And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth;
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?
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Let that judgment never be forgotten, but ever be remembered, for warning to posterity to take heed of those sins that brought it upon them. Whenever we speak of any calamity that has befallen us, it is good to add this, "it was for my transgression," that God may be justified and clear when he judges.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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 verses this one reaches1
Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
