Writings and Rants
David made a tent; they brought in the Ark of God and made burnt and peace offerings. Then he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. He gave every man and woman bread, meat , and raisin cakes. then they celebrated and praised the Lord.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 16: 1-7"David built houses (yes, plural) for himself in Jerusalem.
He also prepared a tent for the Ark of God. We learn in II Samuel that David desperately wanted to build a house for God; but God said "No". God points out that He is not in need of a house of cedar. Also, David had blood on his hands as a man of war (and God knew David would soon have murderous, adulterous blood on his hands).
...continue reading "I Chronicles 15"God unified Israel under David. And David has been making inroads at repairing all the damage done during the time of the judges and Saul. He's made his first very poor attempt at moving the Ark of God and now we'll learn more about those early days of David's unified kingship.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 14"Wow. Verse 1 reads that David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds and with every leader.
What a way to transfer power. They all had a chance to speak with him in person. And it says he consulted, not just spoke to. It wasn't meet and greet- it was listen. That explains how they were able to subdue their enemies and take back their nation. Only by the power of God, of course.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 13"This section is a catalog of David's Mighty Men, Also listed at the end of II Samuel.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 11:10-12:40"Ezra's recap of Israel's history has arrived at the accession of David, following the death of Saul.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 11: 1-9"So far, the author, Ezra, has given us the general genealogies from Adam to David to the exile. Then the narrow genealogies of 10 of the 12 tribes. Then a detailed genealogy of Saul.
Now we begin with the death of Saul leading to the anointing of David.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 10"Ezra began the Chronicles with a genealogy of the nation of Israel from Adam to David and David to captivity. Then he narrowed his focus to the genealogies of ten of the twelve tribes (double Manasseh and Ephraim make it add up to 12; but Dan and Zebulun are missing from Ezra's list.) Now he's going back a bit to narrow even further on the tribe of Benjamin as we will slow down and examine the stories of Saul and David next.
...continue reading "I Chronicles 8-9"In this chapter, Ezra is giving select genealogies of the twelve tribes. I have covered the first eight in previous posts. I'm also cross-referencing what Jacob blessed or predicted for each of them before he passed. he completes this section of the book with the final tribes.
He has two entries for Manasseh, but only has twelve entries...one tribe must be missing?
...continue reading "I Chronicles 7:13-40"In this chapter, Ezra covers several tribes in small passages.
...continue reading "I Chronicle 7: 1-12"