A MEANINGFUL RECORD OF NAMES

(1 Chronicles 1:1–9:44)

The detailed genealogical listing that Ezra compiles is necessary for at least three reasons: to ensure that only authorized men serve in the priesthood, to help determine tribal inheritance, and to preserve the record of the lineage leading up to the Messiah. The record links the Jews with their past all the way back to the first man.

1:1–9:44. The genealogies of real people prove that the entire arrangement of true worship is based, not on myth, but on fact.