1 Chronicles 4:24-6:81 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Simeon, Reuben, Gad, Manasseh, and Levi
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Memory Verse: 6:31-32
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OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
A MAP OF THE TIME OF GENESIS
A MAP OF THE DIVISION OF CANAAN
MAPS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
A MAP OF EGYPT AND SINAI
GENESIS' GENEOLOGY
A MAP JACOB'S ERA
A LIST OF ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
A CHART OF JACOB AND HIS FAMILY
A TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN EMPIRES
A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY.

I. Simeon (4:24-43)

1. Why did the Simeon's descendants have to travel as far as Gedor, Hamite territory, the hill country of Seir, Meunite territory, and the land of the Amalekites for pasture land?

II. Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh (5:1-26)

2. How did Reuben lose rights as firstborn?

3. Who did Reuben's descendants fight against and when? What does this say about Saul's reign?

4. Who is credited for winning the Gadites' land?

5. Why are Manasseh's descendants known as the half-tribe? What is noted as their downfall?

III. Levi (6:1-81)

6. What is different about the Levi's descendants in these chapters? Why?

7. Who is Jehozadak and why is it important to note that he was deported instead of killed by Nebuchadnezzar?

8. Why of all occupations that ancient Israelites had is only the musicians noted in these genealogies?

9. What is the difference between Levites and Aaron's descendants?

10. Why and when would all this information be needed in Israel's history?