1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter two, 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New English translation. These 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: were the sons of Israel Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, 7 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: Isekar and Zebulen Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher, 8 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: the sons of Judah, er Onin and Sheila. These three 9 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: were born to him by bath Shua, a Canaanite woman. 10 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: Er Judah's firstborn displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. Tamar, 11 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: Judah's daughter in law, bore to him. Perez and Zarah. 12 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: Judah had five sons in all, the sons of Perez, Hezron, 13 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 1: and Hemul, the sons of Zarah, Zimri, Ethan, Hemen calcol 14 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: Dara five in all, the son of Karmi Aiken, who 15 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was 16 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: devoted to God, the son of Ethan Azariah, the sons 17 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: born to Hesron, Jeremiel, Ram and Caleb. Ram was the 18 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: father of Aminadab and a Menidab was the father of Nashon, 19 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: the tribal chief of Judah. Nashon was the father of Selma, 20 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: and Selma was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the 21 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. 22 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Jesse was the father of Elieb. His first born Abinadab 23 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: was born, second Semiah iid Nethanel, fourth Radi, fifth Ozim, 24 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: sixth David seventh. Their sisters were Zuriah and Abigail. Zuriah's 25 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: three sons were Abshi, Joe, ab and Asahel Abigail bore Amasa, 26 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: whose father was Jehar. The ishmaelite. Caleb, son of Hesron, 27 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: fathered sons by his wife Azuba, also known as Jerryoth. 28 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Arden. When Azuba died, 29 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him. Her Her was the 30 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. Later, 31 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: Hesrin had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the 32 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: father of Gilead. He had married her when he was 33 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: sixty years old. She bore him Segoub. Segoub was the 34 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: father of Jayir, who owned twenty three cities in the 35 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 1: land of Gilead. Gesher and Aram captured the towns of 36 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: Jayir along with Kenneth and its sixty surrounding towns. All 37 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead. After 38 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: Hesron's death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father 39 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: Hesrin's widow, and she bore to him Ashore, the father 40 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: of Takoa. The sons of Jeremil Hesrin's firstborn were Ram, 41 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: the firstborn, Buna Orin Ozim, and Ahijah. Jeremiel had another 42 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: wife named Atara. She was Onem's mother. The sons of Ram, 43 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: Jeremiel's first born were Maz, Jemen, and Eker. The sons 44 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: of ONEm were Shamai and Jada. The sons of Shamai 45 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: Nadab and Abisher. Abasher's wife was Abihail, who bore him 46 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: Aban and Molid. The sons of Nadab, Slid and Apame. 47 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: Selid died without having sons. The son of Apame Ishi 48 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: the son of Ishi, she Shan, the son of she 49 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: Shan Ali, the sons of Jada, Shamai's brother Jehr and Jonathan. 50 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: Jehar died without having sons, the sons of Jonathan, Peleth, 51 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jeremiel. Sheshan had 52 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 53 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife. 54 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: She bore him a tai Atai was the father of Nathan, 55 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: and Nathan was the father of Zebad. Zebad was the 56 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: father of Ethlal and Eflal was the father of Obed. 57 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: Obid was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the 58 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Helles, and 59 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: Helles was the father of Elisa. Elisa was the father 60 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: of Sismi, and Sismi was the father of Shallum. Shalum 61 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: was the father of Jekamiah and Jekamiah was the father 62 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: of Elishima. The sons of Caleb, Jeremiel's brother, His first 63 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: born Mesha, the father of Zif and his second son Merishah, 64 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: the father of Hebron. The sons of Hebron, Corah, Tepua, 65 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: Rechem and Shema. Sheima was the father of Rahem, the 66 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: father of Jorchim. Rekhem was the father of Shamai. Shammai's 67 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: son was Maeon, who was the father of beth Zur. 68 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: Caleb's concubine Ephah bore Heron, Mosa and Ghaziz. Heron was 69 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: the father of Gaziz, the sons of Jadai, regem Jathem, 70 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: gesh An, Pellette, Ephah and Schaff, Caleb's concubine Makah Boor 71 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: Sheeber and Trhanah. She also bore Schaff, the father of 72 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: Madmanah and Shiva, the father of Macbanah and Gibeah. Caleb's 73 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: daughter was Axa. These were the descendants of Caleb. The 74 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: sons of her the firstborn of Ephrath, Shobel, the father 75 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: of Kiriath Jerim, Selma, the father of Bethlehem, Harref, the 76 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: father of beth Gator. The sons of Shobal, the father 77 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: of Kirioth Jerrem were hero half of the Menahethites, the 78 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: clans of Kirieth Jeream, the Isthrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. 79 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: The Zorithites and Eschteolites descended from these groups. The sons 80 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: of Selma Bethlehem, the Natopathites Atroth, Beth, Joab half the Manihithites, 81 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: the Zorites and the clans of the scribes who lived 82 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: in Jabez, the Tirrathites, Shimiethites, and Sukathites. These are the 83 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: Kenites who descended from Hamath, the father of beth racab 84 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and 85 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to 86 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: look at your word today, and as we continue to 87 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: look at these genealogies. We're grateful Lord that in per 88 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: particular we can see part of the lineage of your 89 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: son Jesus Christ, who was born through David's line. We're 90 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: grateful Lord that we get to peek into this history 91 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: and see some of the people that you use to 92 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: form that chain. And likewise, Lord, we're grateful that you 93 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: call us your children as well. We're grateful that we 94 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: have the privilege, through faith in your son Jesus Christ, 95 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: to be brought into your family and embraced as yours. 96 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: And Lord, sometimes it can be very easy for us 97 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: to go our own way and to feel distant from you, 98 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: But we pray Lord that in every context that we 99 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: find ourselves in, that we would be mindful of the 100 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: fact that you are present here with us. You are omnipresent, 101 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: You are everywhere we are, so we pray Lord that 102 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: we would never be fooled into thinking that you are 103 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: a distance off. We're grateful for your love for us. 104 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: We're grateful, Lord for the fact that you have revealed 105 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: to us that salvation is found in no one else, 106 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: no other name, other than the name of your son, 107 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. And we're grateful Lord that, by your grace 108 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: you have drawn us to faith in Jesus, because we 109 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: know we would never have naturally made that decision. So 110 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: thank you for opening our eyes, thank you for removing 111 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: the veil from our hearts. And we pray that, by 112 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: your grace that you would draw us close to you 113 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: today and every day. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.