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1 Chronicles 11:1-3 describes all Israel gathering to David at Hebron, confessing him as their bone and flesh and their shepherd, making a covenant before the LORD, and anointing David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14 delivers the verdict on Saul's death: he died for his trespass against the LORD, for the word of the LORD he did not keep, and for asking counsel of a medium instead of inquiring of the LORD—so the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 10:8-12 recounts the aftermath on Mount Gilboa: the Philistines strip the slain, carry Saul's head and armor through the land of the Philistines, fasten his head in the house of Dagon, and the valiant men of Jabesh-gilead retrieve the bodies, bury the bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:1-7 describes Israel's defeat on Mount Gilboa: the men of Israel flee, the Philistines strike down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the archers wound Saul, the king falls on his own sword, his armor bearer dies with him, and the men of Israel abandon their cities in the valley.

1 Chronicles 9:35-44 repeats the genealogy of King Saul—from Jeiel the father of Gibeon through Ner, Kish, Jonathan, and Merib-baal down to Azel's six sons—positioned to introduce the account of Saul's death in 1 Chronicles 10.

1 Chronicles 9:28-34 assigns the Levites their sacred trusts—counting the utensils of service, keeping the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices, baking the showbread every sabbath—and describes the singers who worked in the temple chambers day and night.

1 Chronicles 9:17-27 describes the temple gatekeepers—Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman—212 men in an office of trust appointed by David and Samuel the seer, keepers of the thresholds who guarded the house of God on all four sides and opened it morning by morning.

1 Chronicles 9:10-16 lists the priests who returned to Jerusalem—Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, and 1,760 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God—and the Levites descended from Merari, Asaph, and Jeduthun.

1 Chronicles 9:1-9 records the enrollment of all Israel by genealogies, Judah's exile to Babylon for unfaithfulness, and the first returnees—the sons of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem, 956 heads of fathers' households.

1 Chronicles 8:33-40 traces the royal genealogy of King Saul from Ner and Kish through Jonathan and Merib-baal to Azel and his six sons, ending with Ulam's mighty men of valor—the house of Saul preserved for ten generations.

1 Chronicles 8:29-32 introduces Jeiel the father of Gibeon and his wife Maacah, whose sons—including Kish and Baal and Nadab—settled in Gibeon and Jerusalem, establishing the family from which King Saul would come.

1 Chronicles 8:14-28 gathers the sons of Beriah, Elpaal, Shimei, Shashak, and Jeroham—five Benjamite family clusters whose heads were chief men living in Jerusalem according to their generations.

1 Chronicles 8:8-13 follows Shaharaim's sons born in Moab, the line of Elpaal whose sons built Ono and Lod, and Beriah and Shema of Aijalon who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath—Benjamin's builders and defenders.

1 Chronicles 8:1-7 lists the sons of Benjamin––Bela the firstborn, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah, and Rapha––along with the sons of Bela and the household heads descended from Ehud who lived in Geba and were carried into exile to Manahath.

Ephesians 2:8-9 teaches that salvation from the eternal penalty of sin is God's gracious gift, received through faith in Jesus Christ and is not earned by human works. No one can boast in their having been justified in God's sight because it comes entirely from God's grace. 

Ephesians 2:4-7 teaches how God, being rich in mercy, loved sinners even when they were dead in their transgressions. He made them alive together with Christ, raised them up, and seated them with Him in the heavenly places. This salvation from the eternal doom of sin is by grace through faith, and it beautifully displays the surpassing riches of God's kindness in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:1-3 reveals that before receiving the Gift of Eternal Life, people are spiritually dead because of their trespasses and sins. They live according to the rebellious pattern of the world, the devil, and their own sinful desires. This condition leaves mankind under God's righteous wrath and in desperate need of rescue.

1 Chronicles 7:30-40 registers Asher from the four sons and one daughter who went down to Egypt, through the households of Beriah, Heber, and Japhlet, to the tribe's muster of 26,000 choice and mighty men of valor enrolled for service in war.

1 Chronicles 7:20-29 follows Ephraim's line through the killing of Ezer and Elead by the men of Gath, Ephraim's mourning and the birth of Beriah, Sheerah's building of lower and upper Beth-horon, and the descent generation by generation to Joshua the son of Non, then maps the possessions where the sons of Joseph lived.

1 Chronicles 7:14-19 records the descendants of Manasseh, highlighting the presence of both men and women of various backgrounds in forming Israel's tribal structure and revealing that God's sovereign plan works through families, lineages, and lands across centuries.