Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Did it surprise you that we started another new book today?

Welcome to First Chronicles.

We'll be popping in and out of this book over the next month.

Then we'll drop in and out of Second Chronicles for the three months after that.

These two books used to be one book, but they were divided because of scroll length.

In our chronological timeline, we're currently at the time of David, which is roughly 1,000 years BC. time were

written at the time of David, which is roughly 1,000 years, B.C.

to chronicle Israel's history, like the Bible Recap,

but before podcast and much more condensed. and on a scroll. So every time we

drop into this book we'll be getting a little bonus recap about something we just

read. The purpose of Chronicles is to remind Israel where they came from which should also serve to give them hope for the future.

In a few days, I'll tell you why it was so important for them to have this book and these genealogy specifically.

The book starts us way back at the beginning. In fact, the first word of

First Chronicles 1-1 is Adam. This is going to be such a good refresher for us and I

believe it will really help us to commit more of this to memory as well as stir up a few things in our hearts.

So don't tap out here if some of this feels repetitive.

You don't want a little repetition to knock you off your game. In fact, reps are how you develop strength. Keep looking for God and for new things each day even in the things that feel familiar or boring.

But for what it's worth, Chronicles does spice things up a bit. It adds in some new stories that aren't recorded elsewhere and it leaves a few things out as well.

Typically Chronicles adds positive stories and subtracts negative ones.

That may sound deceptive, but one thing I love about the Bible is that it doesn't

let Chronicles off the hook. God has given us other books to help flesh out the story

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