1Ch 3:1-4 | KingComments | STEP | This chapter is entirely dedicated to the family of David. The starting point for his genealogy is Hebron ( ), where he is anointed king by all Israel ( ). Hebron also speaks of death: it is the cemetery of, among others, Sarah ( ) and Isaac ( ). But from Hebron also Joseph went out to seek his brothers (cf. ). It is also a city of refuge and a priest city ( ). In these verses the sons are named after the places where they were born: Hebron ( ) and Jerusalem ( ; ). Remarkably, some sons born in Hebron are rejected, such as Amnon, Absalom and Adonijah. Only when the government is definitively established in Jerusalem, in Solomon, the man according to God’s counsels, comes to the fore. The place of a person’s birth can be of significance for his later development. This is also important from a spiritual point of view. What education does a newly converted person receive in a local church? Is there edification and a living in God’s presence? Or is someone getting the wrong food and being given the wrong example?

‏ 1 Chronicles 3:1-4

Sons of David

This chapter is entirely dedicated to the family of David. The starting point for his genealogy is Hebron (1Chr 3:1), where he is anointed king by all Israel (1Chr 11:3). Hebron also speaks of death: it is the cemetery of, among others, Sarah (Gen 23:2 ; 19) and Isaac (Gen 35:27). But from Hebron also Joseph went out to seek his brothers (cf. Gen 37:14). It is also a city of refuge and a priest city (Jos 21:13).

In these verses the sons are named after the places where they were born: Hebron (1Chr 3:1-4) and Jerusalem (1Chr 3:5-9; 2Sam 3:2-5 ; 2Sam 5:13-16 ; 2Sam 13:1). Remarkably, some sons born in Hebron are rejected, such as Amnon, Absalom and Adonijah. Only when the government is definitively established in Jerusalem, in Solomon, the man according to God’s counsels, comes to the fore.

The place of a person’s birth can be of significance for his later development. This is also important from a spiritual point of view. What education does a newly converted person receive in a local church? Is there edification and a living in God’s presence? Or is someone getting the wrong food and being given the wrong example?