Chronicling

I'm about half way through 1 Chronicles. I thought I had written a post on it earlier but I guess not.
Some things that stuck out
-Tamar, Judah's daughter in law that he slept with when she pretended to be a prostitute is in Jesus' family tree
-Joab, Asahel and Amasa that were in the story of David back a few books, were his (David's) cousins. I don't think I had grasped that before.
-in 1 Chronicles 12 the fighting men come "fully determined to make David king over Israel" (v.38) and they do and they have a party and the result is "joy in Israel" (v. 40). Looks like unity brings joy.

We pray for unity in our Church and homes that we may have the joy You desire us to have in You.