Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. vv.13-15
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We continue with the genealogies starting with the names of Israel's (Jacob) twelve sons, who become the twelve tribes of Israel, all the way through to David. Notice that this chapter gives the genealogy of Judah who was fourth born to Israel, not starting with the firstborn, Rueben, that we will read later as well as the rest of the sons. This is because the line of Judah is where the Christ was to and did come through as the successor of David; Judah was therefore the chief line of Israel. Like chapter one, this chapter is a long lists of names, yet again there are details that give keys to more locked treasures in scripture. Here in verses thirteen through fifteen we read about David's family. David is mentioned to be the seventh born to his father Jesse. Yet if you remember David's calling to be proclaimed king when Samuel came to his house in 1 Samuel 16, David is the eighth son. So there seems to be a possible contradiction here in 1st Chronicles as he is said to be the seventh. Yet there are a few reasons to explain this possible difference. One son could be of a concubine and therefore not counted in the genealogy or perhaps one was a grandson of Jesse which in Hebrew is the same word for son. Seems similar to a lot of families today with so many divorces and mixed families when someone tries to explain their half-brothers and sisters or the step brothers and sisters or their adopted sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. It's confusing! But one explains family according to what they are trying to portray and here in 1 Chronicles the author is portraying the genealogy to Jesus Christ. Do you have a family that can be confusing to explain relations to everyone with?
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