ days was real but forgiveness in Jesus Christ carries with it a significance that couldn’t be carried beforehe came. Abraham’s faith-motivated obedience (Genesis 22 and James 2) was genuine and acceptable with God as righteousness (Romans 4:3). In that respect there is no difference between Abraham’s obedience of faith and the Christian’s. But Abraham’s obedience of faith could not function as a witness that God's creation purposes had been fulfilled, because they hadn't been! Abraham, along with the other ancient worthies in Hebrews 11, had to wait until the Christian era arrived (11:39-40).
Forgiveness and faith and obedience and life with God in pre-Jesus Christ days were real but they did not have the significance that those realities have in and through Jesus Christ. Christian faith proclaims—on the basis of Jesus Christ—that all that the ancient worthies had looked for (though they may not have been aware of it, and certainly not, at any rate, in full awareness)—all that the ancient worthies had looked for has now come. We look now at Jesus and in him, the individual, we see God's creation purposes fulfilled, now! (This fulfillment that he as a single individual experience will be made the personal experience of all that are embraced in his redeeming work.)
Apart from Christians the ancients—whoever they were—could not be made perfect. Forgiveness and faith and life with God all have a different complexion now that Jesus has come. Those glorious realities function with a finality that wasn’t possible for even true faith in pre-Jesus Christ times.
I’m sure we’re on the right track when we say that there are differences between Paul’s and Abraham’s faith and forgiveness and relationship with God. But the differences have nothing to do with quality or with their reality! But since they lived at different points in the divine drama (N.T Wright divides the biblical story into 5 Acts), their faith and life with God contributed to the entire drama in different ways. Ray McClendon helpfully summarises the matter like this:
"For example, the reference to an unfolding drama enables us to ponder Hebrews 11:39-40 in this light: What does it really mean that, though faithful, they didn’t receive what was promised and only together with us are made perfect?
We could put it this way. At the end of the second act (of, say, a two-act story), all of the actors come out, join hands, and bow. Receiving the accolades of the honour and glory of the completed story they presented. They all occupy (finally and in the end) the same stage; regardless of where their part was in the story; regardless of whether it came in the first act or the second act and regardless of whether their part was small or large. The actors in the First Act didn’t come out after the first act to receive all of the honour and glory because that wasn’t fully revealed or known until the second act! It couldn’t possibly be fully understood or appreciated because the story was still being told and the finale had not yet come. The Abrahams, Melchizedeks, and Rahabs were all in supportive roles; they weren’t the stars nor did they appear in the final and critical stages of the story.
But when the Star appears and the climax plays itself out, all the act 1 players take their rightful place beside the act 2 players and together with them receive all the honour and glory (compare Hebrews 11:39-40 and 12:22-24). They’re entitled to share in the glory that comes to the act 2 players because without them there could be no act 2 players and no completed drama. In addition, it wasn’t until the whole story was told/known that everyone’s role could be fully understood and appreciated. Nevertheless, everyone’s place in the story, in his or her own time and circumstances, was crucial and served the will of God who, in every generation, dealt faithfully with all the players that had a place in the drama."

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From Jim McGuiggan... Faith and feeling

Faith and feeling

He asked me how I was feeling and I grinned a little—only a little—and said, "Aw, you don’t wanna know." He nodded like a man that knew from experience what I meant and he grinned a little—but only a little. We were silent for a moment and then he said, "And how’s your faith?" It lights me up when I think of my response—a genuinely felt and deeply grounded response. I said something like, "Now that’s a whole different story! Nothing seems ever to affect that." I’m not overly confident that I would be able to say that if I were living under extreme circumstances for a very long time. As it is, I have my share of troubles and disappointment, but I don’t live in Darfur or Zimbabwe or big city streets or other such models of purgatory.
But aren’t our feelings a gauge of how healthy our faith is? Um...not really! The notion that if you truly trust God you won’t feel pain or loss or disappointment is silly. Trust in God doesn’t exempt a man or woman from hurt or frustration or anxiety. Yes, I know we hear preachers and read authors who say otherwise and I know they can quote texts while they’re doing it. And worse—because it’s more plausible— they tell us when the roof falls in on us we shouldn’t stagger under the burden. Faith is supposed to take the pain out of the pain and the weight out of the load, don’t you know. (Faith in God through Jesus Christ is not the burdensome thing. It’s an easy yoke and a light burden; but in a fallen world it generates the stress of swimming against the current. Click here.)
Imagine one of the glib ones asking Habakkuk, "How are you feeling?" "Awful!" Habakkuk would tell him. "I just heard a message I don’t like. I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled." (Habakkuk 3:16) If a modern believer answered this way, a modern triumphalist response might well be, "Oh, that’s too bad. I thought you really trusted in God. If you did you wouldn’t feel this way." Had someone said that to Habakkuk he would have said, "Oh, but I do trust! Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no fruit, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights." (3:17-19)
This is one of the loveliest, strongest confessions in the entire Bible and he makes it while he trembles and while his legs can hardly support him. The same pounding heart and quivering lips that confessed his awful anxiety defied the anxiety he felt. This is not an unusual case; but even if it were, it would make the case that fear and anxiety can exist in the presence of the profoundest faith.
I can imagine someone coming to the Garden of Gethsemane, hearing Christ sobbing his heart out and asking him how he feels. The Christ would say, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death." Peterson renders Mark 14:33-34 this way, "He plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony. He told them, ‘I feel bad enough right now to die.’ " The major versions speak of Christ as deeply distressed and agitated. A shallow view of faith in God would find this inexplicable in Christ. "Oh, and here I thought you were the one human above all humans that trusted in God. Instead I find you an emotional wreck at this point." Hebrews 5:7-9 and Acts 2:25-28 add their own comment to Christ’s Gethsemane and cross experience.
It’s clear from scripture (and life) that tribulation and peace, faith and fear can exist together in the same persons. The Christ said, "In the world you will have tribulation but in me you will have peace" (John 16:33).
Faith doesn’t obliterate feelings. In truth, sometimes faith sharpens the pain. Questions like "why me?" seem more appropriate coming from those who trust God and are faithful to him. This point needs further development and there’s a lot to say that moves in this direction.
So we shouldn’t think we’re faithless because we’re sensitive to pain and frustration and disappointment. Faith defies these realities but theyare realities. The believing person feels them, may have more than his or her share of them, but the presence of his or her faith denies lordship to them!
I think we should work to ease the pain of people—this we’ve been called to—but whatever else we’re called to, we’re called to deepen one another’s trust in God. Maybe having genuinely enquired after the situation and feelings of some poor believing soul we should then major in grounding, deepening and enriching their faith. Faith defeats fear and anxiety not always by obliterating them (though surely there are many situations in which it does just that) but by rising above them in the name of the God and Father of our Lord Christ.

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From Jim McGuiggan... Faith and Christian faith (1)

Faith and Christian faith (1)

The faith of the NT Church is faith in Jesus Christ and nothing less than that. Christians are not in the business along with other decent people and clubs and movements to make people kinder and nicer and more law-abiding. The Church is not to say to all these other socially useful people, “Look, we recognize that we’re in the same business only we believe we have the best programme and the greatest source of inspiration—Jesus Christ—so we urge you to join our movement and the world will be a better place.”
Christians are not in the same business as non-Christians. They don’t have a programme that’s tailored to make a better society even though it’s true that if a person becomes a true Christian he/she will be fervent in righteousness, compassion and helpful generosity.
No matter who has it, Christians need not deny that faith in God is real; but what they cannot say is that faith in God that rejects faith in Jesus is Christian! It is not! The Hebrew writer would never have dreamed of denying the rich faith of his fellow-Jews who lived before Jesus came; in fact, he extolled it (see Hebrews 11), but he insisted that with the coming of Jesus the faith that God now called for from Jews was faith in God in and through Jesus Christ(compare 1 Peter 1:21’s repetition)—it was Jesus Christ-shaped faith. Less than that, whatever else it was it wasn’t Christian. Now it might not matter if faith is not Christ-shaped but there’s no point in claiming that a faith in God that refuses to be faith in God through Jesus Christ is the same as Christian faith.
The believing men and women of Hebrews 11 committed to God in faith in terms of God’s self-disclosure up to the point before Christ came but with the coming of Jesus God revealed himself as never before and he called those Jews who were confronted with that self-revelation in Jesus to commit to him in a new way of faith. You simply can’t read Acts 2—4, 7 and 13 without seeing that the gospellers called people who had believed in God to come to faith in God in and through Jesus Christ.
The believing heart that devoted itself to God prior to Jesus’ public manifestation and/or the gospel of Jesus did not cease to be a believing heart; no, it now saw God in a new way and the God it had always embraced was now embraced in the person of Jesus.
[to be continued, God enabling]

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From Jim McGuiggan... The whole person dies

The whole person dies

 It's commonly said of someone who has died in Christ, "Only her body died." The suggestion is that the body is the shell and the real person is the spirit or soul of the person. I'm certain that a person doesn't become extinct when the body dies (something survives the death of the body) but to so speak as if the whole person didn't experience death is a mistake. People die; not merely their bodies. Death is a complex experience that robs a person of embodied existence. Humans are not bodiless beings and when a person experiences death that person is robbed of something that is part of his/her humanity. It doesn't matter that what we call the "spirit" doesn't decompose like the fleshly body—death is more than the destruction of the body. We mustn't speak as if the body were not an essential part of humanness. We mustn't think that life after death is the "final" state—it isn't! Humans are embodied beings, they undergo the death experience and at the resurrection they return to an embodied existence. The state after dying but before the resurrection is conveniently called "the intermediate state" because that's precisely what it is.
To confine the word "death" to what happens to the body narrows the word. The body decomposes and the spirit is robbed of the bodily self-expression that is an essential part of humanness. The body experiences death in one way and the spirit (soul) experiences it another way. Glorious resurrection for all those embraced in the saving work of God in Jesus Christ completes the redemption of a human. Mere life after death is not the full picture—resurrection to immortality completes it.
Click here for a little more.

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From Mark Copeland... Communal Christianity (Ac.4:32-37)



                          "THE BOOK OF ACTS"

                    Communal Christianity (4:32-37)

INTRODUCTION

1. The first church in the local sense was the church at Jerusalem...
   a. Noted for its dedication to apostolic doctrine and brotherly love
      - cf. Ac 2:42-47
   b. Which continued to exist as described by Luke in our text - cf.
      Ac 4:32-37

2. The example of the Jerusalem church has often led some to ask...
   a. Did the church practice communism as we know it today?
   b. Is having "all things in common" to be the norm for all churches?

[In an effort to answer such questions, let's begin by reviewing what is
revealed about...]

I. COMMUNAL CHRISTIANITY IN JERUSALEM

   A. THEY HAD ALL THINGS IN COMMON...
      1. Mentioned twice by Luke - Ac 2:44; 4:32
      2. Involving the selling of possessions, goods, homes, lands - 
         Ac 2:45; 4:34 
      3. Dividing the proceeds among all, as any had need - Ac 2:45;
         4:34-35

   B. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, GOOD AND BAD...
      1. Joses (Barnabas) - Ac 4:36-37
         a. Sold a piece of land
         b. Brought the proceeds to the apostles
      2. Ananias and Sapphira - Ac 5:1-4
         a. Sold a possession
         b. Kept back part of the proceeds, lied about it
      3. Needy widows - Ac 6:1
         a. Recipients of a daily distribution
         b. But Hellenist widows were being neglected
 
[Without question the early church in Jerusalem practiced what could be
called a form of "communal" Christianity.  But was it communism?  Is it
to be the norm for churches today?  Consider some...]

II. OBSERVATIONS ABOUT COMMUNAL CHRISTIANITY

   A. IT WAS NOT COMMUNISM...
      1. Communism:  advocacy of a classless society in which private
         ownership has been abolished and the means of production and 
         subsistence belong to the community
      2. Communism requires that people of a society sell their
         property and give the proceeds to the community (or state)
      3. In the Jerusalem church the selling and giving was done
         freely, not out of compulsion
      4. As was giving by Gentile churches later on - cf. 2Co 8:12; 9:7

   B. IT WAS NOT THE NORM FOR ALL...
      1. Ananias and Sapphira did not have to sell their possession,
         nor did they have give the full amount; their sin was lying 
         about the actual amount - cf. Ac 5:1-4,7-8
      2. Some in Jerusalem kept their homes; e.g., Mary - Ac 12:12
      3. Christians elsewhere had their homes
         a. Aquila and Priscilla, in Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome - 
            Ac 18:1-3; 1Co 16:19; Ro 16:3-5
         b. Nymphas, near Colosse - Col 4:15
         c. Philemon, near Colosse, with a guest room - Phm 1:2,22
      4. Rich Christians were commanded to do good, be rich in good
         works, ready to give, willing to share, but it had to be of 
         their own free will - 1Ti 6:17-19

CONCLUSION

1. The example of the church in Jerusalem is an inspiration to all...
   a. Of brotherly love
   b. Of free-will giving

2. It may have occurred due to unique circumstances...
   a. Many new converts had been visiting from other nations on
      Pentecost - Ac 2:1-11
   b. Staying after conversion to learn more, their resources would
      soon be exhausted
   c. Those who lived in Jerusalem were willing to sell possessions to
      help them

3. But the "communal Christianity" practiced there should not be viewed
   as...
   a. Communism or the approval of it
   b. Required (the norm) for all churches

Rather, "communal Christianity" as practiced in Jerusalem can be
considered a viable option, should the need for benevolence arise, and
where it can be practiced without any sort of compulsion...


Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2012

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From Mark Copeland... The Persecution Begins (Ac.4:1-31)



                          "THE BOOK OF ACTS"

                    The Persecution Begins (4:1-31)

INTRODUCTION

1. Following Peter's healing of the lame man, and his second gospel
   sermon...
   a. Religious leaders in Jerusalem became greatly disturbed - Ac 4:1-2
   b. While many people believed, with believers numbering 5000 - Ac 4:4

2. This conflicting reaction led to the persecution of the church in
   Jerusalem...
   a. What was the nature of this persecution?
   b. What lessons might we learn from it?

[The fourth chapter in Acts will answer such questions.  So let's begin
by reviewing...]

I. THE ARREST OF PETER AND JOHN

   A. BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL...
      1   Peter and John taken into custody - Ac 4:1-4
         a. By the priests, captain of the temple, and the Sadducees
         b. Who were upset by their preaching in Jesus the resurrection
            from the dead - cf. Ac 23:8
         c. Kept overnight until the next day
         d. The number of those who believed came to be about five
            thousand
      2. Their appearance before the Council (Sanhedrin) - Ac 4:5-7
         a. Before the rulers, elders and scribes
         b. Before Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and
            Alexander, along with other family members of the high priest
         c. Peter and John challenged to explain by what power or name
            they have acted
      3. Peter's response as led be the Spirit - Ac 4:8-12
         a. Were they being judged for doing a good deed to a helpless
            man in making him well?
         b. It was by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth he was made
            whole
            1) Whom they crucified - cf. Ac 2:23,36; 3:14-15
            2) Whom God raised from the dead - cf. Ac 2:24,34; 3:15
            3) The stone rejected by the builders, now the chief
               cornerstone - cf. Ps 118:22
         c. There is salvation in no other name under heaven - cf. 
            Mt 1:21; Jn 14:6

   B. THREATENED NOT TO TEACH...
      1. The council's reaction - Ac 4:13-18
         a. What the council saw
            1) The boldness of Peter and John - contra Jn 20:19
               a) Perceived as uneducated and untrained men
               b) Realized as having been with Jesus
            2) The man who had been healed
               a) Standing with Peter and John - cf. Ac 3:11
               b) Against whose healing nothing could be said
         b. What the council reasoned
            1) A notable has occurred, evident to all, none could deny
            2) To prevent further spread, to threaten the apostles
         c. What the council did
            1) Commanded Peter and John
            2) Not to speak at all or teaching in the name of Jesus
      2. Peter and John's reply - Ac 4:19-20
         a. Shall they listen to the council or to God? - cf. Ac 5:29
         b. They cannot but speak what they have seen and heard - cf.
            Ac 1:8; 2:32; 3:15
      3. Peter and John released - Ac 4:21-22
         a. Upon further threatening, but finding no way of punishing
            them
         b. Because of the people, who glorified God for what had been
            done - cf. Ac 3:9-10
         c. For the man who was healed was over forty years old (lame
            from birth) - cf. Ac 3:2

[Thus the persecution against the Jerusalem church begins with threats
(Ac 4:18,21)  How did they respond?  What can we learn from their
response?  As we continue, we read of...]

II. THE PRAYER FOR BOLDNESS

   A. PETER AND JOHN RETURN...
      1. To their brethren - Ac 4:23
      2. To report all that had been said to them - cf. Ac 4:18

   B. THEIR PRAYER...
      1. Addressed to the Lord God, Creator of all things - Ac 4:24-28
         a. Who prophesied by the mouth of His servant David - cf. Ps 2:1
         b. Of the nations' rage and plotting against His Christ - cf.
            Ps 2:2-3
         c. As fulfilled by Herod and Pilate, by Gentiles and Israel
         d. Who did according to His predetermined purpose - cf. 
            Ps 2:4-6; Ac 2:22
      2. Asking for all boldness in the face of such threats - Ac 4:29-30
         a. That His servants may speak His word
         b. That His hand might stretch out
            1) To heal, to do signs and wonders - cf. Ac 4:33; 5:12,15-16
            2) Through the name of His holy Servant Jesus - cf. Ac 3:16;
               4:10

   C. THE ANSWER...
      1. The place in which they were assembled was shaken - Ac 4:31;
         cf. Ac 2:2
      2. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit - cf. Ac 2:4
      3. They spoke the word of God with boldness - cf. Ac 4:29

CONCLUSION

1. The persecution against the church began with threats...
   a. Warned not to speak nor teach in the name of Jesus - Ac 4:18
   b. Which Peter and John were determined not to heed - Ac 4:19-20

2. The response to this persecution was two-fold...
   a. Fellowship with one another - Ac 4:23,32; cf. Ac 12:5,12
   b. Prayer through which they received boldness - Ac 4:29,31; cf. Ep 6:18-20

Should we experience persecution, may we likewise respond with
fellowship, prayer, and boldness...!




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From Mark Copeland... The Times Of Restoration (Ac.3:21)


                          "THE BOOK OF ACTS"

                    The Times Of Restoration (3:21)

INTRODUCTION

1. As Peter preached his second gospel sermon...
   a. He called on his audience to repent and be converted - Ac 3:19
   b. He promised that their sins would be blotted out - ibid.

2. Also that Jesus must remain in heaven until "the times of
   restoration of all things"... - Ac 3:21
   a. What are "the times of restoration"?
   b. Is it limited to events to occur at the end times, just before
      Jesus returns?
   c. Or does it encompass the period between Jesus' first coming and
      His final coming?

[The language in the text allows for either understanding.  To be sure we
understand the distinction between the two views, let's first summarize
them...]
 
I. TWO PROPOSED EXPLANATIONS

   A. REGENERATION OF ALL THINGS AT THE END TIMES...
      1. Many connect the word "restoration" with "regeneration" - cf.
         Mt 19:28
      2. That when Christ comes (or shortly before) all things will be
         restored, or regenerated
      3. Including the heavens and the earth, currently in bondage to
         pain and decay, but presumably will be "restored" (regenerated)
         as a permanent dwelling for the righteous - cf. Ro 8:18-22

   B. PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT THROUGHOUT THE MESSIANIC AGE...
      1. The word "restoration" can mean establishment or fulfillment 
         a. "the Greek could just as easily mean that a process of
            restoration is already underway and that Jesus' return will
            mark its climax and dramatic conclusion." - D.G. Peterson
         b. 'Establishment' or 'fulfillment' is equally well attested,
            and makes good sense in the present context, in reference to
            the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecy - F.F. Bruce
      2. As seen in the RSV:  "whom heaven must receive until the time
         for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy 
         prophets from of old." - Ac 3:21
      3. This understanding is supported further by Peter:  "and all the
         prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have 
         spoken, have also foretold these days." - Ac 3:24

["It is difficult to determine the exact force of the term restoration in
this connection" (McGarvey).  Even so, I believe the second explanation
gains merit when one considers the following question...]

II. THE END TIMES:  REGENERATION OR RECREATION?

   A. THE REGENERATION OF ALL THINGS...
      1. Many believe that when Jesus returns the current heavens and
         earth will be purified by fire (i.e., refurbished, regenerated,
         not annihilated)
      2. A cosmic redemption, if you will, to serve as the eternal home
         of the righteous (not to be confused with any millennial reign
         on the earth)
      3. Hoekema (and other amillennialists) gives four reasons for
         renewal rather than annihilation:
         a. The word for "new" (kainos) means "new in nature or in
            quality," not new in the sense of "totally other"
         b. Paul speaks of a universe longing to be liberated from
            corruption, not replaced - cf. Ro 8:19-22 
         c. The continuity between our old and new bodies is an analogy
            of the old earth being made new 
         d. If God has to annihilate this present cosmos, then His
            original purpose for it will have been thwarted and Satan 
            will have won a victory
         -- The Bible And The Future, Anthony Hoekema, p. 280-281

   B. THE RECREATION OF ALL THINGS...
      1. Putting Ro 8:19-22 aside for the moment, consider what is
         revealed elsewhere:
         a. The earth and the heavens will perish - Ps 102:25-26; cf.
            He 1:10-12
         b. The heavens will vanish away like smoke, the earth grow old
            like a garment - Isa 51:6
         c. Heaven and earth will pass away - Mt 24:35; Mk 13:31; Lk 21:33
         d. The Lord will shake the earth and heaven, indicating its
            removal - He 12:26-27
         e. The earth will be burned up, the heavens will be dissolved,
            the elements will melt, therefore we look for new heavens and
            a new earth - 2Pe 3:10-13
         f. Earth and the heaven will have fled away, no place found
            for them - Re 20:11
         g. There will a new heaven and a new earth, for the first
            heaven and the first earth will have passed away - Re 21:1
      2. Every indication is that earth and the heavens will be
         annihilated; what then of Ro 8:19-22 and the four arguments 
         offered above in favor of renewal?
         a. It is true that "new" (kainos) means "new in nature or in
            quality", but if something is new in sense of "totally other"
            could it not also be "new in nature or in quality"?
         b. Ro 8:19-22 does speak of the universe longing to be liberated
            from corruption, but for what purpose?  Note carefully what
            is actually written, that the creation:
            1) "eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God" - Ro 8:19
            2) "will be delivered...into the glorious liberty of the
               children of God" - Ro 8:21
            3) Seeks not its own revealing or glorious liberty, but
               that of the children of God!
            4) Is not actually said to be refurbished when freed of its
               corruption
            5) The focus in the passage is on what happens for the
               people of God when the creation is finally freed (which it
               will be when annihilated by fire)
         c. The analogy between our bodies and the earth with the
            heavens is never made by Paul
         d. Any victory by Satan when the earth and heavens are removed
            is negated by a new heavens and new earth, just as any 
            victory by Death and Hades is negated when our decayed bodies
            are raised in incorruption and immortality as spiritual 
            bodies - 1Co 15:52-55

CONCLUSION

1. When Jesus returns, there will first be a de-creation followed by a
   re-creation...
   a. All things will not be regenerated or restored, but annihilated
      by fire
   b. All things will pass away, and there will be found no place for
      them
   c. In their place will be a new heavens and a new earth:  new in
      "nature and quality", because it will also be new in the sense of 
      "totally other" 

2. If such is to be the case, then it is best to understand "the
   restoration of all things" as...
   a. Translated by the RSV:  "whom heaven must receive until the time
      for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy 
      prophets from of old." - Ac 3:21
   b. Referring to the fulfillment of those things foretold by the
      prophets concerning the Messiah and His kingdom

This fulfillment of prophecy began with the first coming of Christ and
the establishment of His reign (cf. "the prophets...have also foretold of
these days" - Ac 3:24), and will continue until all is fulfilled with the
events of His second coming and the culmination of His reign (cf. 1Co
15:22-26).

Living in the days of such fulfillment, and looking forward to the Lord's
return, are we living as we should...?

   "Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens
   and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.  Therefore, beloved,
   looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in
   peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the 
   longsuffering of our Lord is salvation..." - 2Pe 3:14-15

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From Mark Copeland... The Times Of Refreshing (Ac.3:19)


                          "THE BOOK OF ACTS"

                    The Times Of Refreshing (3:19)

INTRODUCTION

1. As Peter preached his second gospel sermon...
   a. He called on his audience to repent and be converted - Ac 3:19
   b. He promised that their sins would be blotted out - ibid.

2. He also promised that "times of refreshing" will come from the
   presence of the Lord...
   a. What are "the times of refreshing"?
   b. Is it something to experience now, or in the future?

[The word refreshing occurs only once in the New Testament, making it
difficult to ascertain the precise meaning of the word (Kistemaker).  But
let us consider...]

I. THREE POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS

   A. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST...
      1. Some connect "the times of refreshing" with "the times of
         restoration" - cf. Ac 3:19,21
      2. Blessings accompanying the return of Christ:
         a. "the future times of refreshing when Jesus returns" - C.E.
            Arnold (ZIBBC)
         b. "likely synonymous with the concept of "restoration" in v.
            21" - J.B. Polhill (NAC)

   B. THE BLESSINGS OF SALVATION...
      1. Some view it as general blessings accompanying salvation in
         Christ
      2. A foretaste of what is to come:
         a. "a kind of advance anticipation of the full and final
            'refreshment'" - N.T. Wright (AE)
         b. "periodic seasons in which the forgiven and restored
            believer experiences the refreshing nearness of the Lord" 
            - S.J. Kistemaker (BNTC)
         c. "features of the new age" - F.F. Bruce (NICNT)

   C. THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...
      1. Others suggest that it refers to "the gift of the Holy Spirit"
         in Ac 2:38; compare:
         a. Repent (2:38) = Repent (3:19)
         b. Be baptized (2:38) = Be converted (3:19)
         c. For the remission of sins (2:38) = That your sins may be
            blotted out (3:19)
         d. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (2:38) = That times of
            refreshing may come (3:19)
      2. Refreshment from the indwelling Holy Spirit in the life of the
         Christ:
         a. "The reference of these words is, doubtless, to the gift of
            the Spirit; for they occupy the same place here that the gift
            of the Spirit did in the former discourse". - J.W. McGarvey
            (ACTS)
         b. "In 2:38 the steps are, (1) Repentance, (2) baptism, (3)
            remission of sins, (4) the gift of the Holy Spirit. Here, the
            order is (1) Repentance, (2) to turn, (3) the blotting out of
            sins, (4) the seasons of refreshing. One passage aids in
            interpreting the other." - B.W. Johnson (PNT)
         c. "A comparison with Peter's promises in 2:38 suggests that
            the Holy Spirit may be the one who brings this refreshment."
            - D.G. Peterson (PNTC)
         d. "people are 'refreshed' in their spirits when the Holy
            Spirit comes to dwell within them." - ESV Study Bible

[All three explanations have merit. But I suggest Peter had in mind the
gift of the Spirit, not only because of similarities between Ac 2:38 and
Ac 3:19, but because what is revealed elsewhere about...]

II. THE REFRESHING GIFT OF THE SPIRIT

   A. THE METAPHOR OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT...
      1. A blessing promised by God in Isaiah - Isa 44:3
         a. "I will pour water on him who is thirsty"
         b. "I will pour My Spirit...and My blessing"
      2. A blessing promised by Jesus in John - Jn 7:37-39
         a. "If any one thirsts, let him come to Me and drink"
         b. "Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water"

   B. THE REFRESHING NATURE OF THE SPIRIT...
      1. God's love is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit - Ro 5:5
      2. Assistance in putting to death the deeds of the body - Ro 8:12-13
      3. Endearment engendered to God ("Abba, Father") - Ro 8:14-16; Ga 4:6
      4. Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit - Ro 14:17
      5. Abundance of hope by the power of the Holy Spirit - Ro 15:13
      6. Washing, sanctification, and justification by the Spirit - 
         1Co 6:11; Tit 3:4-7
      7. A deposit (guarantee) of our inheritance - 2Co 1:21-22; 5:5;
         Ep 1:13-14
      8. Strengthening with might the inner man - Ep 3:16,20
      9. Producing the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit - Ga 5:22-23

   C. THIS REFRESHMENT IS AVAILABLE, PROVIDED...
      1. We do not grieve the Spirit - Ep 4:29-31; cf. 1Co 6:18-20; 1Th 4:3-8
         a. Through sinful conduct instead Christ-like conduct
         b. Because our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit
         c. We have been called to holiness, and God has given us of
            His Spirit
      2. We do not quench the Spirit - 1Th 5:19-20; cf. Ep 6:17
         a. By despising prophesies, i.e., the Word of God
         b. For the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit

CONCLUSION

1. Exactly what "the times of refreshing" means might be uncertain...
   a. Whether present or future, "refreshing times" are promised to
      Christians
   b. The Holy Spirit in particular qualifies as a refreshing gift for
      the Christian!

2. In light of what the Spirit does for the Christian, how tragic it
   would be...
   a. If we were to quench the Spirit through sinful conduct and
      neglect
   b. When He is given to Christians in order to quench our spiritual
      thirst!

If you desire to be "refreshed" with "living water", then believe,
repent, and be baptized that you might receive the promised gift of the
Holy Spirit (Jn 7:37-39; Ac 2:38-39; 3:19)...!


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From Gary... The Star of the video and the SUPERNOVA behind it!!!



Thank you Carolyn Sunday for putting this on facebook!!! It is delightful!!! If you haven't already clicked on the link- do yourself a favor and do it NOW!!! Frankly, I have never thought of a duck for a pet, but for that matter, who would have guessed that I would have TWO DOGS in 2013???  At first viewing it seems that the duck is the center of the video, but what about the "owner"?  This presentation would never have been possible had not someone decided to care about another creature- and OH, yes- PAMPER IT!!!  So, the real star here is the person caring for this animal!!! What is it that makes humans do such things?  At this point, lets take a moment to consider the following Psalm...

Psalm 8
 1  Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
who has set your glory above the heavens!
  2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
  3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
  4 what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
  5 For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

  6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
  7 All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
  8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
  9 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!



What is a human being?  NOT just ANOTHER ANIMAL, he is made in the image of God.  Take a moment and read this familiar passage from Genesis, chapter 1

 24  God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.  25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. 

  26  God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”  27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.  28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”  29 God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.  30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so. 

  31  God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.  

So, human beings are made in the image of God.  This means according to a general physical pattern and given to a specific mental and emotional makeup.  But, God is spirit, so how can this be?  No idea; I will just have to ask HIM when I get to heaven.  One thing is undeniable; no other creature on this planet cares for other creatures like we do.  The star of the video may be the DUCK, but the supernova behind it is the love that God put in our hearts.  With this in mind- be sure to show someone (or something) else some love today.  That's really what we were created for and as part of God's divine scheme of things- it is VERY GOOD!!!  vs. 31 above.  In doing so, you will reflect the character of your creator and who knows- you to might make a duck happy!!!