Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume II: First Samuel through Nehemiah.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents


FIRST CHRONICLES.
PART FIRST: GENEALOGIES OF ISRAEL AND KINDRED TRIBES
1 Chron. 1:1-9:44.


    I. THOSE OF THE SONS OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC. 1 Chron. 1:1-2:2.
       1. From Adam to Noah and His Sons. 1 Chron. 1:1-4. Compare
          Gen. 5:1-32.
       2. The Sons of Japheth. 1 Chron. 1:5-7. Compare Gen. 10:2-5.
       3. The Sons of Ham. 1 Chron. 1:8-16. Compare Gen. 10:6-20.
       4. The Sons of Shem. 1 Chron. 1:17-23. Compare Gen. 10:21-31
          Gen. 11:10-32.
       5. The Sons of Ishmael. 1 Chron. 1:29-31. Compare Gen. 25:12-18.
       6. The Sons of Abraham of Keturah. 1 Chron. 1:32, 33. Compare
          Gen. 25:1-4.
       7. The Sons of Esau. 1 Chron. 1:34-54. Compare Gen.  36:1-43.
       8. The Sons of Israel. 1 Chron. 2:1, 2.

   II. THE SONS OF JUDAH. 1 Chron. 2:3-4:23.
       1. His Sons and Grandsons. 1 Chron. 2:3-8. Compare
          Gen. 38:1-5, 28-30; 46:12 Jos 7:24-26.
       2. His Sons Through Hebron to David. 1 Chron. 2:9-17. Compare
          Ruth 4:18-22; 2 Sam. 2:18.
       3. Other Descendants of Hezron. 1 Chron. 2:18-55.
       4. The Sons of David. 1 Chron. 3:1-24.
       5. Other Descendants of Judah. 1 Chron. 4:1-23.

  III. DESCENDANTS OF THE OTHER SONS OF JACOB. 1 Chron. 4:24-8:40.
       1. Those of Simeon. 1 Chron. 4:24-43.
       2. Those of Reuben. 1 Chron. 5:1-10.
       3. Those of Gad. 1 Chron. 5:11-17.
       4. A War Waged by the Eastern Tribes. 1 Chron. 5:18-22.
       5. Those of East Manasseh. 1 Chron. 5:23-26.
       6. Those of Levi. 1 Chron. 6:1-30.
       7. The Levitical Choristers. 1 Chron. 6:31-48.
       8. The Ancestry of Zadok Repeated. 1 Chron. 6:49-53. Compare
          1 Chron. 6:4-8.
       9. The Dwelling Places of the Levites. 1 Chron. 6:54-81. Compare
          Josh. 21:1-45.
      10. The Sons of Issachar. 1 Chron. 7:1-5.
      11. The Sons of Benjamin. 1 Chron. 7:6-12.
      12. The Sons of Naphtali. 1 Chron. 7:13. Compare Gen. 46:24.
      13. The Sons of West Manasseh. 1 Chron. 7:14-19.
      14. The Sons of Ephraim and Their Cities. 1 Chron. 7:20-29.
      15. The Sons of Asher. 1 Chron. 7:30-40.
      16. A Fuller List of Benjamin's Sons. 1 Chron. 8:1-40.

   IV. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE RETURNED CAPTIVES. 1 Chron. 9:1-44.
       1. Those of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh. 1 Chron. 9:1-9.
       2. The Priests and Levites, Including the Porters and Singers.
          1 Chron. 9:10-34.
       3. The Gibeonites. Nine Generations. 1 Chron. 9:35-38.
       4. The Descendants of Saul. 1 Chron. 9:39-44.
 

          PART SECOND: THE DEATH OF SAUL AND THE REIGN OF DAVID.
                           1 Chron. 10:1-29:30.

     I. DEATH OF SAUL AND ACCESSION OF DAVID. 1 Chron. 10:1-12:40.
        1. The Death of Saul. 1 Chron. 10:1-14.
        2. David Acknowledged by All Israel and Jerusalem Taken.
           1 Chron. 11:1-9.
        3. David's Mighty Men. 1 Chron. 11:10-47.
        4. The Mighty Men Who Joined David While Persecuted by Saul.
           1 Chron. 12:1-22.
        5. The Warriors of the Tribes Who Submitted to Him at Hebron.
           1 Chron. 12:23-40.

    II. THE ARK BROUGHT INTO JERUSALEM, AND REGULAR WORSHIP ESTABLISHED.
        1 Chron. 13:1-16:43. Compare 2 Sam. 5:11-6:23.

   III. DAVID'S DESIRE TO BUILD A TEMPLE. 1 Chron. 17:1-27. Compare
        2 Sam. 7:1-29.

   IV. DAVID'S CONQUESTS. 1 Chron. 18:1-17. Compare 2 Sam. 18:1-15.

     V. THE WAR AGAINST THE AMMONITES. 1 Chron. 19:1-20:3. Compare
        2 Sam. 10:1-12:31.

    VI. KILLING THE FOUR GIANTS. 1 Chron. 20:4-8. Compare 2 Sam. 21:8-22.

   VII. THE NUMBERING AND THE PLAGUE. 1 Chron. 21:1-22:1. Compare
        2 Sam. 24:1-25.

  VIII. DAVID PREPARES MATERIAL FOR THE TEMPLE. 1 Chron. 22:2-19.
        1. Stones, Metals and Wood Prepared. 1 Chron. 22:2-5.
        2. A Charge to Solomon. 1 Chron. 22:6-13.
        3. The Materials Prepared. 1 Chron. 22:14-16.
        4. A Charge to the Princes of Israel. 1 Chron. 22:17-19.

   IX. ORGANIZATION OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. 1 Chron. 23:1-26:32.

    X. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MILITIA. 1 Chron. 27:1-34.

   XI. FURTHER ORDERS ABOUT THE TEMPLE. 1 Chron. 28:1-30:30.
       1. An Address to the Princes and Captains. 1 Chron. 28:1-10.
       2. Patterns Delivered to Solomon. 1 Chron. 28:11-21.
       3. Rehearsal of the Materials Already Prepared, and a Call for
          More. 1 Chron. 29:1-9.
       4. David's Thanksgiving. 1 Chron. 29:10-20.
       5. Thank Offerings Presented. 1 Chron. 29:21, 22.
       6. Solomon Anointed a Second Time. 1 Chron. 29:22-25.
       7. David's Chronology, and His Biographers. 1 Chron. 29:26-30.


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