- The sons from Seth, the son of Adam, to Noah are listed. Noah’s son Japheth’s sons are named, as are Ham’s, from whom came the Philistines, Jebusites, Amorites, Hivites, etc. The sons of Noah’s first-born son Shem include Abraham, Ishmael & Isaac, & Esau & Jacob (Israel). #1Cr1
- The 12 sons of Israel are named. Judah had 5 sons, 2 by his daughter-in-law Tamar. The line of her son Pharez leads to David, 7th son of Jesse, via Boaz, Ruth’s husband, who begat Obed, who begat Jesse. The descendants, tribes & cities of Caleb, son of Hezron, are listed. #1Cr2
- The sons of David are listed, including Solomon, son of David & Bathsheba. The line of sons from Solomon son’s Rehoboam (whose mother was the Ammonite Naamah) to Zedekiah are listed. The line of Judah’s kings is interrupted only by Queen Athalia, daughter of Ahab & Jezebel. #1Cr3
- Other descendants of the tribe of Judah are listed. Also listed are descendants of the tribe of Simeon who, during the reign of Hezekiah, killed the Hamites, Meunites, and Amalekites, and took their land. #1Cr4
- The sons of Reuben who, though the firstborn of Jacob, slept with his father’s concubine & so lost his inheritance, are listed. Members of Gad are listed. The Reubenites, Gadites, & half-tribe of Manasseh defeated the Hagrites & took their land. #1Cr5
- The descendants of Levi’s sons Gershon, Kohath, & Merari are listed. The lineage of Kohath includes Aaron, Samuel, priests who served in Solomon’s temple & temple musicians, who also came from the Merarite clan. Towns given to the Levites from the various tribes are named. #1Cr6
- The sons of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, & Asher are listed. Joshua, son of Nun, is from the tribe of Ephraim. The towns and settlements where the descendants of Joseph lived are named. #1Cr7
- Ancestors of Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin, are named. Saul’s descendants included Jonathan, Ish-Bosheth & Jonathan’s son Merrib-baal (Mephibosheth). Other Benjamites are listed. #1Cr8
- Descendants of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settling in Jerusalem are named. Levites are assigned as priests, gatekeepers, keepers of the temple (with duties described), and musicians. The genealogy of Saul, repeating #1Cr8, is given. #1Cr9
- Saul’s suicide (lest these uncircumcised abuse me) & 3 of his sons’s deaths is retold (#1Sam31). The Philistines cut Saul’s head off & hang it in the Temple of Dagon. Men from Jabesh-Gilead retrieve their bodies & heads for burial. Saul died for his sins against the Lord. #1Cr10
- The elders meet at Hebron to anoint David king over Israel. David’s army takes Jebus & establishes the city of David. Joab smites the Jebusites & is made chief. David’s men & their exploits are told. The story of David refusing water brought to him at great risk is retold. #1Cr11
- Sons of Benjamin, Gad, & Judah join David at Ziklag after being banished by Saul. They are prevented from fighting with the Philistines against Saul due to suspicions of divided loyalty. Sons of other tribes join David to anoint him king. They receive abundant provisions. #1Cr12
- David calls the assembly of Israel to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the City of David. The oxen pulling the cart carrying the ark stumble. Uzzah, who held out his hand to steady it, is smitten by the Lord. David, angered, decides to leave it with Obededom. #1Cr13
- Hiram, king of Tyre, sends craftsmen & supplies to build a palace for David, who has many sons & daughters. The Philistines come to attack David, but are defeated twice as the Lord delivered them unto him. David burned their gods with fire, & his fame spread. #1Cr14
- David has the Levites use staves, per Mosaic law, to carry the ark of the covenant to the appointed place. Musicians, singers, and priests of Levi do it with shouts, the sounds of rams’ horns, trumpets, cymbals, lyres, and harps. Michal saw David dance and despised him. #1Cr15
- The ark was placed in the tent. David made offerings to the Lord & gave out food and wine. There was music, & psalms were sung. David delivered #Ps105, Give thanks unto the Lord. Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice. Men are appointed to minister before the ark. #1Cr16
- David feels uneasy to be living in a house with the ark in a tent. The Lord speaks to the prophet Nathan: Have I ever asked the judges to build me a house of cedar? The Lord assures David of victories. His sons will build the Lord a house that will be established forever. #1Cr17
- The Lord preserves David wherever he went. David smote the Philistines, Moab, Edom, Zoab (whose king was Hadarezer) & the Syrians. He brings back gold, silver & brass to build the temple. Joab was over his army, & his brother Abishai, a great warrior, slew 18000 Edomites. #1Cr18
- This revisits #2Sam10. David sends messengers to comfort Ammon after Nahash, their king, dies. They are taken as spies & humiliated. David tells them to stay in Jericho until their beards regrow. David sends Joab & Abishai against Ammon (allied with Syria) & defeats them. #1Cr19
- Joab destroyed Rabah in Ammon & brought back the king’s crown (containing a talent of gold) to David. Much plunder was taken & the Ammonites were put into forced labor. Israel battles the Philistines at Gezer. Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, was slain at Gath by Elhanan. #1Cr20
- Expanding #2Sam24, Satan incites David to conduct a census of Israel, angering the Lord who brings a plague on Israel. The Lord stays the hand of his angel, who was about to destroy Jerusalem. David buys land from Araunah the Jebusite to build an altar & make offerings. #1Cr21
- David prepares to construct the temple to house the ark, though Solomon is to build it. David gathers immense quantities of cedar, iron, stone, gold, bronze & silver. David tells Solomon to follow the laws of Moses, & the Lord will establish a throne over Israel forever. #1Cr22
- The duties of the Levites are to keep charge of the holy place, to be priests, gatekeepers & musicians. David divides them according to families of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The descendants of Moses and Aaron, of the Kohath clan, are to consecrate the most holy things. #1Cr23
- The male descendants of Aaron are named according to their ordering by lot (performed in the presence of David) to govern the sanctuary and house of God. #1Cr24
- Lots are cast to assign duties for the music accompanying the ministry of prophesy to sons of Asaph, Heman & Jeduthun belonging, respectively, to the Gershon, Kohath, & Merarite families (#1Cr6). The songs in the house of the Lord are performed on cymbals, lyres and harps. #1Cr25
- Allocation of responsibilities to men from the families of the Levites are assigned for gatekeeping, treasuries for the temple of the house of God, and for dedicated things. Gatekeepers were assigned by lot. Dedicated things include spoils obtained by Samuel & Saul. #1Cr26
- Each month, a different army division of 24000 men serves under Joab, the commander. The officers of the divisions are named, as are the officials protecting David’s treasures, storehouses, vineyards, trees, camels, herds & flocks. Scribes & counsellors to David are named. #1Cr27
- David assembles the officers, commanders & officials, & tells them that Solomon will be king & build the temple that will house the ark. David provides plans for the temple, storerooms, treasuries, lampstands, etc. He admonishes Solomon to follow the commands of the Lord. #1Cr28
- David tells the assembly that he is giving his treasure for the temple & implores then to do likewise. They do & the people rejoice. Both riches and honor come of thee…we are strangers before thee, & sojourners; our days are as a shadow. Solomon is made king. David dies. #1Cr29