Monday, June 3, 2024

1 Chronicles 7:30

1 Chronicles 7:30 says, The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.  Now we move to the tribe, or family, of Asher.  Verse thirty-one adds, And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.  We start with the sons of his youngest son's children then.  Verse thirty-two continues, And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.  We then move back to the children of the first born of Asher's grandson, which was the usual way of following the descendants if only one was mentioned.  There is no explanation why, but we don't always need to know the reason for everything God does and how he works in the world.  We just need to live by faith in Him.  Verse thirty-three states, And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.  Verse thirty-four adds, And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.  Verse thirty-five continues, And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.  I cannot find out whose brother Helem was, but we pick up with his children here.  Verse thirty-six says, The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, Verse thirty-seven adds, Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.  I also don't find a reference to Zophah or Ulla who is mentioned in verse thirty-nine.  Verse thirty-eight continues, And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.  We are given Jether's sons names.  Verse thirty-nine states, And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.  Matthew Henry didn't give much information on some of these names and whose son they might be, and Google says it is unclear whose son Uzza was, but he was in the tribe of Asher, so we will just have to accept that fact.  We may not always understand everything clearly in the Bible, but we just have to accept it as fact. Verse forty adds, All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.  We are told that there were thirty-six thousand men who were good at fighting wars and in the battles.  We want to be good at fighting the war against sin and evil in the world today if we are a part of God's family, no matter how few of us there might be.  Of course, we know that the victory has already been won

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