Finish were it counts!

1st Chronicles 7

We are still looking at names, names, and more names. What is interesting about this chapter is that we see six of the sons of Jacob and their descendants mentioned. The different between this chapter and chapter 4 is that there is less detail in the descendants. These tribes are of the northern part of the kingdom.

Issachar

In verses 1-5 read about the sons of Issachar and how they began to be mighty men. These were men who would be ready to serve the kingdom as well as the king in service. 

Benjamin (6-12)

We see that the sons of Benjamin were mighty as well. Two significant characters come from the line of Benjamin; Saul, the first king of Israel and Saul who would know God’s grace and later was called Paul. Also in Judges 3, Ehud, who was judge over Israel was a left-handed man. I just like that because I am left handed. In Judges 20 we see that a lot of Benjaminites were left-handed and were really good at using a sling as a weapon. 

Naphtali and Manasseh (13-18)

We see that not a lot was written about the tribe of Naptali and that might be due to some limited sources the chronicler did not have. We do know that one significant person is from this tribe and that is Barak, the general who accompanied Deborah into battle (Judges 5). 

Manasseh was mentioned already in 1st Chronicles 5 but is mentioned here as well because half stayed on the border of Israel and half entered in. 

Ephraim (20-29)

We see that Joshua is mentioned in this section of the Ephraimites. Joshua was a great leader and faithful man unto God. We also know that Samuel, the last judge and the first prophet of Israel came from the tribe of Ephraim. 

Asher (30-40)

The last tribe mentioned in this chapter is Asher, which is a cool name. This tribe also consisted of mighty men. It is somewhat sad that the north had many mighty men but fell before the southern kingdom. Issachar, Ashur, Benjamin, they all had mighty men but the Assyrians defeated them. The other sad thing is out of all of the kings of the north, Israel, none of them did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. All of them did what was evil and worshiped the false idols. If we read Luke 2:36-38 we see a woman named Anna. She is mentioned from the tribe of Asher as one who longed for the Messiah and recognized Jesus as the Messiah. 

No matter what we do in this life, whether it is mighty, significant, or special, if we do not know Christ what does it matter. You may be remembered by people and written in history books but if you do not know Christ then your name stays here. You may not be remembered on earth but if your name is found in the book of life then you will be remembered in heaven for eternity (Revelation 3:5).