And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
The verse names Kedesh with her suburbs and Daberath with her suburbs, the suburbs being their surrounding settlements, among the towns assigned in connection with the tribe of Issachar. It stands in the genealogical records and long lists of names and tribal genealogies in the opening chapters of 1 Chronicles, in chapters 4-6 and extending through the first eight or nine chapters and on to chapter 19. Those genealogical records were needed after the exile to establish hereditary claims to land and hereditary duties in temple service. The long record deals largely with chronology.
The lists and genealogies of the various tribes have occasional matters of special interest thrown in. The record shows the preservation of the records of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, with the genealogy of the tribe of Judah kept especially carefully because Christ came through Judah. Its place in these records illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of every soul is kept in the books of heaven. As part of a long list of names, the verse brings comfort by showing that God remembers people who have long been forgotten by others.
As part of the long lists of names, the verse is seldom read in family worship or private devotions because its use is hard to see. The verse is fully inspired even though not all of the Bible is equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances. The verse holds deep things put there to interest scholars, serving the study of ethnology and the origin and distribution of races, with pearls of spiritual truth scattered along the way so that those seeking only human knowledge may find what is divine.
The verse names Kedesh with her suburbs and Daberath with her suburbs, the suburbs being their surrounding settlements, among the towns assigned in connection with the tribe of Issachar. It stands in the genealogical records and long lists of names and tribal genealogies in the opening chapters of 1 Chronicles, in chapters 4-6 and extending through the first eight or nine chapters and on to chapter 19. Those genealogical records were needed after the exile to establish hereditary claims to land and hereditary duties in temple service. The long record deals largely with chronology.
The lists and genealogies of the various tribes have occasional matters of special interest thrown in. The record shows the preservation of the records of God's children and the integrity of the tribes, with the genealogy of the tribe of Judah kept especially carefully because Christ came through Judah. Its place in these records illustrates that God is particular and that a faithful record of every soul is kept in the books of heaven. As part of a long list of names, the verse brings comfort by showing that God remembers people who have long been forgotten by others.
As part of the long lists of names, the verse is seldom read in family worship or private devotions because its use is hard to see. The verse is fully inspired even though not all of the Bible is equally interesting and valuable to all persons and under all circumstances. The verse holds deep things put there to interest scholars, serving the study of ethnology and the origin and distribution of races, with pearls of spiritual truth scattered along the way so that those seeking only human knowledge may find what is divine.