1. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge immediately following today's message This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com

2. 1Chronicles 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 2 Chronicles 1 Kings 2 Kings

3. Genealogies were important for a number of reasons 1) To identify the Kinsman-Redeemer 2) To determine property rights 3) To demonstrate the Levitical lineage 4) To establish Jesus' bloodline

4. 1:1-4 covers 1,000 years 1:17) Genealogy of Shem (Semites) 1:18) Eber ~ from whom the Hebrews get their name 1:19) Peleg ~ either Babel or Continental Shift 1:29-31) Arab tribes (descendants of Seth, Eber and Abraham) 4:9-10) Jabez' prayer (sold over 4,000,000 copies) 5:26) Reuben, Gad and one-half tribe of Manasseh were the first to go into exile

5. 7 years after becoming king over Judah/Benjamin 20 years after being anointed by Samuel

6. 2 Sam. 5:8 ~ "…the blind and the lame shall not come into the house."

7. Stouthearted men ~ literally not without a heart and a heart KJV, not of double heart KJV, not of double heart NASB, with an undivided heart