1 Chronicles 5:1
Reuben’s Descendants
5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –
(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.
1 Chronicles 10:4
10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.”
But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
1 Chronicles 11:18-19
11:18 So the three elite warriors
broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the
Lord
11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this!
Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?”
Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
1 Chronicles 12:17
12:17 David went out to meet them and said,
“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you.
But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you,
may the God of our ancestors
take notice and judge!”
1 Chronicles 15:2
15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the
Lord chose them to carry the ark of the
Lord and to serve before him perpetually.
1 Chronicles 17:6
17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say
to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,
‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
1 Chronicles 19:3
19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy?
No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”
1 Chronicles 19:19
19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
1 Chronicles 21:3
21:3 Joab replied, “May the
Lord make his army
a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”
1 Chronicles 22:8
22:8 But the
Lord said to me:
‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me,
for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.
1 Chronicles 22:18
22:18 He told them,
“The
Lord your God is with you!
He has made you secure on every side,
for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region
and the region
is subdued before the
Lord and his people.
1 Chronicles 29:1
The People Contribute to the Project
29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
1 Chronicles 29:25
29:25 The
Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.