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We read that Judah was taken captive and the city of Jerusalem was occupied by “Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim”; which were temple slaves. Only some of the original inhabitants still dwelt in Judah and Jerusalem that are listed in their respective genealogies. Most of those listed had some type of responsibility in the…

Here we read of the genealogy of Benjamin written by Ezra from multiple sources. We find that the “sons of Elpaal” were able to drive out the “inhabitants of Gath” which the sons of Ephraim were unable to displace. We discover “the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor – archers.” The Targum reveals…

The author of these Chronicles, based on consensus, was Ezra. With the exception of the previous chapter concerning the tribe of Levi and Aaron, the listings of who is whose son, is incomplete; part of the reason is that often times grandsons were listed as sons, even though they were in fact grandsons over many…

As we read this chapter it is clear that the author had several lists of the genealogy of Levi available to him, as this first listing is more complete and accurate than others given. The Levites were given responsibility of serving “the tabernacle of the house of God” and Aaron’s were given responsibility to offer…

Once again we read an encouraging “word” by simply taking the time to read through the genealogy of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh. We discover why Reuben had lost the birthright, because “he defiled his father’s bed” and the sons of Joseph took his place. During Saul’s reign, by divine directive, the three tribes of Reuben,…

There are those who skip over reading or at best speed read through the books of Chronicles and miss some of the most profound revelations that are in scripture. One such illustration we have before us is Jabez, of which much has been written by ancient and contemporary Bible teachers. Two verses, nine and ten,…

We read of the children born to David and to Solomon; with those from David born in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and those born in Jerusalem, where he reigned for thirty-three years. An interesting insight to David’s second son mentioned, Daniel, whose name Chileab means, “he who is like his father”. Daniel…

Much of the history for those we have listed in this second chapter of Chronicles is found in the Targum; which is a compilation of explanations of what was in the Hebrew. It was and is still used in some circles to give further insight and explanation to the text. Some of these can be…

In this initial book of Chronicles, we have a genealogy from Adam, that doesn’t include Cain or Able. There are those who ascribe to some of these listed, the origins of various nations of the earth; i.e. Africa, Germany, et al. The basis of those comments for some are credible, others disregard them. When reading…

Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem and built a siege wall, which lasted for two plus years. The famine inside the city was terrible and a number of men of war left the city; Zedekiah also fled the city, only to be captured to watch his sons killed, and then his eyes were put out. Again this…