Devotions from 1 Chronicles

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:25-26 The tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh were the first to lose their land and go into exile. They were the most remote part of Israel, and along with the other northern tribes…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 7-10 Meditation Verses: 10:13-14 Saul died because he didn't faithfully carry out the Lord's instructions. He didn't trust God, especially in things he didn't fully understand. His first major sin was fearing that his men would depart and the Philistines come…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 11-14 Meditation Verse: 14:2 David loved God and honored God in all that he did. He understood that he was to rule for God and for the good of the people, to make sure they had what they needed and knew…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 15-18 Meditation Verses: 17:16-18 David cared more about the Lord and honoring Him in every way possible, that he was embarrassed to be living in a house better than the Lord's. He knew that the Lord had established and honored him…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 19-22 Meditation Verses: 19:2-4 Assuming the worst about someone is bad enough. Doing evil to them without provocation is even worse. God is as jealous for His people as David was, and He will pay back those who impute evil motives…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 23-26 Meditation Verses: 26:30-32 The tabernacle hadn't moved for hundreds of years, from the time it was set up at Gibeon after Joshua brought the Israelites into the land. So most of the Levites had nothing to do. They had formerly…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 27 - 2 Chronicles 1 Meditation Verses: 1 Chronicles 29:18-19 It's interesting that David would pray this, because back in Genesis, God said that every inclination of the thoughts of men were only evil all the time. David prays that God…

Passage Read: 2 Kings 24 - 1 Chronicles 2 Meditation Verse: 1 Chronicles 2:55 If this is the same Recab, who fathered the Recabites, who were not to drink wine or live in cities, then they were from the people of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenites!…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 3-6 Meditation Verses: 4:41-43 Evidently Hezekiah's reforms sparked new boldness in some of the people to continue the Lord's command to wipe out the remaining original inhabitants of Canaan, as well as continue the Lord's eternal war with Amalek. Some from…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 7-10 Meditation Verses: 10:13-14 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He wasn't careful with the Lord's instructions, but altered them as the situation seemed to indicate to him. He justified his disobedience by his circumstances and by what…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 11-14 Meditation Verse: 14:8 Victory does not come without testing. David was finally announced king; God finally fulfilled His promise to him. But no sooner had he united the country, then the Philistines attacked. They probably felt foolish, because David had…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 15-18 Meditation Verse: 17:10 David couldn't bear the thought of the Lord sitting on His throne in a tent, while David sat on a throne in a cedar house. It was wrong that he should enjoy comforts that the Lord didn't.

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 19-22 Meditation Verses: 21:1-2 While this gives no excuse for sin, it is hopeful to know that even when I fail, the Lord can bring good from it. The end of this story is the establishment of the temple location. Though…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 23-26 Meditation Verse: 23:4 David appointed the Levites to new duties, since they no longer had to transport the Tabernacle. Among those duties were to be judges, which I assume also meant teachers, since you can't judge people by laws they…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 27 - 2 Chronicles 1 Meditation Verse: 1 Chronicles 29:17 The Lord tests the heart and is pleased with integrity. He looks for deeds done willingly and with an honest intent. He seeks purity of heart, an honest and good heart,…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:25-26 At one point in the record, the three tribes east of the Jordan were doing valiantly, trusting in God for victory over the Hagrites, but a few sentences later, a few generations later, and they were unfaithful…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 7-10 Meditation Verse: 7:2 This chapter in particular makes mention of the mighty men of valor repeatedly. This generation of this family or this generation of this tribe. Of course it speaks of men of war, who are always considered men…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 11-14 Meditation Verses: 13:12-14 The Lord is both very good and at the same time very frightening! David has been so blessed by the Lord, now made king, prospering, and he desires to seek the Lord more and better than before,…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 15-18 Meditation Verses: 17:4-6 The Lord had no permanent structure within which to dwell, but went about among the people, moving from tent to tent and one dwelling to another. While His people built houses and settled down, the Lord chose…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 19-22 Meditation Verses: 22:18-19 With peace and prosperity come the opportunity to serve the Lord wholeheartedly and to build His house. When God brings peace to a people, and they no longer need to be worried for their own lives, then…

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 23-26 Meditation Verses: 23:30-31 Certain Levites were set apart to sing thanks and praise to the Lord at the time of the morning and evening sacrifices. The sacrifices were offered to the Lord on behalf of the nation, and they were…