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Psalms of the Sons of Korah (Gatekeepers) 15 and 24 (why David wants the Temple)

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I am attempting to read through the Bible chronologically and am in the Old Testament in I Chronicles. David has collected the materials and local for Solomon to build the Temple of God and now he is organizing the Temple workers, the Levites. He breaks those into four groups, the priests, the musicians, the gatekeepers, and the officials.

I have already written posts on how the Levites were organized, and specifically about the priest, musicians, and gatekeepers. The NIV Chronological Bible now includes several Psalms that are either noted as by the Sons of Korah (one of two "gatekeeper" families) or about requirements for entry into the Temple.

I Chronicles 26: 1-19 The Temple Gatekeepers

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In this section of the I Chronicles, David is making extensive arrangements for the building of God's Temple under Solomon.

Chapter 24-25 Wiersbe: Prophets and Music

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July 6, 2020

"Prophets"

The NIV Chronological Bible I have begun to use has an interesting informational passage on "prophets". It describes prophets as widely used in the ancient near east and notes that it was an occupation. The job was to be a mediator between a god and humans. Kings kept them on staff to be able to hear from the gods at will.

I Chronicle 24-25

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July 4, 2020

David is preparing and making ever possible arrangement for Solomon to begin the building of God's Temple. After collecting the materials and labor, he has set about organizing the temple servers for the Lord. He has divided the priests and Levites into four groups, by family (sons of Levi)--Levites, priests, musicians, and gatekeepers.

In a previous post I reviewed Chapter 23 and the Levites. Next, the chronicler focuses on the Priests.

I Chronicles 23 Wiersbe

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Chapter 22 laid out the overview for those who would serve regarding the temple and Chapter 23 was focused on the first group, the Levites.

I Chronicles 23

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This chapter begins detailed information about the temple personnel. The Transition intro in the chronological bible explains that this author skips all of the palace intrigue found in I Kings and focuses, largely, on the temple personnel. That makes sense. This wasn't a history class, it was an instruction book. He was picking the things that were relevant to them restoring the temple and beginning life again as a nation.

Psalm 30

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Wiersbe and my chronological bible both place Psalm 30 following I Chronicles 30. In the biblical description before the Psalm (biblical meaning from the text, not added by publishers later), It states that this is "A Psalm. A song. For the dedication of the Temple, Of David". Even though the templace wasn't started in David's lifetime, he had the faith to write this knowing that day would come.

I Chronicles 22 Wiersbe

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I haven't included a Wiersbe summary lately because the BE series embeds I Chronicles in II Samuel, so you don't really get discrete commentary on I Chronicles until Chapter 22 when it becomes stand alone.

I Chronicles 22

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New NIV Chronological Bible

The "transition" note preceding I Chronicles, Chapter 20 compares the difference between the II Samuel and the I Chronicles' descriptions after the similar stories they include regarding David calling for a census. II Samuel concludes with stories they make the rest of David's reign seem feeble; while I Chronicles covers victories. I thought that was interesting. Again, Ezra was trying to motivate the returning Israelites under a common past- so painting victories and minimizing "feeble" makes sense.

New Bible

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Chronological Bible

When I started reading the Bible from the beginning, this time I wanted to read it chronologically. I honestly don't know the order of major events in the Bible because I cannot totally track the order--having been in churches where the preaching was topical and not verse by verse. I knew it would be easier for my brain to better recall events that go together, if I learned about them in order.