In this video listen to 1 Chronicles Chapter 2, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In 1 Chronicles 2 is the second of 9 entire chapters of genealogies of the people of God and Israel right through to the exile. The book of Chronicles is going to cover a lot of material already covered in Genesis, the Judges, the Kings and more. Why is there a recovering? Because this is written about six generations after the children of Israel come back from Exile.

It is a way of going over everything they know but in a new light and making sense of it all, and giving hope for the future. Who is the author? We don’t know, but we call this person the Chronicler - they lived at least six generations after the exile.

So even though portions of Chronicles are taken from other biblical authors, such as Jeremiah and Moses, w ...