1 Chronicles 2:13

1 Chronicles 2:13 says, And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,  These next few verses are a record of the sons of Jesse, of whom David was one, but not the firstborn.  Usually, the firstborn had the place of prominence in the family.  Our physical birth order in not what is important, but our rebirth into the family of God and faithfulness to Him is what does matter.  Verse fourteen adds, Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Verse fifteen continues, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:  David was actually the seventh born son of Jesse, but he was the one that God chose to work through.  Verse sixteen states, Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.  These three would play a prominent role in Israel. We now have the record two sisters and their children.  The second, Abigail.  Verse seventeen adds, And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. Verse eighteen says, And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.  Next, we have the descendants of Caleb listed.  Verse nineteen adds, And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.  After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur.  Verse twenty continues, And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.  We are then given the names of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Caleb.  Verse twenty-one states, And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.  We then return to Hezron, who married the daughter of Machir, who was also Gilead's father.  He was sixty years old at the time and she and he had a son named Segub.  We are not told her name.  It seems that sometimes in the Old Testament that women weren't as important as men, but we know that to God they are equally important.  Verse twenty-two adds, And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.  We are told that Jair had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead, so he would have been a fairly strong leader.  Verse twenty-three continues, And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.  Verse twenty-four concludes, And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.  After his death, Hezron still had another son named Ashur, the father of Tekoa.  His lineage increased even after his death, and our reaching of people for Christ might continue even after we die if we have left a good legacy.  Still, for the most part, it is what we do in this lifetime that will reach people for Jesus Christ or turn them away from Him, which we never want to be the cause of.