Tuesday   18-June                  1 Chronicles 19-21; Ps 77; 1 Corinthians 9

1 Chronicles 19:  Who rented vehicles and why?

1 Chronicles 20:  What did David do during this military campaign against Rabbah?

1 Chronicles 21: What did David do and why?  Who proved to fear God more in this passage? What was the penalty for carrying out the census? 

1 Corinthians 9: Paul seems to be responding to a criticism. What do you think he was criticized for? What metaphor does Paul use?

Journal Prompt: If you consider your calling to bring others to Christ, how are you running your race?

Answers:

1 Chronicles 19: The Ammonites disgraced Israel by disgracing the envoys that David sent to comfort Hanun after the death of his father, Nahash.  It dawned on them that their actions would result in an attack from Israel, so they rented chariots “They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah”

1 Chronicles 20:  As we learned in the Bible Project video, the book (our books) of Chronicles is written to highlight King David’s triumphs.  We read in verse 1 that David did not lead his troops in battle as was the custom.  There is no mention of the affair with Bathsheba and the assassination of Uriah, but this is most likely when that occurred.

1 Chronicles 21:  David decided to take a census to determine the size of his army.  We read that it was Satan who incited David.  Joab, his uncle and his chief military general begged him not to do this as he knew this was not from the Lord.  He was ordered by his king to go through with it, but he did not include the tribes of Benjamin (his own) or the Levites. The penalty (which David chose after the Lord offered him three choices) was a pestilence which killed 75,000 Israelites.  The angel of the Lord planned to destroy Jerusalem at the Lord’s command, but the Lord relented, apparently when David asked that the punishment be upon himself and his family rather than the Israelites. 1 Corinthians 9: It seems people were criticizing Paul from accepting any kind of support.  Paul uses training for and being victorious in athletic events (boxing and running) as metaphors for our goal of bringing others to Christ.