Day 226 Reading Schedule: 1 Chronicles 10-12

1 Chronicles 10: The End of Saul

[Content Overview] From this chapter onwards, articles about David's reign appear throughout. The first half (chapters 1-9) mentioned the genealogy of the Davidic dynasty, but the main chapter deals with Saul's death. In other words, from this chapter, David's activities appear directly and Saul's genealogy is covered. Saul's death foreshadows David's full-fledged reign. By instructively mentioning Saul's death, the writer of this book naturally connects it to David's accession to the throne, which continues until 1 Chronicles 12:40. In order to introduce the glorious birth of the Davidic dynasty, this chapter briefly records the tragic downfall of the previous Saul dynasty, which includes Saul and his house that met a miserable end (verses 1-7), Saul's body humiliated by the Philistines, and It consists of the people of Jabesh Gilead who took the book and buried it (verses 8-12), and finally, the reason why Saul died (verses 13-14). This chapter clearly shows that Saul's death was not an accidental event, but was the result of God's righteous punishment for his rebellious crime.

1 Chronicles 11: David’s accession to the throne and his warriors

[Content Overview] This chapter is primarily about David's ascension to the throne. There are David ascending to the throne with the support of all Israel (verses 1-3), King David's conquest of Jerusalem (verses 4-9), and a description of three of King David's most outstanding warriors (verses 10-14). The stories of the second three men (verses 15-25) and King David's 30 warriors (verses 26-47) are recorded. This tells the story of how the foundation of David's kingdom was solidly established by defeating the Jebusites with the help of the warriors gathered under the banner of David, the hero of Israel.

1 Chronicles 12: David’s Army

[Content Overview] This chapter is the last part of the section that mentions David's enthronement. This chapter, which records the warriors who came to David to crown him as king before he became king of Israel, includes the warriors who came to David when he was suffering from King Saul (verses 1-22) and King Saul. It is composed of warriors from all the tribes of Israel who flocked to Hebron to establish David as king of Israel after his death (verses 23-40). This chapter talks about the warriors who defended David in order to show only the glorious aspect of David's dynasty along with its theocratic excellence. By doing this, they tried to show that there were many forces supporting David as king.​