Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Over 145,000 fighting men are listed as descendants of Issachar during the reign of David.  The seventh chapter of I Chronicles gives us this. Benjamin had over 50,000 fighting men in his lineage. The sons of Naphtali are also given. The other half of the tribe of Manasseh is found here and Gilead is one of his offspring. This is where the name of the town began.

The second son of Joseph is Ephraim who had family members named Nun and his son Joshua. There are also a number of cities in Ephraim’s territory that you might recognize. Do Bethel, Megiddo, and Gezer sound familiar. List to the international news sometime and see what they say about them. Asher is the last son mentioned in this chapter. Twenty-six thousand soldiers came from them.

King Saul’s clan is the Benjamites. 1 Chronicles 8 gives this list. Verse 33 gives Kish, Saul and Jonathan. Mephibosheth is conspicuously missing.

All the exiles from Judah are listed in 1 Chronicles 9. It also includes the Levites that were chosen for all the positions in the Tabernacle including Korah whose family wrote some of the Psalms. Saul’s family is included in this chapter as well.

Continuing with the family of Saul, we move on to the story of his death and his son’s demise at the hands of the Philistines in 1 Chronicles 10. Yes, these are reruns once more. We are reminded of how the enemy violated their bodies and what their countrymen did to recover their remains.

Notice the last paragraph and the description of the sins that caused Jehovah to remove the leadership role from Saul and give it to David. Saul was never repentant when his sins were brought to his attention. How many modern Christian or other leaders have fallen due to their sins and refusal to admit them and change their actions?

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