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

In 1 Chronicles 1 is the first of 9 entire chapters of genealogies of the people of God and Israel right through to the exile. So with the book, A new scroll is opened - the scroll of Chronicles, which at the time of the translation into Greek doubled in size because of the addition of vowels and turned into two books.

If you thought the book of Numbers was dull - try the first 9 chapters of this book, which is entirely genealogies. In comparison Numbers didn’t have as many numbers as its title makes it sound. The genealogy starts with the very first man Adam. As boring as it seems, this is a very significant thing.

We are dealing with something authentic, traceable right back to God himself. No modern nation, or any nati ...