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Episode 156: From Adam to David

1 Chronicles 1-29

1 1-54 A genealogy from Adam to Abraham

2 1-55 The descendants of Jacob (Israel)

3 1-9 David's sons (and wives)

10-24 The descendants of Solomon

4 1-43 The descendants of Judah and Simeon

5 1-12 The descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh

6 1-30 The descendants of Levi

31-38 David's musicians

49-81 The descendants of Aaron

7 1-29 The descendants of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher

8 1-40 The descendants of Benjamin and Saul

9 1-44 Those who returned from Babylon

10 1-14 The death of Saul and his sons (1 Sam 31:1-13, Ep.116)

11 1-9 David becomes king of Israel (2 Sam 5:1-3, Ep.119)

10-47 David's mighty men (2 Sam 23:8-39, Ep.130)

12 1-40 David's hideout from Saul (1 Sam 27-30, Ep.115 and 116)

13 1-4 God kills Uzza for protecting the ark (2 Sam 6:1-7, Ep.120)

14 1-7 David's wives and sons in Jerusalem (1-7)

8-14 God helps David smite the Philistines (2 Sam 5:17-25, Ep. 119)

15 1-28 The ark is brought to Jerusalem

16 1-43 The ark is put in the tent

17 1-27 David, God, and Nathan talk about houses and stuff

18 1-17 God gave David victory wherever he went (2 Sam 8:1-14, Ep.121)

19 1-19 David fights Ammon and Syria (2 Sam 10:1-19, Ep.121)

20 1-3 David tortures the children of Ammon (2 Sam 12:26-31, Ep.123)

4-8 More wars and giant killing (2 Sam 20:15-22, Ep.129)

21 1-6 Satan inspired David to have a census. (2 Sam 24:1-9, Ep. 130)

7-21 God kills 70,000 men because of David's census (2 Sam 24:10-, Ep. 130)

22 1-5 David prepares to build a house for God

6-19 David tells Solomon to build God's house

23 1-32 David makes Solomon king

24 1-31 A list of priests and Levites

25 1-31 A list of musicians

26 1-32 A list of porters, treasurers, and businessmen

27 1-34 A list of military officers

28 1-21 David gives Solomon the plans for building God's house

29 1-27 David speaks and prays

28-30 David dies

A few more words about this episode

Correction: Carole asked at about 4:40 or so if 1 Chronicles uses the term "so and so begat so and so," and I said (wrongly) that it doesn't use that term. Well, I don't know what I was thinking, but I was wrong about that. It might be that I was using the New Revised Standard Updated Edition when preparing for this episode, but 1 Chronicles uses the begat phrase more than 50 times in the first nine chapters of the King James Version.

First and Second Chronicles were written after the books of Samuel and Kings, and tell many of the same stories. So unless something new or interesting is included in these books, I won't repeat them here. I have, however, provided links to the stories in the books of Samuel and Kings, as well as the corresponding podcast episodes.

There are also many passages that are too boring or uninteresting to include in the podcast. These are mentioned in the podcast text, with links to the passages in the SAB.

But what is most noticeable in the two Chronicles books is not what is in them. It's what is left out. Here is a list of things that are included in the books of Samuel and Kings that are not mentioned in First Chronicles:

  1. Samuel's miraculous birth and childhood. (1 Sam 1-3, Ep.101)
  2. The Philistines steal the ark and kill Samuel's sons. (1 Sam 4, Ep.102)
  3. God smites the Philistines with hemorrhoids in their secret parts. (1 Sam 5:6-12, Ep.103)
  4. Five golden hemorrhoids (1 Sam 6:1-18, Ep.104)
  5. God kills 50,070 Israelites for looking into the ark (1 Sam 6:19-21, Ep.104)
  6. Saul chops up some oxen and sends the pieces to the twelve tribes of Israel (1 Sam 11:6-10, Ep.105)
  7. The Amalekite (incomplete) genocide (1 Sam 15:1-9, Ep.107)
  8. God rejects Saul as king for not killing all the Amalekites (1 Sam 15:10-31, Ep.107)
  9. Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord (1 Sam 15:32-35, Ep.107)
  10. An evil spirit from God plagues Saul (1 Sam 16:14-23, Ep.108)
  11. David kills Goliath (1 Sam 17:1-58, Ep.109)
  12. Jonathan and David (were lovers?) (1 Sam 18:1-4, Ep.110)
  13. Saul and David compete (to see who can kill more people) (1 Sam 18:5-16, Ep.110)
  14. David's first wife, Michal, whom David bought for 200 Philistine foreskins (1 Sam 18:17-31, Ep.110)
  15. Saul tries to kill David (1 Sam 19:1-17, Ep.111)
  16. Saul, the naked prophet (1 Sam 19:18-24, Ep.111)
  17. The special relationship between Jonathan and David (1 Sam 20:1-42, Ep.111)
  18. David flees to Nob and lies to get holy bread and Goliath's sword (1 Sam 21:1-9, Ep.112)
  19. David flees to Gath (where he acts insane) (1 Sam 21:10-15, Ep.112)
  20. God tells David to smite the Philistines (1 Sam 23:1-5, Ep.113)
  21. God warns David (via ephod) about Saul (1 Sam 23:6-12, Ep.113)
  22. Jonathan and David have a secret meeting (1 Sam 23:13-18, Ep.113)
  23. Saul chases David around a mountain (1 Sam 23:19-29, Ep.113)
  24. David cuts off Saul's skirt while he's going to the bathroom (1 Sam 23:1-4, Ep.113)
  25. God kills Nabal and gives his wife, Abigail, to David (1 Sam 25, Ep.114)
  26. David takes Saul's spear and water while he's sleeping (1 Sam 26:1-25, Ep.115)
  27. David commits random acts of genocide for the Philistines (1 Sam 27:1-12, Ep.115)
  28. Saul visits a woman from Endor (1 Sam 28:1-10, Ep.115)
  29. Samuel rises from the dead to give Saul the bad news (1 Sam 28:11-25, Ep.115)
  30. David wanted to fight with the Philistines against the Israelites (but the Philistines wouldn't let him) (1 Sam 29:1-11, Ep.116)
  31. The Amalekites attack Ziklag (and the people decide to stone David) (1 Sam 30:1-6, Ep.116)
  32. David asks God what to do (God tells him to go kill the Amalekites) (1 Sam 30:7-8, Ep.116)
  33. David slaughters the Amalekites (and gets back all his stuff) (1 Sam 30:9-31, Ep.116)
  34. David kills the messenger (a kind Amalekite) (2 Sam 1:1-16, Ep.117)
  35. David's six wives in Hebron (2 Sam 3:2-5, Ep.118)
  36. David steals Michal from her husband (2 Sam 3:12-16, Ep.118)
  37. Ishbosheth's head is brought to David (2 Sam 4:7-8, Ep.119)
  38. David kills Rechab and Baanah, cuts off their hands and feet, and hangs their bodies over the pool (2 Sam 4:9-12, Ep.119)
  39. David dances nearly naked in front of God and everybody (2 Sam 6:8-15, Ep.120)
  40. Michal is disgusted by David's performance (2 Sam 6:16-23, Ep.120)
  41. David impregnates Bathsheba (2 Sam 11:2-5, Ep.122)
  42. David has Uriah killed (2 Sam 11:6-25, Ep.122)
  43. God kills a baby (2 Sam 12:15-23, Ep.123)
  44. Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar (2 Sam 13:1-19, Ep.124)
  45. Absalom kills Amnon for raping his sister (2 Sam 13:20-39, Ep.124)
  46. Absalom conspires against David (2 Sam 15:1-12, Ep.125)
  47. David runs away (leaving his concubines to keep house) (2 Sam 15:13-37, Ep.125)
  48. Absalom has sex with his father's ten concubines (in front of all the people) (2 Sam 16:15-23, Ep.126)
  49. David punishes his concubines (for being publicly raped by his son Absalom) (2 Sam 20:3, Ep.128)
  50. Joab murders Amasa by smiting him under the fifth rib (2 Sam 20:4-14, Ep.128)
  51. Sheba is decapitated and his head is thrown over the wall (2 Sam 20:15-26, Ep.128)
  52. Seven of Saul's sons are hung up before the Lord (2 Sam 21:1-46, Ep.129)
  53. A virgin is found to give David some heat (1 Kings 1:1-4, Ep.131)
  54. David's last words: Murder Joab and Shimei (1 Kings 2:1-9, Ep.132)
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