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

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Wow, this is a tough read.  When I read it to myself I get lost in who was descended from who and completely lose track of where I am in the genealogy.  Reading it out loud for the video makes it a little better, but I still lose track of the genealogy.  I am actually kind of looking forward to how much my pronunciation of these names will improve in a couple of years, assuming God allows me to continue these videos.

I mentioned in my video while reading the passage that it mentions that Sheshan had no sons, only daughters (chapter 2 verse 34).  Then it tells us that Sheshan gave one of his daughters as a wife to his Egyptian slave and their children were counted as his descendants so as to claim his inheritance.  This becomes relevant as it shows that descent can be counted through the mother’s lineage in Scripture for those who argue that Jesus cannot be counted as a descendant of King David because Joseph was not His biological father.  So, Jesus can be counted as a descendant of David through the ancestry of Mary, His mother.  Most people do not need this passage to understand that, but there are those who take a legalistic understanding and this passage, along with several other passages, is in the Bible to show them their error.

I will comment on one more thing.  There is a book called “The Prayer of Jabez” based on verses nine and  ten of chapter four.  If it was not for that book I may never have noticed that Jabez is dropped into the passage there with no connection to anyone else in the genealogy.  We just have these two verses referring to Jabez and his prayer, but it never mentions who his father, or mother, was.  Nor does it mention any of his children.  Just a strange little insert there.  I would love to know why the writer inserted this bit about Jabez.  I  think the writer, or perhaps a later scribe, wanted to give a shout out to Jabez without anyone noticing and stuck this in here figuring that by the time someone noticed it would be too late to take it out.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.