Characters & Episodes in 1 Chronicles
Swipe chapter-by-chapter across 1 Chronicles (29 chapters total).
1 Chronicles 2
Hezron
Son of Perez and grandson of Judah who entered Egypt with Jacob's family and carried the Messianic line forward through his son Ram.
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Chief prince of the tribe of Judah during the Exodus who presented the very first dedication offering at the Tabernacle altar and fathered Salmon in the Messianic line.
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Son of Boaz and Ruth whose birth in Bethlehem restored Naomi's empty arms and made him grandfather to King David in the Messianic lineage.
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Son of Hezron and father of Amminadab in the royal genealogy linking Judah in Egypt to the Exodus generation.
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Prince of Judah in the conquest generation who married Rahab of Jericho and fathered Boaz of Bethlehem in the Messianic lineage.
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Bathsheba
Daughter of Eliam, widow of Uriah the Hittite, and queen mother of King Solomon — through whom God redeemed a tragic royal failure into the Messianic line of Christ.
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Grandson of Josiah carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar — and later released from prison after thirty-seven years to dine at the king's table, keeping the Davidic line alive in exile.
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Firstborn son of captive King Jeconiah in Babylon and father of Zerubbabel, carrying the royal promise through the seventy-year exile.
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Eleazar, Son of Dodo
Forged from a broken outlaw in the Cave of Adullam into one of David's Three Mighty Men — who stood alone in the barley field at Pas-dammim and struck down Philistines until his hand froze to his sword.
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Josheb-basshebeth
First among King David's elite Three Mighty Men — forged in the Cave of Adullam and renowned for wielding his spear against 800 enemy soldiers whom he killed at one time.
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The Philistine Army
The iron-armed coastal invaders who assembled at Pas-dammim to plunder Israel's barley harvest — and were routed when Eleazar son of Dodo stood alone in the field until his hand froze to his sword.
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David
The shepherd boy who felled Goliath with a sling, hid with 400 outlaws in the Cave of Adullam, and became Israel's anointed warrior-king — "a man after God's own heart" whose line leads to Jesus.
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The eternal Creator, Covenant LORD (Yahweh), and righteous Judge of all the earth — who provides the Lamb, answers by fire, and reigns unrivaled on Heaven's throne.
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