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Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter five,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New Living Translation. The

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Speaker 1: oldest son of Israel was Reuben, but since he dishonored

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Speaker 1: his father by sleeping with one of his father's concubines,

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Speaker 1: his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph.

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Speaker 1: For this reason, Ruben is not listed in the genealogical

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Speaker 1: records as the firstborn son. The descendants of Judah became

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Speaker 1: the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation,

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Speaker 1: but the birthright belonged to Joseph. The sons of Ruben,

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Speaker 1: the oldest son of Israel, were Hannock, Palou, Hesron, and Carmi.

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Speaker 1: The descendants of Joel were Shemaiah, gog Shimai, Micah, Rhaia, Bail,

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Speaker 1: and Bira. Bira was the leader of the Rubenites when

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Speaker 1: they were taken into captivity by King Tiglath, polizer of Assyria.

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Speaker 1: Bira's relatives are listed in their genealogical records by their

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Speaker 1: clans Jaeel, the leader Zechariah and Bila son of Azaz,

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Speaker 1: son of Shima, son of Joel. The Rubenites lived in

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Speaker 1: the area that stretches from Roar to Nebo and Bale Mayonne,

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Speaker 1: and since they had so many livestock in the land

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Speaker 1: of Gilead, they spread east toward the edge of the

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Speaker 1: desert that stretches to the Euphrates River. During the reign

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Speaker 1: of Saul, the Rubenites defeated the Hagwrights in battle. Then

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Speaker 1: they moved into the Hagwrite settlements all along the eastern

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Speaker 1: edge of Gilead. Next to the Rubenites, the descendants of

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Speaker 1: Gad lived in the land of Bashan as far east

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Speaker 1: as Salika. Joel was the leader in the land of

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Speaker 1: Bashan and Shaifam was second in command, followed by Jani

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Speaker 1: and Shafat their relatives. The leaders of seven other clans

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Speaker 1: were Michael, Mishulam, Sheba, Jori, Jakan, Zia, and Eber. These

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Speaker 1: were all descendants of Abihail son of Hurry, son of Jioah,

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Speaker 1: son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jesheshi, son

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Speaker 1: of Jado, son of buzz Ahe son of Abadil, son

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Speaker 1: of Guni, was the leader of their clans. The Gadites

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Speaker 1: lived in the land of Gilead, in Bashan and its villages,

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Speaker 1: and throughout all the pasture lands of Sharon. All of

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Speaker 1: these were listed in the genealogical records. During the days

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Speaker 1: of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam of Israel,

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Speaker 1: there were forty four thousand, seven hundred sixty capable warriors

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Speaker 1: in the armies of Reuben Gad and the half tribe

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Speaker 1: of Manassa. They were all skilled in combat and armed

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Speaker 1: with shields, swords, and bows. They waged war against the

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Speaker 1: hag Rights, the Jederites, the Nafeschites, and the Notabites. They

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Speaker 1: cried out to God during the battle, and He answered

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Speaker 1: their prayer because they trusted in Him. So the hag

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Speaker 1: Rights and all their allies were defeated. The plunder taken

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Speaker 1: from the Hagwrights included fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty

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Speaker 1: thousand sheep and goats, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred

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Speaker 1: thousand captives. Many of the hag Rights were killed in

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Speaker 1: the battle because God was fighting against them. The people

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Speaker 1: of Reuben, God and Manassa lived in their land until

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Speaker 1: they were taken into exile. The half tribe of Manassa

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Speaker 1: was very large and spread through the land from Bishan

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Speaker 1: to Bale Hermann, Senir and Mount Herman. These were the

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Speaker 1: leaders of their clans ephr Ishi, Eliel, Asrael, Jeremiah, Hoodavayah,

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Speaker 1: and Jadiel. These men had a great reputation as mighty

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Speaker 1: warriors and leaders of their clans. But these tribes were

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Speaker 1: unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They worshiped the

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Speaker 1: gods of the nations that God had destroyed. So the

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Speaker 1: God of Israel caused King pol of Assyria also known

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Speaker 1: as Tiglath Polizer, to invade the land and take away

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Speaker 1: the people of Reuben Gad and the half tribe of

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Speaker 1: Manassa as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Hala, Habor

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Speaker 1: Hera and the Gozen River, where they remain to this day.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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Speaker 1: look at it today. And Lord, as we look at

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Speaker 1: this portion of scripture, we see people whom you had

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Speaker 1: been faithful to, You had answered their prayers, you had

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Speaker 1: fought on their behalf. But we see over time a

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Speaker 1: drifting toward worshiping idols, toward worshiping the false gods of

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Speaker 1: the neighboring nations. Lord, we pray that in our lives

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Speaker 1: you would stay at the forefront. We pray that our

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Speaker 1: lives would always be poured out in worship toward You,

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Speaker 1: and that we wouldn't look for idols or false messiahs

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Speaker 1: or false saviors to try and take the place of

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Speaker 1: your son, Jesus Christ, who is our Messiah, who is

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Speaker 1: our savior, and who is the one who brings peace

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Speaker 1: to our hearts and our lives. Lord, We're grateful for

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Speaker 1: your love. We're grateful that through faith in your son

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, we can come before you confidently, knowing that

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Speaker 1: you hear us, that we have been gifted with the

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Speaker 1: righteousness of Christ, and we are welcomed into your presence.

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Speaker 1: We commit this day to you. Lord. We thank you

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Speaker 1: for the fact that we have the full assurance of

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Speaker 1: your love for us in Christ Jesus, and we pray

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Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen.