1 CHRONICLES LESSON 2


     We will begin this lesson in I Chronicles 1:24  "Shem, Arphaxad,
Shelah,"

     In the last lesson, we stopped momentarily to speak of the sons
of Joktan. Now, the lineage goes back, again, repeating Shem, son of
Noah that the Lord Jesus would come through. Arphaxad and Shelah are
repeated, also.

     I Chronicles 1:25 "Eber, Peleg, Reu,"

     Eber and Peleg are repeated, again. We will begin the lineage
again with Reu. In the book of Luke, he is spoken of as Ragau. The
name "Reu" means friend.

     I Chronicles 1:26 "Serug, Nahor, Terah,"

     Serug is the great-grand-father of Abraham. He was 30 years old
when Nahor was born. Serug is called Saruch in other Scriptures.
"Nahor" means snorting, or snoring. Nachor is the same Nahor. Terah
was born in Ur of the Chaldees. He lived there all of his life. We
read from the Scriptures that Terah was an idolater. Joshua 24:2 "And
Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even]
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they
served other gods."

     I Chronicles 1:27 "Abram; the same [is] Abraham."

     "Abram" means high father. "Abraham" means father of a great
multitude. Abram married his half-sister, Sarai, and God changed their
names to Sarah and Abraham and gives them a son {Isaac} who the
blessings would continue through. All believers are spiritually
associated with Abraham, because of their mutual belief. Galatians
3:29 "And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs
according to the promise." The believers in Christ are the multitudes.

     I Chronicles 1:28 "The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael."

     Ishmael was the first born of Abraham, but was not his heir. He
was born of Hagar {servant girl of Sarah}. Hagar was an Egyptian.
Ishmael was the son of the flesh. He was not the son the blessings
would flow through. Isaac was the son of promise. He was the son of
the spirit, that the promises from God would flow through. "Isaac"
means laughter. He was a miracle from God, that came when Abraham and
Sarah were very old. Genesis 21:12  "And God said unto Abraham, Let it
not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy
bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her
voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called."  The spiritual
blessings from God would come through Isaac.

     I Chronicles 1:29  "These [are] their generations: The firstborn
of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,"
I Chronicles 1:30 "Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,"
I Chronicles 1:31 "Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of
Ishmael."

     It is interesting that Ismael had 12 sons. They were Arabians.
Ishmael's blessings were earthly blessings, and not of a spiritual
nature. His sons settled from Havilah unto Shur. This was near Egypt
and Assyria. These twelve sons were princes and had castles. They were
founders of the Arab nations of today. Ishmael lived 137 years. We
will not dwell on these in this lesson, because we are tracing the
lineage that leads to David.

     I Chronicles 1:32  "Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine:
she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and
Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan." I Chronicles 1:33
"And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these [are] the sons of Keturah."

     Abraham married Keturah after Sarah died. This is speaking of his
family with Keturah. She is spoken of as a concubine here, but as a
wife in other Scriptures.  It is very obvious from the Scriptures in
Genesis, that Keturah's children were, also, of the flesh, and not the
spirit. Her descendents would not inherit the spiritual blessings that
would come through the promised son, Isaac. These sons and grandsons
seemed to be Arabians.

     I Chronicles 1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac;
Esau and Israel.

     Esau was the firstborn, but the blessing would not come through
him, because he had no regard for his birthright. Esau will be the
founder of Edom, or the Edomites. The blessing will come through
Israel {Jacob}. The rest of this chapter is devoted to the sons of the
flesh through Esau. These are their children and grandchildren.

     I Chronicles 1:35  "The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush,
and Jaalam, and Korah."

     "Eliphaz" means God of gold, or God is fine gold. "Reuel" means
friend of God, or God is a friend. Jeush was the first of the three
sons of Esau by Aholibamah. Jaalam was the second son. Korah was the
third son. It was in his tribe, where "duke" began to mean tribe head.
All of these sons were Edomites.

     I Chronicles 1:36 "The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi,
and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek."

     These names of these sons of Eliphaz are, also, names of Edomite
villages. The tribes and the villages they controlled, were named for
them.

     I Chronicles 1:37 "The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah."
     Each son of Ishmael had sons who headed up these tribes.

     I Chronicles 1:38 "And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and
Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan." I Chronicles 1:39
"And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan's
sister."  I Chronicles 1:40 "The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah."

     These were all Edomites, and they each had towns and tribes named
for them. There is one girl in these names, Timna. The capital of
Qataban was named for her. She is thought to be the mother of Amalek.

     I Chronicles 1:41 "The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of
Dishon; Amram, and Esh-ban, and Ithran, and Cheran." I Chronicles 1:42
"The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, [and] Jakan. The sons of Dishan;
Uz, and Aran."

     These were all princes, sheiks, kings, or dukes of these various
tribes of Edom. They are all Arabs descended from Ishmael.

     I Chronicles 1:43  "Now these [are] the kings that reigned in the
land of Edom before [any] king reigned over the children of Israel;
Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah."

     God was the king of the 12 tribes of Israel. They were not to
have earthly kings. The Edomites blessings were of the earth, they
were flesh descendents of Abraham. They were not instructed not to
have kings. Their blessings were for the earth. Bela was a Chaldean
and reigned in Edom by conquest.

     I Chronicles 1:44 "And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead." I Chronicles 1:45 "And when Jobab was
dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead."
I Chronicles 1:46 "And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad,
which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the
name of his city [was] Avith."

     All of these kings and dukes are listed to show us exactly where
the opposition to Israel comes from. The flesh {represented by the
numerous descendents of Ishmael} have been enemies with the spiritual
line of Isaac from the time here, even unto current times. The flesh
and the spirit will war, until the end of time on this earth.

     I Chronicles 1:47 "And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his stead."  I Chronicles 1:48 "And when Samlah was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead."  I Chronicles
1:49 "And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in
his stead." I Chronicles 1:50 "And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad
reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pai; and his
wife's name [was] Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of
Mezahab."

     All of this is shown to show how one generation dies off, and
another comes in their place. The kings are kings, because their
fathers were kings, not because they are qualified to be kings.
"Hadad" is a name meaning king. It is a name very similar to Pharaoh.
Pai has nothing else written about it, except what is here.

     I Chronicles 1:51  "Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were;
duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth," I Chronicles 1:52 "Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon," I Chronicles 1:53 "Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman, duke Mibzar,"  I Chronicles 1:54 "Duke Magdiel, duke Iram.
These [are] the dukes of Edom."

     These eleven dukes of Edom, here, are speaking of them as being
heads of tribes of Edom. These are, probably, names of people, but
they are, also, the names of the tribes and, possibly, names of the
towns where they ruled their people from. In this first chapter, we
have covered over 2,000 years from the birth of Adam.  These dukes
were reigning about 2,300 years {give or take a few years} after the
birth of Adam.





































                        1 Chronicles 2 Questions


1.  What lineage does this lesson deal with?
2.  What is another name for Reu?
3.  What does "Reu" mean?
4.  Who is Serug?
5.  What does "Nahor" mean?
6.  Where was Terah born?
7.  Quote Joshua chapter 24 verse 2.
8.  Abram; the same is _____________.
9.  What does "Abram" mean?
10. What does "Abraham" mean?
11. Who did Abram marry?
12. Sarai was his ____________ _________.
13. What was their son's name, who the blessings would come through?
14. Quote Galatians chapter 3 verse 29.
15. Who was Ishmael?
16. Who was his mother?
17. Ishmael was the son of the __________.
18. What does "Isaac" mean?
19. In ________ shall thy seed be called.
20. How many sons did Ishmael have?
21. All of them were _____________.
22. Who did Abraham marry, after Sarah died?
23. Which of Jacob's sons was the firstborn?
24. Esau is the father of the ____________.
25. What does "Eliphaz" mean?
26. Who was King of the twelve tribes of Israel?
27. Who ruled over the Edomites?
28. How many dukes of Edom are there in verses 51 through 54?
29. What other things are these named, besides people?
30. About how many years after the birth of Adam did the dukes reign?