About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

10/24/2023

1 Chronicles 5:1-26 The Genealogy of Reuben's Sons

 

The Genealogy of Reuben's Sons

1 Chronicles 5:1-26            The First Book of Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Reuben was the first born of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob,] (for he was the first born, but [since Reuben] defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, [Israel's] son & the genealogy [isn't recorded according to the original] birthright. 

For Judah prevailed [over] his [brothers] & an [important] ruler came [from Judah,] but the birthright was [given] to Joseph.) [*Genesis 49:10 The [scepter] shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh [comes] & the people shall [gather] to Him.] The sons of Reuben, the first born of Israel were: Hancoch, [a.k.a. Hanok,] Pallu, Hezron & Carmi, [a.k.a. Karmi.]

[Joel's descendants:] Shemaiah [was Joel's] son. Gog [was Shemaiah's] son. Shimei [was Gog's] son. Micah [was Shimei's] son. Reaia, [a.k.a. Reaiah was Micah's] son. Baal [was Reaiah's] son. Beerah [was Baal's] son, whom Tilgath Pilneser, [a.k.a. Pul, Assyria's] king, carried away [into captivity.] 

He was the prince [a.k.a. leader or chief] of the Reubenites. [These were] his [brothers] by their families, when the genealogy of [the] generations [of their family] was [recorded.] [These brothers] were the chief: Jeiel & Zechariah. 

And Bela the son of Azaz. [Azaz] was the son of Shema. [Shema] was the son of Joel, who [lived] in Aroer, even to Nebo & Baal Meon. He [resided] eastward, [up to the entrance] of the wilderness [across] from the Euphrates River, because their [livestock had] multiplied in the land of Gilead.

And [during] the days Saul [ruled,] they made war with the Hagarites, [a.k.a. Hagrites,] who [were defeated by them] & they [lived] in their tents [through] all the land east of Gilead. 

The children [family] of Gad [lived] next to them, in the land of Bashan, [as far as] Salcah, [a.k.a. Salekah.] Joel [was] the chief in Bashan; Shapham, the next [in charge; then] Jaanai [a.k.a. Janai] & Shaphat. 

The [relatives] of their [forefathers & families] were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, [a.k.a. Jakan,] Ziza, [a.ka. Zia,] & Heber, [a.k.a. Eber,] 7. These are the children of Abihail. [Abihail was] the son of Huri. 

[Huri was] the son of Jaroah. [Jaroah was] the son of Gilead. [Gilead was] the son of Michael. [Michael was] the son of Jeshishai. [Jeshishai was] the son of Jahdo. [Jahdo was] the son of Buz. [Buz was] the son of Ahi.

[Ahi was] the son of Abdiel. [Abdiel was] the son of Guni, [who was] the chief of the [family] of their fathers. The [Gadites lived] in Gilead in Bashan [in its] towns & in the suburbs of Sharon [within] their borders. 

All these were [recorded] by genealogies [during] the days of Jotham, [Judah's] king & [during] the days of Jeroboam, [Israel's] king. [Reuben's] sons, the Gatites & 1/2 [of] the tribe [family] of Manasseh, [with] 44,760 valiant men, [trained] & skillful in war & able to [carry a shield,] sword & [could] shoot with [a] bow. 

[These] went to war [against] the Hagarites, Jetur, Nephish, [a.ka. Naphish] & Nodab. [God helped them fight these] & delivered the Hagarites & all [who] were with him, into their [hands.] 

For they cried [out] to God in the battle & He [answered their prayers,] because they put their trust in [God.] They [seized] the [Hararite’s] livestock: 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys & 100,000 men [captive.] 

For many there were [killed,] because the war was of God. They [lived] in their [places,] until the captivity. The [family] of ½ tribe of Manasseh, [grew large & lived] in the land, from Bashan to Baal Hermon, [all the way to] Senir, [a.k.a. Mount Hermon.] 

These were [leaders] of the [families of their forefathers:] Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jermiah, Hodaviah & Jahdiel, famous & mighty men of valor & heads of their [forefather's families.]

They [sinned] against the [Lord] God of their [forefathers] & [were like unfaithful harlots chasing] after the gods of people of the land, whom the [the Lord] God destroyed before them. 

And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, [Assyria's] king, [a.k.a. Tigath-Pileser, who] carried away the, even the: Reubenites, Gadites & ½ the tribe of Manasseh & [Pul] brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara & to the Gozan River, to this day.