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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:07 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday April 22 >1 Chronicles 7-9 (The Message) > > 1 Chronicles 7 > The Family of Issachar > 1-5 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron-four sons. > The sons of Tola were > Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel-the chiefs of their > families. During David's > reign, the Tola family counted 22,600 warriors in their lineage. The son > of Uzzi was Izrahiah; the > sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah-five sons and > all of them chiefs. They > counted 36,000 warriors in their lineage because they had more wives and > sons than their brothers. > The extended families of Issachar accounted for 87,000 warriors-all of > them listed in the family > tree. > The Family of Benjamin > 6-12 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael. Bela had five: > Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, > Jerimoth, and Iri, all of them chiefs and warriors. They counted 22,034 > names in their family tree. > Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, > Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. > Through these chiefs their family tree listed 20,200 warriors. Jediael's > son was Bilhan and the sons > of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and > Ahishahar-all sons of Jediael > and family chiefs; they counted 17,200 combat-ready warriors. Shuppim and > Huppim were the sons of > Ir; Hushim were from the family of Aher. > The Family of Naphtali > 13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum; they are > listed under the maternal > line of Bilhah, their grandfather's concubine. > The Family of Manasseh > 14-19 Manasseh's sons, born of his Aramean concubine, were Asriel and > Makir the father of Gilead. > Makir got his wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister's name was > Maacah. Another son, > Zelophehad, had only daughters. Makir's wife Maacah bore a son whom she > named Peresh; his brother's > name was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. Ulam's son was Bedan. > This accounts for the sons > of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammoleketh gave > birth to Ishdod, Abiezer, > and Mahlah. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. > The Family of Ephraim > 20-24 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, > Eleadah his son, Tahath his > son, Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, > cattle-rustlers, killed on one of their > raids by the natives of Gath. Their father Ephraim grieved a long time and > his family gathered to > give him comfort. Then he slept with his wife again. She conceived and > produced a son. He named him > Beriah (Unlucky), because of the bad luck that had come to his family. His > daughter was Sheerah. She > built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah. > 25-29 Rephah was Ephraim's son and also Resheph; Telah was his son, Tahan > his son, Ladan his son, > Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, Nun his son, and Joshua his son. They > occupied Bethel and the > neighboring country from Naaran on the east to Gezer and its villages on > the west, along with > Shechem and its villages, and extending as far as Ayyah and its villages. > Stretched along the > borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together > with their satellite > villages. The families descended from Joseph son of Israel lived in all > these places. > > The Family of Asher > 30-32 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; Serah was > their sister. The sons of > Beriah were Heber and Malkiel, who had Birzaith. Heber had Japhlet, > Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their > sister. > 33-40 Japhlet had Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. His brother Shomer had > Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. His > brother Helem had Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. Zophah had Suah, > Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, > Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. Jether had Jephunneh, > Pispah, and Ara. Ulla had > Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. These were Asher's sons, all of them > responsible, excellent in character, > and brave in battle-good leaders. They listed 26,000 combat-ready men in > their family tree. > > 1 Chronicles 8 > The Family of Benjamin (Continued) > 1-5 Benjamin's firstborn son was Bela, followed by Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah, > and Rapha-five in all. > Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, > Shephuphan, and Huram. > 6-7 These are the families of Ehud that lived in Geba and were exiled to > Manahath: Naaman, Ahijah, > and Gera, who led them to exile and had Uzza and Ahihud. > > 8-12 In the land of Moab, Shaharaim had children after he divorced his > wives Hushim and Baara. From > his new wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sakia, and > Mirmah-sons who became > heads of families. From his earlier wife Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal. > Elpaal's sons were Eber, > Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with all their villages. > > 13-28 Beriah and Shema were family chiefs who lived at Aijalon. They drove > out the citizens of > Gath. Their brothers were Shashak and Jeremoth. The sons of Beriah were > Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, > Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. The sons of Elpaal were Zebadiah, Meshullam, > Hizki, Heber, Ishmerai, > Izliah, and Jobab. The sons of Shimei were Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, Elienai, > Zillethai, Eliel, Adaiah, > Beraiah, and Shimrath. The sons of Shashak were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, > Abdon, Zicri, Hanan, Hananiah, > Elam, Anthothijah, Iphdeiah, and Penuel. The sons of Jeroham were > Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, > Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri. These were the chiefs of the families as > listed in their family tree. > They lived in Jerusalem. > > 29-32 Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was > Maacah. Abdon was his > firstborn son, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and > Mikloth. Mikloth had > Shimeah. They lived in the neighborhood of their extended families in > Jerusalem. > > 33-40 Ner had Kish, Kish had Saul, and Saul had Jonathan, Malki-Shua, > Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. > Jonathan had Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal had Micah. Micah's sons were > Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and > Ahaz. Ahaz had Jehoaddah and Jehoaddah had Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. > Zimri had Moza and Moza had > Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son. Azel had six > sons named Azrikam, > Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. His brother Eshek's sons > were Ulam his firstborn, > followed by Jeush and Eliphelet. Ulam's sons were warriors well known as > archers. They had lots of > sons and grandsons-at least 150. These were all in Benjamin's family tree. > > 1 Chronicles 9 > 1 This is the complete family tree for all Israel, recorded in the Royal > Annals of the Kings of > Israel and Judah at the time they were exiled to Babylon because of their > unbelieving and > disobedient lives. > The Back-from-Exile Community in Jerusalem > 2 The first Israelites to return from exile to their homes and cities were > the priests, the Levites, > and the temple support staff. > 3-6 Returning to Jerusalem from the families of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, > and Manasseh were the > following: Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son > of Bani, from the line of > Perez son of Judah; from the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his > sons; from the family of > Zerah there was Jeuel. There were 690 in the Judah group. > > 7-9 From the family of Benjamin were Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of > Hodaviah, the son of > Hassenuah, and Ibneiah son of Jeroham, and Elah son of Uzzi, the son of > Micri, and Meshullam son of > Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah. There were 956 in the > Benjamin group. All these > named were heads of families. > > 10-13 From the company of priests there were Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; > Azariah son of Hilkiah, the > son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of > Ahitub, who was in charge of > taking care of the house of God; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of > Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; > also Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the > son of Meshillemith, the > son of Immer. The priests, all of them heads of families, numbered 1,760, > skilled and seasoned > servants in the work of worshiping God. > > 14-16 From the Levites were Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, > the son of Hashabiah, a > Merarite; then Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of > Zicri, the son of Asaph; > also Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and > finally Berekiah son of > Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. > > 17-18 The security guards were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their > brothers. Shallum was the > chief and up to now the security guard at the King's Gate on the east. > They also served as security > guards at the camps of Levite families. > > 19-25 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, along > with his brothers in the > Korahite family, were in charge of the services of worship as doorkeepers > of the Tent, as their > ancestors had guarded the entrance to the camp of God. In the early days, > Phinehas son of Eleazar > was in charge of the security guards-God be with him! Now Zechariah son of > Meshelemiah was the > security guard at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The number of those > who had been chosen to be > security guards was 212-they were officially registered in their own > camps. David and Samuel the > seer handpicked them for their dependability. They and their sons had the > permanent responsibility > for guarding the gates of God's house, the house of worship; the main > security guards were posted at > the four entrances, east, west, north, and south; their brothers in the > villages were scheduled to > give them relief weekly-the four main security guards were responsible for > round-the-clock > surveillance. > > 26-32 Being Levites, they were responsible for the security of all > supplies and valuables in the > house of God. They kept watch all through the night and had the key to > open the doors each morning. > Some were in charge of the articles used in The Temple worship-they > counted them both when they > brought them in and when they took them out. Others were in charge of > supplies in the > sanctuary-flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices. And some of the priests > were assigned to mixing the > oils for the perfume. The Levite Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum > the Korahite, was > responsible for baking the bread for the services of worship. Some of the > brothers, sons of the > Kohathites, were assigned to preparing the bread set out on the table each > Sabbath. > > 33-34 And then there were the musicians, all heads of Levite families. > They had permanent living > quarters in The Temple; because they were on twenty-four-hour duty, they > were exempt from all other > duties. These were the heads of Levite families as designated in their > family tree. They lived in > Jerusalem. > > The Family of Saul > 35-38 Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived at Gibeon; his wife was Maacah. His > firstborn son was Abdon, > followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and > Mikloth. Mikloth had Shimeam. > They lived in the same neighborhood as their relatives in Jerusalem. > 39-44 Ner had Kish, Kish had Saul, Saul had Jonathan, Malki-Shua, > Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. > Merib-Baal was the son of Jonathan and Merib-Baal had Micah. Micah's sons > were Pithon, Melech, and > Tahrea. Ahaz had Jarah, Jarah had Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri had > Moza, Moza had Binea, > Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah was his son, and Azel was his son. Azel had > six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, > Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan-the sons of Azel. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
