Questionnaire
BECAUSE OF THEIR BREACH OF FAITH
1 Chronicles 1-9
Key verse 9:1
I. From Adam to the Descendants of David (Ch. 1 - Ch. 3)
- Describe the descendants of Adam (1-34). Who are the main characters and why? Who were Esau’s descendants? (35-54)
- Describe the descendants of Judah (2:1-55) and David (3:1-24). What does this testify about the LORD’s covenant with David? (2Sa 7:12-13)
II. The Genealogy of the Twelve Tribes (Ch. 4 - Ch. 8)
- Describe the descendants of Judah again (4:1-23). Who was Jabez and why do you think the author mentions his prayer? (4:9-10) What does the author say about the descendants of Simeon? (4:24-43)
- Why did Reuben lose his birthright? (5:1-2) What does the author say about the three tribes: Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh? (5:3-24) Yet, what happened to them and why? (5:25-26)
- Who were the descendants of Levi and what were their duties? (6:1-53) Where did they dwell and why? (6:54-81) Why do you think the author mentions the tribe of Levi in such a detail?
- What does the author say about the tribe of Issachar and Benjamin? (7:1-12; 8:1-40; 9:35-44) How about the tribes of Naphtali, Ephraim, and Asher? (9:13-40)
III. The List of the Returned Exiles (Ch. 9)
- Why was Judah taken into exile in Babylon? (9:1-2) Describe the list of the returned exiles and their numbers (9:1-34). What were the Levites in charge of? (9:17-34)
- What do you think the purpose of this book is? What does this passage mean to us?
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