WEBVTT - 1 Chronicles 9

0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:06.680
<v Speaker 1>Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your

0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:10.760
<v Speaker 1>walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters

0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:15.200
<v Speaker 1>dot com. You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible.

0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:20.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter nine,

0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:26.079
<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version. Everyone

0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:29.560
<v Speaker 1>in Israel was listed in the official family records that

0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:33.600
<v Speaker 1>were included in the history of Israel's kings. The people

0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.919
<v Speaker 1>of Judah were taken to Babylonia as prisoners because they

0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:40.320
<v Speaker 1>sinned against the Lord, and the first people to return

0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:45.960
<v Speaker 1>to their towns included priests, levites, temple workers, and other Israelites.

0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:51.160
<v Speaker 1>People from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephrium, and Manassa

0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:55.440
<v Speaker 1>settled in Jerusalem. There were six hundred and ninety people

0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.240
<v Speaker 1>from the Judah tribe who settled in Jerusalem. They were

0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:04.200
<v Speaker 1>all descended of Judah's three sons, Perez, Sheilah, and Zirah.

0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:10.480
<v Speaker 1>Their leaders were Uthi, Azaiah, and Jayul. Uthi was the

0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:15.360
<v Speaker 1>son of Amahud and a descendant of Amri Imri Banni

0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:21.440
<v Speaker 1>and Perez. Asaiah was a descendant of Sheilah. Jaeyul was

0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:26.000
<v Speaker 1>a descendant of Zara. There are also nine hundred fifty

0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:30.520
<v Speaker 1>six family leaders from the Benjamin tribe who settled in Jerusalem.

0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.920
<v Speaker 1>They included Salu son of Mashulam, grandson of Hodevayah and

0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:42.120
<v Speaker 1>great grandson of Hazanua, Ibniah son of Jeroham, Elah, son

0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:48.560
<v Speaker 1>of Uzi and grandson of Mikrimshulam son of Shefataiah, grandson

0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:53.200
<v Speaker 1>of Raul, and great grandson of ib Nija. Here is

0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:58.400
<v Speaker 1>a list of priests who settled in Jerusalem. Jediah jehoiarib

0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:03.880
<v Speaker 1>Jackeen Azariah, who was a temple official and whose ancestors

0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:11.360
<v Speaker 1>included Hilkiah, Mishulam, Zadok, Marioth, and a high tub Adaijah

0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:17.560
<v Speaker 1>son of Jeroham, whose ancestors included Pashur and Malkaija Massi

0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:24.400
<v Speaker 1>son of Adil, whose ancestors included Jasiah, Mishulam, Mishilimyth and Emmer.

0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.079
<v Speaker 1>There was a total of one thousand, seven hundred and

0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.840
<v Speaker 1>sixty priests, all of them family leaders in their clan

0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:35.519
<v Speaker 1>and trained in the work at the temple. Here is

0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.160
<v Speaker 1>a list of Levites who settled in Jerusalem. Shemaiah from

0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:45.480
<v Speaker 1>the Marari clan, whose ancestors included hashub Azrakham and Hashebaiah

0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:51.840
<v Speaker 1>Bakbakar hairesh galal matt and Ayah son of Micah, whose

0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:57.720
<v Speaker 1>ancestors included Zikri and asaff Obadiah son of Shemaiah, whose

0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:03.760
<v Speaker 1>ancestors included Gailal and Jeduthan Berachia, son of Asa and

0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:07.160
<v Speaker 1>grandson of Elkina, who had lived in the villages near

0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:13.160
<v Speaker 1>the town of Netophah. Shallum, Akub Talman Ahiman and their

0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.040
<v Speaker 1>relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was

0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.720
<v Speaker 1>the leader of this clan, and for a long time

0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.000
<v Speaker 1>they had been the guards at the King's Gate on

0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:26.440
<v Speaker 1>the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors

0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:31.160
<v Speaker 1>guarded the entrance to the Levite camp. Shallum, son of Kor,

0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.079
<v Speaker 1>as well as the other men in the Korahite clan,

0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.600
<v Speaker 1>guarded the entrance to the temple, just as their ancestors

0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:42.720
<v Speaker 1>had guarded the entrance to the sacred tent. Phineas son

0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.200
<v Speaker 1>of Eliezer, had supervised their work because the Lord was

0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:52.080
<v Speaker 1>with him. Zechariah, son of Mishalemaya, was also one of

0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.040
<v Speaker 1>the guards at the temple. There was a total of

0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:58.200
<v Speaker 1>two hundred twelve guards, all of them listed in the

0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.280
<v Speaker 1>family records in their towns. Their ancestors had been chosen

0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.400
<v Speaker 1>by King David and by Samuel the Prophet to be

0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:09.400
<v Speaker 1>responsible for this work, and now they guarded the temple gates.

0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.280
<v Speaker 1>There was one full time guard appointed to each of

0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.880
<v Speaker 1>the four sides of the temple. Their assistants lived in

0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:20.200
<v Speaker 1>the villages outside the city, and every seven days a

0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.599
<v Speaker 1>group of them would come into the city and take

0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.640
<v Speaker 1>their turn at guard duty. The four full time guards

0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.960
<v Speaker 1>were Levites, and they supervised the other guards and were

0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.200
<v Speaker 1>responsible for the rooms in the temple and the supplies

0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.719
<v Speaker 1>kept there. They guarded the temple day and night, and

0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:40.960
<v Speaker 1>opened its doors every morning. Some of the levites were

0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:44.039
<v Speaker 1>responsible for the equipment used in worship at the temple,

0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.360
<v Speaker 1>and they had to count everything before and after it

0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:51.440
<v Speaker 1>was used. Others were responsible for the temple furnishings and

0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:56.920
<v Speaker 1>its sacred objects, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense,

0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.400
<v Speaker 1>and spices, but only the priests could mix the spices.

0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Mattathiah Shallum's oldest son, was a member of the Levite

0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.560
<v Speaker 1>clan of Cora, and he was in charge of baking

0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.640
<v Speaker 1>the bread used for offerings. The Levites from the Kohath

0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.279
<v Speaker 1>clan were in charge of baking the sacred loaves of

0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:20.560
<v Speaker 1>bread for each Sabbath. The Levite family members who were

0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.839
<v Speaker 1>the musicians also lived at the temple. They had no

0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.640
<v Speaker 1>other responsibilities because they were on duty day and night.

0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.400
<v Speaker 1>All of these men were family leaders in the Levi

0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.600
<v Speaker 1>tribe and were listed that way in their family records.

0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:39.640
<v Speaker 1>They lived in Jerusalem. Jayeel had settled the town of Gibeon,

0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:43.200
<v Speaker 1>where he and his wife Maka lived. They had ten

0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:50.880
<v Speaker 1>sons who were born in the following order, Abdon, Zur, Kish, Bail, Nair,

0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:58.400
<v Speaker 1>Nadab Geedore, ohio Zechariah, and Micloth, the father of Shamim.

0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.599
<v Speaker 1>Some of them went to live in Jerusalem near their relatives.

0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.480
<v Speaker 1>Nur was the father of Kish and the grandfather of

0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:14.600
<v Speaker 1>King Saul. Saul had four sons, Jonathan, Malkashua, Abinadab, and Eshbail.

0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:19.800
<v Speaker 1>Jonathan was the father of Marabale, the grandfather of Micah,

0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:24.680
<v Speaker 1>and the great grandfather of Peithon, Melek, Tia and Ahaz.

0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:37.680
<v Speaker 1>The descendants of Ahaz included Jaiah, Alameth asthma Eth, Zimri, Moza, Binia, Rafiah, Elisa,

0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:47.000
<v Speaker 1>and Azel and his six sons Azrakham, Bakaru, Ishmael, Shariah, Obadiah,

0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:53.720
<v Speaker 1>and Hainan. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word,

0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.320
<v Speaker 1>and we thank you for the privilege of being able

0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.440
<v Speaker 1>to look at it today. And even as we look

0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:02.760
<v Speaker 1>at this portion of scripture here that lists again more genealogies,

0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.840
<v Speaker 1>as we've been looking at the genealogies listed at the

0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.159
<v Speaker 1>start of this book, we also see in the midst

0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.440
<v Speaker 1>of this the responsibilities that many of these individuals had.

0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.200
<v Speaker 1>These were responsibilities that you had entrusted to their care,

0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.920
<v Speaker 1>and we know Lord that you do the same for us.

0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.240
<v Speaker 1>There are responsibilities that you give to us in this world.

0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.000
<v Speaker 1>There are stewardships that you entrust to us. Our marriages,

0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:30.120
<v Speaker 1>our families, our job responsibilities. Even the care for our

0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.080
<v Speaker 1>home or the care for the resources that you've entrusted

0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.200
<v Speaker 1>to us could fall into that category to a certain degree.

0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.600
<v Speaker 1>And so we're grateful for these things, Lord, and we

0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.520
<v Speaker 1>pray that we would be faithful with every stewardship that

0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.640
<v Speaker 1>you entrust to us, because we want to model what

0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.840
<v Speaker 1>we see in your son, Jesus Christ, who is faithful

0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.360
<v Speaker 1>to you. To your word, to his promises and pledges,

0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:55.160
<v Speaker 1>and fulfilled all righteousness during the course of his earthly life,

0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.240
<v Speaker 1>with the goal of accomplishing what we could ever accomplish

0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.000
<v Speaker 1>in our flesh, so that he could say us, and

0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.360
<v Speaker 1>we're grateful that that's been accomplished. Lord, as men and

0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.920
<v Speaker 1>women who believe in your son, Jesus Christ, we pray

0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.600
<v Speaker 1>that we would walk faithfully with you today. We pray

0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:11.720
<v Speaker 1>that we would trust you completely, and we pray that

0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.960
<v Speaker 1>we would put you first in all matters and in

0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.560
<v Speaker 1>all areas of our lives. Thank you, Lord for your

0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.600
<v Speaker 1>presence with us, and we commit this day to your

0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:22.000
<v Speaker 1>care in Jesus' name. Amen.