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Strong's Number G3754 matches the Greek ὅτι (hoti),
which occurs 96 times in 87 verses in '1Ch'
in the LXX Greek.
Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 4:14–1Ch 18:10)
Meonothai fathered Ophrah,
and Seraiah fathered Joab, the ancestor of those in the Craftsmen’s Valley,[fn] for they were craftsmen.
They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet, for some Hamites had lived there previously.
These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction, as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. He is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright.
Although Judah became strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright was given to Joseph.
They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.
They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him.
Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the family records of their ancestral families, for they had many wives and children.
his son Zabad,
his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead.
The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.
He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.[fn]
but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.
They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.
Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.
The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.
When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,
David said, “I would never do such a thing in the presence of my God! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives? ” For they brought it at the risk of their lives. So he would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three warriors.
Then the Spirit enveloped[fn] Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:
We are yours, David,
we are with you, son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to him who helps you,
for your God helps you.
So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, “It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all valiant warriors and commanders in the army.
At that time, men came day after day to help David until there was a great army, like an army of God.[fn]
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen — abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, herds, and flocks. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
“Then let’s bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of him[fn] in Saul’s days.”
Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled.
David was angry because of the LORD’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah,[fn] as it is still named today.
Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of David; when David heard of this, he went out to face them.
“When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”
Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before him forever.”
“For the LORD our God burst out in anger against us because you Levites were not with us the first time, for we didn’t inquire of him about the proper procedures.”
Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful.
Then the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the LORD,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD — for his faithful love endures forever.
“From the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until today I have not dwelt in a house; instead, I have moved from one tent site to another, and from one tabernacle location to another.[fn]
“In all my journeys throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar? ’
Then King David went in, sat in the LORD’s presence, and said,
Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house that you have brought me this far?
Since you, my God, have revealed to[fn] your servant that you will build him a house, your servant has found courage to pray in your presence.
So now, you have been pleased to bless your servant’s house that it may continue before you forever. For you, LORD, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever.
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,
1. 1Ch 4:14–1Ch 18:10
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