1 Chronicles 9-10
Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 9: Inhabitants of Jerusalem
All of
Israel was recorded by their genealogy and they were inscribed into the book of
the Kings of Israel (which is not the same as 1Kings and 2 Kings), these books
are lost. As we have learned from the first 8 chapters of Chronicles (which is
very long and dry) we find that all of these records of names and genealogies
were recorded further in the "book of the Kings of Israel".
We are
reminded that Judah was carried away captive by Babylon because of their
unfaithfulness to God that lead them into captivity. The first inhabitants who
dwelt in their possession of their cities were the Israelites. The Israelites,
simply put are back in their land. The Israelites took "possession"
of what was theirs and what had been promised to them since the days of Moses
and Joshua.
The
three categories of workers in the temple were:
Priests: were the descendents of Aaron, who had the right to
sacrifice and take care of the Holy place in the temple.
Levites: were a much broader class of workers, who served in more
than one way, including practical, artistically and spiritually.
Nethinim: Special servants given to the temple.
And in Jerusalem
dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of
Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of
Judah.
And of the Shilonites;
Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of
Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, And Ibneiah the son of
Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of
Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
And their brethren, according to their
generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief
of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
And
of the priests; Jedaiah, and
Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 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 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son
of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
And their brethren, heads of the house of
their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of
the service of the house of God.
very able men: Translates in other texts to "mighty
men of valor", it shows that when doing the work of God in the temple it
takes a man of strength, and courage. The exact same qualities as a warrior...
a warrior of God.
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of
Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; And
Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of
Zichri, the son of Asaph; And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal,
the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that
dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
And the porters (gatekeepers) were; Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
The
gatekeepers were part of a "re-institution" of the organization of
the temple in the early days of the second temple. They wanted things to be
like the days of King David.
Phinehas
the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in the past and God was with him. Zechariah
the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation. There were 212 porters chosen to be at
the gates. So they and their children had the
oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the
house of the tabernacle, by wards. In four quarters were
the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. And they lodged round about the house of God, because the
charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to
them.
And certain of them had the
charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by
tale. Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels,
and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and
the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
And some of the sons of the priests made the
ointment of the spices.
Mattithiah, one of the
Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set
office over the things that were made in the pans.
And other of their brethren,
of the sons of the Kohathites,were over the shewbread, to
prepare it every sabbath.
And these are the singers, chief of the
fathers of the Levites,who remaining in the chambers were free:
for they were employed in that work day and night.
The Genealogy of Saul is listed, before and after. This is
to demonstrate that the line of Saul was not wiped out and he did in fact have
posterity.
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat
Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
And the son of Jonathan was; Merib-baal:
and Merib-baal begat Micah.
And the sons of
Micah were; Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,and Ahaz.
And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; And Moza begat Binea; and
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
And Azel had
six sons, whose names were; Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah,
Obadiah, and Hanan.
Chapter 10: Saul Dies
The Philistines
fought against Israel and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and
the slain fell on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines followed after Saul and his sons
and ended up killing Jonathan, Abinadab and Machishua (Sons of Saul)
The battle
was strong against Saul, archers managed to hit him and he was wounded. Saul then
requests that his armourbearer kill him with his sword. When Saul was dead his armourbearer
decided to follow suit and also fell on the sword. All of the house of Saul was
dead.
With Saul
being dead the men of Israel forsook their cities and fled, which gave room for
the Philistines to come in and dwell there.
The Philistines
then took Saul's head and put it in the temple of their idols. When all Jabesh Gilead
heard about what had been done with Saul's body they arose and got the bodies of
Saul and his household to bury their bones under the tamarisk tree and fasted for
7 days.
The story
of Saul is one of the great tragedies of the Bible. Saul was a humble man who turned
to mediums in times of fear and did not look toward God. David became king over Israel.
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