Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. Today we're going to jump a little
to 1 Chronicles, to the last section of chapter
9, verses 35 -44, where we hear about the genealogy
of King Saul. And then we also read chapters
10 and 11, where we hear about the death of King
Saul, and the anointing of David as king over
all Israel, as well as some of the most notable
men in the New Kingdom. Chapter 9, verses 35
-44. Jael, the father of Gibeon, whose wife's
name was Maka, dwelt at Gibeon. His firstborn
son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
Gidor, Io, Zechariah, and Miklad. And Miklad
begot Shemim. They also dwelt alongside their
relatives in Jerusalem with their brethren. Ner
begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan,
Malkishua, Abinadab, and Ishbaal. The son of
Jonathan was Merib Baal, and Merib Baal begot
Micah. The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech,
Tariah, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begot Jarah. Jarah
begot Alamait, Azmavait, and Zimri. And Zimri
begot Moza, Moza begot Binay, Rufaya his son,
Ilyasa his son, and Ezel his son. And Ezel had
six sons whose names were these, Azrikam, Bokeru,
Ishmael, Shireya, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were
the sons of Ezel. Chapter 10 Now the Philistines
fought against Israel, and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines and fell slain
on Mount Gilboa. Then the Philistines followed
hard after Saul and his sons, and the Philistines
killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua, Saul's
sons. The battle became fierce against Saul.
The archers hit him, and he was wounded by the
archers. Then Saul said to his armor -bearer,
Draw your sword and thrust me through with it,
lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me.
But his armor -bearer would not, for he was greatly
afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell
on it. And when his armor -bearer saw that Saul
was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.
So Saul and his three sons died, and all his
house died together. And when all the men of
Israel, who were in the valley, saw that they
had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead,
they forsook their cities and fled. Then the
Philistines came and dwelt in them. So it happened
the next day, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his sons
fallen on Mount Gilboa. And they stripped him,
and took his head and his armor, and sent word
throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim
the news in the temple of their idols and among
the people. Then they put his armor in the temple
of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple
of Dagon. And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all
that the Philistines had done to Saul, Chapter
11 Then all Israel came together to David at
Hebron, saying, Indeed, we are your bone and
your flesh. Also in time past, even when Saul
was king, you were the one who led Israel out
and brought them in. And the Lord your God said
to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel and
be ruler over my people Israel. Therefore all
the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron,
and David made a covenant with them at Hebron
before the Lord. And they anointed king David
over Israel according to the word of the Lord
by Samuel. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem,
which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the
inhabitants of the land. But the inhabitants
of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in
here. Nevertheless, David took the stronghold
of Zion, that is, the city of David. Now David
said, Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall
be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah
went up first and became chief. Then David dwelt
in the stronghold, therefore they called it the
city of David. And he built the city around it.
from the Milo to the surrounding area. Joab repaired
the rest of the city. So David went on and became
great, and the Lord of hosts was with him. Now
these were the heads of the mighty men whom David
had, who strengthened themselves with him in
his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king
according to the word of the Lord concerning
Israel. And this is the number of the mighty
men whom David had. Jashubim, the son of Ahakmonite,
chief of the captains. He had lifted up his spear
against three hundred, killed by him at one time.
After him was Eliezer the son of Dodo, the Ahuhite,
who was one of the three mighty men. He was with
David at Pasdamim. Now there the Philistines
were gathered for battle, and there was a piece
of ground full of barley, so the people fled
from the Philistines. But they stationed themselves
in the middle of that field, defended it, and
killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about
a great victory. Now three of the thirty chief
men went down to the rock to David into the cave
of Adulam, and the army of the Philistines encamped
in the valley of Rephaim. David was then in the
stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines
was then in Bethlehem. And David said with longing,
O that someone would give me a drink of water
from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.
So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines,
drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was
by the gate, and took it and brought it to David.
Nevertheless, David would not drink it, but poured
it out to the Lord. And he said, Far be it from
me, O my God, that I should do this. Shall I
drink the blood of these men who have put their
lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives
they brought it. Therefore he would not drink
it. These things were done by the three mighty
men. Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of
another three. He had lifted up his spear against
300 men, killed them, and won a name among these
three. Of the three, he was more honored than
the other two. Therefore, he became their captain.
However, he did not attain to the first three.
Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a
valiant man from Kabzil, who had done many deeds.
He had killed two lion -like heroes of Moab.
He also had gone down and killed a lion in the
midst of a pit on a snowy day. and he killed
an Egyptian, a man of great height, five cubits
tall. In the Egyptian's hand there was a spear
like a weaver's beam, and he went down to him
with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian's
hand, and killed him with his own spear. These
things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won
a name among three mighty men. Indeed he was
more honored than the thirty, but he did not
attain to the first three, and David appointed
him over his guard. Also the mighty warriors
were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the
son of Dodo of Bethlehem, Shammut the Herorite,
Heliz the Pelonite, Era the son of Ekesh the
Tychoite, Abiezer the Anatotite, Sibichai the
Hushatite, Elei the Ahuhite, Mahare the Netophatite,
Helid the son of Bana the Netophatite, Itai the
son of Rebe of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
Benai the Piratonite, Hurai of the brooks of
Gash. Abiel the Arbutite, Asmovit the Baharomite,
Iliaba the Shalbonite, the sons of Hashem the
Gizunite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
Ayem the son of Sakar the Hararite, Elifel the
son of Ur, Hefer the Mekaratite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
Hezru the Carmelite, Nare the son of Izbe, Joel
the brother of Nathan, Mibar the son of Hagri,
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahare the Perotite, the
armor -bearer of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, Ira
the Ithrite, Gerib the Ithrite, Uriah the Hittite,
Zabad the son of Alai, Adina the son of Shiza
the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and
thirty with him, Hanan the son of Maka, Joshaphat
the Midnite, Uzziah the Ashterite, Shammah and
Jael the sons of Hotham the Arorite, Jadiel the
son of Shemri, and Joah his brother the Tizite,
Eliel the Mavite, Jeribi and Joshavia the sons
of Elnam, Ithma the Moabite, Eliel Obed, and
Jasiel the Mizobite. I hope you enjoyed today's
reading as much as I did, and I look forward
to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our
journey. God bless you and have a great day.