These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Sermons
I. ITS VARIOUS RELATIONSHIPS. Here we have husband and wife, father and mother, son and daughter, brother and sister. How excellent is God's loving-kindness in thus binding our hearts and lives together in such happy and sacred bonds, refining our souls and multiplying our joys! II. ITS VARIOUS DISPOSITIONS. In some cases we have parents and children complete; in others, parents without children at all (ver. 30); in others, daughters without sons; in others, sons without daughters; in another case a child born alter its father's death (ver. 24); in another a servant elevated to a son-in-law (ver. 35). What almost endless varieties there are in the circumstances and relations in which our family life is found! III. ITS PRICELESS ADVANTAGE TO OUR RACE. 1. It is the guardian of a nation's purity; the morals of a people are high or low as it respects or disregards the family bond. 2. It shields young life from the perils by which it would otherwise be corrupted. 3. It calls forth from maturity the best virtues which manhood and womanhood can show. We are thus led to - IV. THE DISCIPLINE IT PROVIDES FOR EACH STAGE OF LIFE. 1. In childhood it nurtures obedience, submission. 2. In youth, industry, concession. 3. In young manhood, hardihood; in young womanhood, delicacy of feeling. 4. In maturity, patience, self-command, unselfishness, mutual concession, intercessory prayer. V. ITS BEARING ON HUMAN PIETY. We could not have known and trusted and loved God as our heavenly Father, but for human parentage; we could not have learned how to cultivate the right spirit for reception into and acceptance within the kingdom, but for human childhood (Matthew 18:2); we could not have known how best to regard our fellows and feel toward them, but for human brotherhood (Matthew 23:8). - C.
And when the children of Ammon. I. INSULT SPRINGING FROM SLIGHT PROVOCATION.1. From a suspicious mind. 2. From advice of jealous princes. II. INSULT LEADING TO UNJUST WAR. This War might have been avoided by an honourable apology or better understanding. One evil leads to smother. III. WAR TERMINATING IN DISGRACEFUL OVERTHROW. (J. Wolfendale.) People Abiah, Abigail, Abihail, Abijah, Abinadab, Abishai, Abishur, Achan, Achar, Achsa, Achsah, Ahban, Ahijah, Ahlai, Amasa, Amminadab, Appaim, Aram, Ardon, Asahel, Asher, Ashur, Atarah, Attai, Azariah, Azubah, Bathshua, Benjamin, Bezaleel, Boaz, Bunah, Calcol, Caleb, Carmi, Chelubai, Dan, Dara, Darda, David, Eker, Elasah, Eleasah, Eliab, Elishama, Ephah, Ephlal, Ephratah, Ephrath, Er, Eshtaolites, Eshtaulites, Ethan, Gad, Gazez, Gesham, Geshem, Hamul, Haran, Hareph, Haroeh, Hazi-hammana-hethites, Helez, Heman, Hemath, Hezron, Hur, Ishi, Issachar, Ithrites, Jabez, Jada, Jahdai, Jair, Jamin, Jarha, Jehu, Jekamiah, Jerahmeel, Jerioth, Jesher, Jesse, Jether, Jithrites, Joab, Jonathan, Joseph, Jotham, Kenites, Korah, Levi, Maacah, Maachah, Maaz, Machir, Manahathites, Manahethites, Maon, Menahethites, Mesha, Mishraites, Molid, Moza, Nadab, Nahshon, Naphtali, Nathan, Nethaneel, Netophathites, Obed, Onam, Onan, Oren, Ozem, Pelet, Peleth, Perez, Pharez, Puhites, Puthites, Raddai, Raham, Rechab, Regem, Rekem, Reuben, Salma, Salmon, Segub, Seled, Shaaph, Shallum, Shammai, Sheber, Shelah, Shema, Sheshan, Sheva, Shimea, Shimeathites, Shimma, Shobab, Shobal, Shua, Shumathites, Simeon, Sisamai, Sucathites, Suchathites, Tamar, Tappuah, Tirathites, Tireathites, Tirhanah, Uri, Zabad, Zareathites, Zaza, Zebulun, Zerah, Zereathites, Zeruiah, Zimri, Zorathites, Zoreathites, Zorites, ZurPlaces Aram, Edom, Geshur, Gilead, Hammath, Havvoth-jair, Jabez, KenathTopics Issachar, Is'sachar, Judah, Levi, Reuben, Simeon, Sons, Zebulun, Zeb'ulunOutline 1. The sons of Israel.3. The posterity of Judah by Tamar. 13. The children of Jesse. 18. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron. 21. Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir. 25. Jerahmeel's posterity. 34. Sheshan's posterity. 42. Another branch of Caleb's posterity. 50. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Chronicles 2:1-4:23Library CanaanCanaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword. Their ancestors had already settled in it in patriarchal days. Abraham "the Hebrew" from Babylonia had bought in it a burying-place near Hebron; Jacob had purchased a field near Shechem, where he could water his flocks from his own spring. It was the "Promised Land" to which the serfs of the Pharaoh in Goshen looked forward when they should again become free men and find a new home for themselves. Canaan had ever been … Archibald Sayce—Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6. Chronicles Links 1 Chronicles 2:1 NIV1 Chronicles 2:1 NLT 1 Chronicles 2:1 ESV 1 Chronicles 2:1 NASB 1 Chronicles 2:1 KJV 1 Chronicles 2:1 Bible Apps 1 Chronicles 2:1 Parallel 1 Chronicles 2:1 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 2:1 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 2:1 French Bible 1 Chronicles 2:1 German Bible 1 Chronicles 2:1 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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