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David's army was built out of defectors.

The first on the list? Saul's own family.

And 1 Chronicles 12:38 says they came "with one heart." Your English Bible almost hides it.

Day 316 · 1 Chronicles 12

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1 Chronicles 11:9: "David became more and more powerful, because the LORD Almighty was with him."

Not because he was brilliant.

Store this sentence. The last line of the Hebrew Bible comes back for it on New Year's Eve.

Day 315 · 1 Chronicles 11

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1 Chronicles 10:4: Saul falls on his own sword.

10:14: "So the LORD put him to death."

Which is it? Both.

Samuel ends the battle at the burial. Chronicles adds a verdict.

Tool 3 of 7: underline the narrator's verdict.

Day 314 · 1 Chronicles 9:35–10:14

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1 Chronicles 9:1: carried off for unfaithfulness.

21 verses later: the same people, back at God's house, holding the key.

The Hebrew says they were set there "in their faithfulness."

Your English Bible hides it.

Day 313 · 1 Chronicles 9:2–34

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No king has been crowned yet.

And 1 Chronicles 9:1 tells you how it ends: Babylon, "because of their unfaithfulness."

But the same sentence starts: "All Israel was listed."

The verdict is true. The names are still written.

Day 312 · 1 Chronicles 8:1–9:1

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A father loses two sons in one raid.

He names the next one Beriah: "misfortune."

Six verses later, the same line produces Joshua.

Misfortune is in the record. It isn't the end of the line.

Day 311 · 1 Chronicles 7

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It's Friday, but Sunday is coming! We’d love to welcome you to Christ Church Hemel this weekend. 🙌

To help you prepare, why not:
📖 Read the passage
🙏🏻 Pray for the preacher
🎶 Listen to the songs we are going to sing

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The one tribe that never owned a patch of land sits right in the middle of Israel's family tree.

Why?

Because the house of God is at the centre. Everything else is arranged around it.

Day 310 · 1 Chronicles 6

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Same three tribes, five verses apart.

Verse 20: they cried out, God answered, because they trusted him.

Verse 25: "But."

An answered prayer years ago doesn't carry you now.

Tool 2 of 7: track the repeated word.

Day 309 · 1 Chronicles 5

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His mother named him Pain.

He prays the first prayer in Chronicles.

The famous Jabez prayer isn't a formula. The weight isn't on his words. It's on the last line: "And God granted his request."

Day 308 · 1 Chronicles 4

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A royal family tree that keeps going for generations after the last king.

Sons, but no successors.

That isn't the scribe running on. It's the whole point.

The record did not stop.

Day 307 · 1 Chronicles 3