Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're
taking this journey together to read the Bible
in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Chronicles
7 -9. Chapter 7 The sons of Issachar were Tola,
Pua, Jashub, and Shemron, four in all. The sons
of Tola were Uzi, Rephiah, Jeriel, Jammai, Jibsem,
and Shemuel, heads of their father's house. The
sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their
generations. Their number in the days of David
was 22 ,600. The son of Uzi was Izrahiah, and
the sons of Izrahiah were Mikael, Obadiah, Joel,
and Ishaiah. All five of them were chief men,
and with them, by their generations, according
to their fathers' houses, were 36 ,000 troops
ready for war, for they had many wives and sons.
Now their brethren among all the families of
Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by
their genealogies 87 ,000 in all. The sons of
Benjamin were Bela, Beshir, and Jediayel, three
in all. The sons of Bela were Esbon, Uzi, Uziel,
Jerimoth, and Eri, five in all. They were heads
of their fathers' houses, and they were listed
by their genealogies 22 ,034 mighty men of valor.
The sons of Beshir were Zemira, Joash, Eleazar,
Eleonai, Omri, Jerimot, Abijah, Anatot, and Alimet.
All these are the sons of Beshir, and they were
recorded by genealogy according to their generations,
heads of their fathers' houses, 20 ,200 mighty
men of valor. The son of Jediel was Bilhan, and
the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud,
Shenana, Zitan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All
these sons of Jadiyal were heads of their fathers'
houses. There were 17 ,200 mighty men of valor,
fit to go out for war and battle. Shupim and
Hupim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the
son of Ahr. The sons of Naphtali were Jazial,
Guni, Jazir, and Shalom, the sons of Bila. The
descendants of Manasseh, his Syrian concubine,
bore him Makir, the father of Gilead, the father
of Asriel. Makir took as his wife the sister
of Hupim and Shupim, whose name was Maka. The
name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad. But
Zelophehad begot only daughters. Maka, the wife
of Makir, bore a son, and she called his name
Perish. The name of his brother was Cherish,
and his sons were Ulam and Rakim. The son of
Ulam was Bidan. These were the descendants of
Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.
His sister Hamuliket bore Eshod, Abiezer, and
Mahla. And the sons of Shemida were Ahyan, Shechem,
Leke, and Anyam. The sons of Ephraim were Shutele,
Bered his son, Tehat his son, Elada his son,
Tehat his son, Zabad his son, The men of Gath,
who were born in that land, killed them because
they came down to take away their cattle. Then
Ephraim, their father, mourned many days, and
his brethren came to comfort him. And when he
went into his wife, she conceived and bore a
son, and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy
had come upon his house. Now his daughter was
Shira. who built lower and upper Beit Horon and
Uzzin Shira. And Rafa was his son as well as
Reshef, and Tela his son, Tahan his son, Ladan
his son, Amihud his son, Elishama his son, Nun
his son, and Joshua his son. Now their possessions
and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns.
To the east, Naron, To the west, Gezer and its
towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Aya
and its towns. And by the borders of the children
of Manasseh were Beit Shein and its towns, Tanak
and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and
its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph,
the son of Israel. The sons of Asher were Imnah,
Ishva, Ishvi, Berea, and their sister Sarah.
The sons of Berea were Heber and Malkiel, who
was the father of Berzeit. And Heber begot Japhlet,
Shomer, Hotam, and their sister Shua. The sons
of Japhlet were Pasak, Bimhal, and Ajvat. These
were the children of Japhlet. The sons of Shemer
were Ahi, Roga, Jehuba, and Aram. And the sons
of his brother Helm were Zophah, Imnah, Shelesh,
and Amal. The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnefer,
Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hud, Shammah, Shelshah,
Jetron, and Bera. The sons of Jeter were Jephunneh,
Pispah, and Arah. The sons of Ullah were Arah,
Haniel, and Riziah. All these were the children
of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses, choice
men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders, and
they were recorded by genealogies among the army
fit for battle. Their number was 26 ,000. Chapter
8 Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel
the second, Ara the third, Noha the fourth, and
Rafa the fifth, the sons of Bela. These were
the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers'
houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced
them to move to Manhattan. Naaman, Ahijah, and
Gerah, who forced them to move. He begot Uzzah
and Ahihud. Also Shaharim had children in the
country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim
and Bara his wives. By Hodesh his wife, he begot
Jobab, Zebiah, Meshah, Malchum, Juz, Sakya, and
Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of their fathers'
houses. And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpal.
The sons of Elpal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed.
who built Ono and Lod with its towns. And Berea
and Shema, who were heads of their fathers' houses
of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove out the
inhabitants of Gath. Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
Zebediah, Arad, Edir, Mikael, Ispa, and Joha
were the sons of Berea. Zebediah, Meshulam, Hizki,
Heber, Ishmireh, Jezliah, and Jobab. were the
sons of Elpal. Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, Elianai,
Zelitai, Eliel, Adaya, Beriah, and Shimrat were
the sons of Shimei. Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, Abdon,
Zikri, Hanan, Hanania, Elam, Antotija, Evdea,
and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. Shamshirei,
Sheharia, Ataliah, Jerushiah, Elijah, and Zichri
were the sons of Jeroham. These were heads of
their father's houses by their genealogies, chief
men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. Now the father
of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maka, dwelt
at Gibeon, and his firstborn son was Abdon, then
Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gidor, Ayo, Zekir, and
Miklot, who begot Shimea. They also dwelt alongside
their relatives in Jerusalem with their brethren.
Nir begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot
Jonathan, Melchishua, Abinadab, and Esh -Baal.
The son of Jonathan was Merib -Baal, and Merib
-Baal begot Micah. The sons of Micah were Piton,
Malik, Teriah, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begot Jehoiada.
Jehoiada begot Alimait, Azmavait, and Zimri.
And Zimri begot Moza. Moza begot Benaiah, Rafa
his son, Eliasah his son, and Azel his son. Azel
had six sons whose names were these. Azrikam,
Bokeru, Ishmael, Shariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.
All these were the sons of Azel. And the sons
of Ishik, his brother, where Ulam his firstborn,
Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. The
sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers.
They had many sons and grandsons, 150 in all.
These were all sons of Benjamin. Chapter 9 So
all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed
they were inscribed in the book of the kings
of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive
to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. And
the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions
in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites,
and the Nethinim. Now in Jerusalem the children
of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin,
and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh,
Utai the son of Amihud, the son of Omri, the
son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants
of Perez, the son of Judah. Of the Shilonites,
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. Of the sons
of Zerah, Jehoel and their brethren, 690. Of
the sons of Benjamin, Salu the son of Meshulam,
the son of Hudavia, the son of Hasinua. Ibnaya
the son of Jeroham, Elah the son of Uzi, the
son of Mikri, Meshulam the son of Shephatia,
the son of Rehwal, the son of Ibnija. And their
brethren, according to their genealogies, nine
hundred and fifty -six. All these men were heads
of a father's house in their father's houses.
Of the priests, Jediah, Jehoiareb, and Jasheen.
Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshulam,
the son of Zadok, the son of Mariot, the son
of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God.
Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Peshur,
the son of Malkijah. Masai, the son of Adiel,
the son of Jazira, the son of Meshulam, the son
of Meshulamit, the son of Emer, and their brethren,
heads of their fathers' houses, 1 ,760. They
were very able men for the work of the service
of the house of God. Of the Levites, Shemaiah,
the son of Hasub, the son of Azrikam, the son
of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari, Bakbakar,
Heresh, Galal, and Mataniah, the son of Micah,
the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, Obadiah,
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the
son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of
the Netophatites. And the gatekeepers were Shalom,
Akub, Talmun, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shalom
was the chief. Until then they had been gatekeepers
for the camps of the children of Levi at the
king's gate on the east. Shalom the son of Kor,
the son of Ebyasaf, the son of Korah, and his
brethren from his father's house, the Korahites,
were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers
of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers
of the entrance to the camp of the Lord, and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer
over them in time past. The Lord was with him.
Zechariah, the son of Mishael and Maya, was keeper
of the door of the tabernacle of meeting. All
those chosen as gatekeepers were 212. They were
recorded by their genealogy in their villages.
David and Samuel the seer had appointed them
to their trusted office. So they and their children
were in charge of the gates of the house of the
Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.
The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions,
the east, west, north, and south. And the brethren
in their villages had to come with them from
time to time for seven days. For in this trusted
office were four chief gatekeepers, they were
Levites, and they had charge over the chambers
and treasuries of the house of God. And they
lodged all around the house of God because they
had the responsibility and they were in charge
of opening it every morning. Now some of them
were in charge of the serving vessels, for they
brought them in and took them out by count. Some
of them were appointed over the furnishings and
over all the implements of the sanctuary, and
over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil,
and the incense, and the spices. And some of
the sons of the priests made the ointment of
the spices. Matityah of the Levites, the firstborn
of Shalom the Korahite, had the trusted office
over the things that were baked in the pans.
And some of the brethren of the sons of the Kohatites
were in charge of preparing the showbread for
every Sabbath. These are the singers, heads of
the fathers' houses of the Levites, who lodged
in the chambers and were free from other duties,
for they were employed in that work day and night.
These heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites
were heads throughout their generations. They
dwelt at Jerusalem. 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, Ayu, Zechariah, and
Miklot. And Miklot begot Shemim. They also dwelt
alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with
their brethren. Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul,
and Saul begot Jonathan, Melchishua, Abinadab,
and Ishbaal. The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal,
and Merib Baal begot Micah. The sons of Micah
were Piton, Melech, Teriah, and Ahaz. And Ahaz
begot Jara. Jara begot Alimait, Azmavait, and
Zimri. And Zimri begot Moza. Moza begot Benaiah,
Rephiah his son, Eliasah his son, and Azel his
son. And Azel had six sons whose names were these.
Azrikam, Bukero, Ishmael, Shariah, Obadiah, and
Hanan. These were the sons of Azel. 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.