And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk2
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Chronicles 11:41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
leads to
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.
At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches1
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
