Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The One Year Bible - Day 186

As we enter Chronicles, we read many of the same stories as we have in Kings. Some of them have slight differences though that are worth considering as are the meanings of people's names. One of the reasons for the genealogies is to prove that these are not fairy tales but historical stories, the other though is that as we learn what people's names mean, we can understand more about OT life. Remember Ichabod son of Phinehas? His name means, "the glory has departed" which was so relevant at the time when all sense of reverence for God had been lost. What do the other names mean?

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