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1 Chronicles 1:1–27, “Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 1And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram; the same is Abraham.”
After Judah was taken away into Exile by the Babylonians, the Lord sent the Medes and the Persians to defeat them. Before Judah was taken into Exile, the Lord had promised that the Persians would send the Jews back to their own Land. This happened, exactly as the Lord promised. When the Jews came back to the Promised Land they were changed and never again worshipped any heathen gods. When they got back it was vitally important for them to know who belonged to their nation and who didn’t because the Promised Land was for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob only. In order to do this the people who came back first established a proper record of their history and then made true records of their ancestors. [We can notice that Jeremiah, the prophet, who was in Judah before the Exile, was told to redeem some land on behalf of his cousin. After he redeemed the Land, he took the title deeds and made sure that everything was recorded in the legal manner so that the land would be recognised as belonging to him. The Lord promised Jeremiah that land would be owned again in the Land of Judah. (Jer 32: 9-15)] Even though the Babylonians destroyed the Temple, they didn’t destroy the records of property and land and the tribal records for Israel. The archives that were recorded and kept during the times of the kings were also kept intact during that time.The Jews who came back wanted to make a true record of every person who came back and so that each person could have access to their own property. The books of Chronicles contain that great work, showing where the people, the tribes and the families belonged and their ancestors.
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