From c20de19bdb5d2fbca2844f1b80da1cdc46b3d52a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:51:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 1 Chronicles 2:18-41 --- content/bible_journal/1chronicles_2:18-41.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/1chronicles_2:18-41.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/1chronicles_2:18-41.md b/content/bible_journal/1chronicles_2:18-41.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..87f1b70 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/1chronicles_2:18-41.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ ++++ +title = "1 Chronicles 2:18–41" +date = "2023-08-31" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles2.18-41) + +The astute reader will notice that "Caleb" in v. 18 doesn't appear in the list +of Hezron's sons from v. 9. But that's because "Chelubai" is a variant of +"Caleb", and they are in fact the same person. This Caleb is also not to be +confused with "Caleb the son of Jephunneh" from Numbers 13, who was one of the +twelve spies sent to spy out the land, who alone with Joshua gave a good report +to the people. Even though that Caleb was from the tribe of Judah, I don't see +any mention of Jephunneh in this genealogy. + +Hezron's family, particularly Caleb's branch, is kind of a mess. Multiple +wives, some of them passed from father to son. Hezron himself married again +after he was sixty years old, which is fine except that his wife then had +children which means she was much younger than him. + +Jerahmeel's branch fares better, though it's the only one where we are told +certain sons died childless. This is also the only place where the names of +Jerahmeel's descendants are recorded. These families lived in the southern part +of Judah's territory. The story of Sheshan's daughter married to his Egyptian +slave is a bit curious, as most Israelites would want their daughters to marry +within the same tribe, to keep the inherited land within the tribe. However, +David himself had a Moabite for an ancestor in Ruth. This is especially curious +considering how much Ezra and Nehemiah were fighting the ungodly cultural +influence of foreign husbands and wives among the Jews of their day, returning +to the land after the Exile. + +* * * + +All of Your words are given with purpose. Illumine our hearts with Your truth.