Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Chronicles 1-4.

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One of the things which we often overlook is that there were at least two centers for worship of God throughout at least both King Saul’s and King David’s reigns as king of Israel.  We see here in today’s passage that the ark of the covenant was in one location and the tent of meeting was in another and the Israelites gathered to worship God in both locations.  This seems to go back to at least when the Philistines returned the ark after capturing it.  This was despite God commanding through Moses that the people of Israel should only worship God in one location.  So, after Solomon was crowned king in Jerusalem where David his father had moved the ark of the covenant, he went to Gibeon where the tent of meeting and the altar which the Israelites had used in the wilderness was to worship God as well.  This was in part a political move, but it also reflected Solomon’s desire at the start of his reign to put God at the center of his kingship.

As this passage describes it, at the beginning of Solomon’s reign his greatest desire was the wisdom and knowledge necessary to be a good ruler over Israel.  We see from Solomon’s life that wisdom and knowledge are not in themselves enough to keep us close to God.  For all his wisdom and knowledge we see that Solomon later stopped serving God with all of his heart, soul, and mind.

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Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Chronicles 27-29.

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Today’s passage begins with more names which challenge my reading skills.  I don’t really get much out of this but I did notice two things I found interesting.  In the list of commanders over the divisions of the army which were active each month it lists Asahel, Joab’s brother as the fourth commander, that is the commander responsible for the fourth month.  I find that interesting because Asahel was killed by Abner during the war between David and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul.  A few verse later, the passage tells us that Jaasiel the son of Abner was the leader of the tribe of Benjamin under David.  Abner’s son would not have been leading the tribe of Benjamin under David while Asahel was alive.  I am unsure that there is any significance to any of that, but this was the first time I noticed those facts.

Later in the passage I was struck by the wealth which the people gave willingly for building the temple.  Specifically, I was struck by what David said about their giving.  It should be a lesson for us.  David tells us that all that is in heaven and all that is in the earth is God’s.  David goes on to say that all of the abundance which he and the people provided for building the temple came from God in the first place.  It was God’s before He gave it to us, and even after He gave it to us it was still His.  So, we should freely and joyously give of the resources we have to God’s work.

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