Thoughts from my personal time with God.
…King David went into the Tent of the Lord’s presence, sat down, and prayed, “I am not worthy of what you have already done for me, Lord God, nor is my family. Yet now you are doing even more…
Thank you, Father, for the life you’ve given me and all the many blessings bestowed. You do more for us than we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).…
1 Chronicles 17:16 – 19:5 Read More »
King David was now living in his palace. One day he sent for the prophet Nathan and said to him, “Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but the Lord’s Covenant Box is kept in a tent!”
Nathan answered, “Do whatever you have in mind, because God is with you.”
The prophet Nathan and David were living Romans 12:2.…
1 Chronicles 17:1-15 Read More »
They took the Covenant Box to the tent which David had prepared for it and put it inside. Then they offered sacrifices and fellowship offerings to God.
Much humbler than Solomon consecrating the temple (1 Kings 8:10-11) but much more in line with the lives we are to live (Hebrews 11:8-10).
…It was then that David first gave Asaph and the other Levites the responsibility for singing praises to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:1-43 Read More »
…Soon the Philistines returned to the valley and started plundering it again. Once more David consulted God, who answered, “Don’t attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack, because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.”
1 Chronicles 14:13 – 15:29 Read More »
King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace. And so David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.
David’s recognition of the Lord establishing him king was rooted in an external actor building him a palace.…
1 Chronicles 14:1-12 Read More »
These are the other outstanding soldiers:… Zelek from Ammon… Uriah the Hittite…
David atracted a diverse group – even foreigners! The name of Uriah is buried in the list – unlike in 2 Samuel 23:39.
…soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David’s side… when he was… sent… back to Ziklag. …they were all outstanding soldiers.”
You send encouragement when we need it most, Father (1 Samuel 30:1-6).…
1 Chronicles 11:26 – 13:14 Read More »
This is the list of David’s famous soldiers. Together with the rest of the people of Israel, they helped him become king, as the Lord had promised, and they kept his kingdom strong.
May I do the same for your kingdom, Lord.
…First was Jashobeam of the clan of Hachmon, the leader of “The Three.” He fought with his spear against three hundred men and killed them all in one battle.
1 Chronicles 11:10-25 Read More »
The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa. They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers with them throughout Philistia to tell the good news to their idols and to their people.
Victory for a day. Thank you, Lord Jesus, that because of you our victory is eternal (Colossians 2:13-15).…
1 Chronicles 10:7 – 11:9 Read More »
These are the descendants of Reuben, the oldest of Jacob’s sons. (Because he had sex with one of his father’s concubines, he lost the rights belonging to the first-born son, and those rights were given to Joseph.
Sad. The consequences of the crimes of passion: sex (Genesis 35:22), money (Joshua 7) – the list goes on and on.…
1 Chronicles 5:1 – 10:6 Read More »
Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan…
This book must have been written after the return from Babylon where genealogy had become so important (Ezra 8:1).
…Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1 – 4 Read More »