LESSON 16: THE ARK AND THE TEMPLE,
SOLOMON’S PRAYER OF DEDICATION, AND A GREAT FESTIVAL (2 CHR. 5-8)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 18 WORKSHEET
Israel’s Postexilic History:
Preparing for the Arrival of the
Messiah
A Study of
1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
LESSON 18: EGYPT INVADES ISRAEL, JEROBOAM AND THE
NORTHERN KINGDOM, AND ASA AND THE ETHIOPIANS (2 CHR. 12-14)
LESSON 18 QUESTIONS:
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 17 WORKSHEET
Israel’s Postexilic History:
Preparing for the Arrival of the
Messiah
A Study of
1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
LESSON 17: A QUEEN COMES TO JERUSALEM—REHOBOAM AND
THE KINGDOM (2 CHR. 9-11)
LESSON 17 QUESTIONS:
Friday, January 6, 2012
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY--LESSON 15 NOTES
LESSON 15: SOLOMON’S KINGDOM, THE TEMPLE
AND ITS FURNISHING (2 CHR. 1-4)
First and Second Chronicles were considered as one book in the Hebrew
canon. 2 Chronicles, chapter 1 concerns itself with the reign of Solomon, a
very proper sequel to 1 Chronicles, chapter 29. 2 Chronicles 1:1 repeats 1 Chronicles 29:25. “Jehovah magnified Solomon
exceedingly.” In the transfer of authority from David to Solomon, the young
king had every advantage which would promise a highly successful reign.[1]
Monday, January 2, 2012
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 14 NOTES
LESSON 14: DAVID’S MILITARY ORGANIZATION,
HIS COUNSELORS, HIS CHARGE TO SOLOMON, AND HIS DEATH (1 CHR. 27-29)
David’s
consuming interest late in his life was the Temple. Having furnished Solomon
with the pattern, David prayed for his people and set Solomon on the throne.[1]
There are
two records of David's charge to Solomon, and Solomon's being made king. The
reason there are two records is this: Adonijah, a son of David, sought to usurp
the throne from Solomon (1 Kings 1:17-18). David was informed of this by
Bathsheba and Nathan the prophet (1 Kings 1:11-27). Then David swore unto
Bathsheba, "Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day" (1
Kings 1:30).[2]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 16 WORKSHEETS
Israel’s Postexilic History:
Preparing for the Arrival of the
Messiah
A Study of
1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
LESSON 16: THE ARK AND THE TEMPLE, SOLOMON’S PRAYER
OF DEDICATION, AND A GREAT FESTIVAL (2 CHR. 5-8)
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 15 WORKSHEET
Israel’s Postexilic History:
Preparing for the Arrival of the
Messiah
A Study of
1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
LESSON 15: SOLOMON’S KINGDOM, THE TEMPLE AND ITS
FURNISHINGS (2 CHR. 1-4)
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 13 NOTES
LESSON 13: THE MUSICIANS, DOORKEEPERS,
AND STEWARDS OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY (1 CHR. 25-26)
CHAPTER 25
As he had
done on previous occasions, David gathered all of his counselors (captains of
the host) to assist in the appointments of the musicians and singers.[1]
This was not a military matter, but it did concern the princes, the heads of
tribes and other principal leaders. Three important families among the Hebrews
provided the personnel for the corps of musicians. Asaph was a Gershonite
Levite. Heman belonged to the Kohathite family. Jeduthun was a Merarite. In
these three men all of the tribe of Levi was represented. From these three
branches of the tribe of Levi a choir numbering two hundred and eighty-eight
was selected and trained (verse 7). The
specific assignment for the musicians was that they should prophesy with harps,
with psalteries, and with cymbals (verse 1). Their ministry is described as “prophesying.” Like the seventy
elders who assisted Moses by prophesying when Israel murmured against Jehovah
(Numbers 11:16-30), so these men
were to speak out for Jehovah, to declare His wonder through sacred music and
song. In like manner, Jeduthun’s six sons (verse 3), who with their father were master harpists “Prophesied in
giving thanks and praising Jehovah.” Heman’s fourteen sons (verse 4) were trained in the use of the horn
(or trumpet), These sons were under their father’s direction. Heman was also
regarded as a seer. Samuel filled this office at the time when Saul sought his
father’s lost asses (1 Samuel 9:9). The
seer was able by divine help to give direction to men. All of these men and
their sons were trained in “the words of God” (verse 5). Their music was useful only
in connection with the “word.”[2]
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 12 NOTES
LESSON 12: DAVID’S ORGANIZATION OF THE
LEVITES (1 CHR. 23-24)
The
Levites were numbered, according to the rule in Moses' time, from thirty years
old to fifty (Num. 4:2-3). Their numbers in Moses' time, by this rule, were
"eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore" (Num. 4:47-48). In 1
Chr. 23:24 we are told that the Levites were numbered "from the age of
twenty years and upward." It appears that this was a different ordinance
from that mentioned in Num. 4:3. At first he appointed the Levites to serve
from thirty years and upward: now it was from twenty years. These were David's
last orders: "For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered
from twenty years old and above" (1 Chr. 23:27). Since this was by the
direction of God this change was approved by God.[1]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 11 NOTES
LESSON 11: A MILITARY CENSUS AND A PLAGUE
(1 CHR. 21-22)
1 Chr.
21:1-17 – David Numbers Israel
We must
remember that it was Satan who provoked David to number Israel. "And Satan
stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel" (1 Chr.
21:1). Joab, though guilty of some terrible crimes, in this incident gave David
good advice, but the king was so determined to number Israel that he rejected
Joab's advice. Joab attempted to reason with David but to no avail. "And
Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they
be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then doth
my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?"
(1 Chr. 21:3). That David sinned in numbering Israel is certain for we read:
"And God was displeased with this thing: therefore he smote Israel"
(1 Chr. 21:7). David also freely confessed that he had sinned: "And David
said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now,
I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant: for I have done
foolishly" (1 Chr. 21:8). David further admitted his sin as the angel was
about to destroy Jerusalem:
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