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1 Chronicles

Divrei HaYamim Aleph — “The words of the days”
HISTORY
Author / Era
Likely Ezra · written approx. 450–400 BC about events approx. 1010–970 BC
Setting
Post-exile Israel needs to remember who they are. The story retold for the returnees.
Key Figures
Adam to David in genealogy; David, the priests, the Levites
Watch For
Why so many genealogies? Because the bloodline is the proof that the promise is still alive.
Connects To
Matthew 1 · Luke 3 · Hebrews 7 (priestly lineage)

Key Verse

“Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty.”
— 1 Chronicles 29:11

Points to Christ: The Line to Bethlehem

The genealogies are the trail of breadcrumbs that lead straight to Bethlehem.

For the Fire Pit

Every name in the long lists is a survival receipt. The line was attacked. The line held. The Seed is coming.

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