- From Adam to Abraham
- Abraham's family
- Edomites from Seir
- Kings of Edom (before kings of Israel)
- Israel's family
- Judah's family
- Caleb's family
- Jerahmeel's family
- Caleb's family
- David's family
- Kings of Judah
- David's descendants after Babylonian captivity
- Other family groups
- Simeon's children; they attacked people and took land
- Reuben = Israel's first son, but it was taken from him for his sins
- Gad's children
- Reuben, Gad & Manasseh attacked Itagrites and God helped them because of their trust and prayer
- Assyrian king took East Manasseh; they were sinful
- Levi's children (Moses, Aaron, Miriam are descendants)
- David hired musicians for the house of the Lord
- Lots are thrown for land for Levites
- Issachar's children - many fighting men
- Benjamin's children
- Naphtali's children
- Manasseh's children
- Ephraim's children
- Asher's children
- Saul's family history
- people in Judah were captured and taken to Babylon
- The first to return to their land were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants
- The people in Jerusalem are listed
- There were gatekeepers for the temple on all sides - they were dependable
- Family history of King Saul
- King Saul was wounded in battle against the Philistines
- Saul asked his officer to finish killing him, but he refused, so Saul threw himself on his own sword & died
- Israelites ran away
- Philistines came in to take over and took Saul's head & armor
- People of Jabesh heard & bravely got Saul & his son's bodies to bury by a tree & they mourned
- Saul wasn't faithful & didn't obey the Lord
- David becomes King
- David captured Jerusalem & calls it the city of David - he rebuilds it
- David grown in strength & God was with him
- David had mighty and powerful soldiers who were known for their strength & victory (3)
- David was thirsty & his soldiers risked themselves for water, but he refused to drink it to honor them
- David's 30 chief soldiers are listed
- More and more warriors joined David in his strongholds against Saul - his army grew and grew
- David goes after the Ark of God to bring it back to them where they are
- The oxen carrying the Ark stumble & Uzzah touches the Ark to steady it & God was angry!
- Uzzah died right there as punishment
- David then fears the Ark and redirects it to Obed-Edom's house instead for 3 months
- Obed-Edom & family are blessed
- King of the city of Tyre sent supplies & people to build a palace
- David, at God's guidance, continues to defeat the Philistines
- David prepared a place for the Ark
- David sent the Levites as God had directed, to carry the Ark (they didn't want to do it wrong again!)
- The Ark was brought back with celebration and praise & many people
- David's song of thanks
- They left but held offerings, etc. as instructed in the teachings
- David lives in a palace, the Ark is in a tent so David tells Nathan
- Nathan hears from God that night, David will not build a house for Him - He reveals plans for his family's future to care for such things
- David defeated many nations & gave back to the Lord - silver, gold, etc.
- Ammonite king died & son took over - David sent officers to comfort them because the King had been loyal to David
- The new Ammonite king felt threatened by it and captured them & cut their clothes 7 beards to shame them
- David told them to stay in Jerico until their beards grew back
- Ammonite knew they'd angered David and prepared for war
- Joab went out with Israel's army to fight the Ammonites & their help the Arameans
- The Ammonites & Arameans ran away defeated and gathered more people & were defeated again
- The Arameans would no longer help the Ammonites
- Spring = war time; David stays behind & Joab goes out and destroys the Ammonites
- Philistine giants are killed
- Satan makes David count the people of Israel, which God said was wrong
- As punishment David must choose
- 3 years of hunger
- 3 months running from enemies
- 3 days terrible disease - he choose this one
- David chooses for it to not come from people
- Angel comes to destroy Jerusalem
- David goes to food to stop punishment for his people from sin - it is stopped with David paying for a threshing floor, building an alter and making sacrifices
- David makes plans for the temple & collects people/craftsmen & supplies
- God reminds him he is a man of war 7 can't build the temple, but Solomons will & he will have peace & rest
- The Levites
- The people of Gershon
- The people of Kohath
- The people of Merari
- The Levites' work in the temple - described
- There were groups of priests & they divided the work
- Oldest & youngest child families were treated the same in Levite groups
- Music groups
- The gatekeepers
- Summary of other leaders - they cared for the temple
- Army divisions were each (each with their own leader) responsible for a month (12 months)
- Each division had 24,000 men
- Family leaders, then commanders of 100 men, then commanders of 1,000 men
- Leaders of the tribes of Israel
- Joab began counting people but God was angry because they were and they didn't finish counting
- The King's directors
- David gives his specific plans, guided by the Lord, to Solomon to build the temple - he provided resources too
- The palace is not for people but for God
- The people came forward and gave gifts to be used in temple construction
- David's prayer about God (chapter 29:10-29)
- Solomon becomes King
- David dies - records of his works are kept
During the sections of family history, I took some general notes about observations I made during those sections. Those follow below:
- No daughters are mentioned
- Only some mother's are listed
- Noted when they died without children
- Women identified with their father's (like surnames today?)
- Occasionally families were named with their trade or location
- It can be difficult for me to sit and read so much family history, but God loves & created each person named
- Family histories were kept
