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of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel:
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Commentators point out that some tribes, like Gad and Asher, are missing from this list. This is not seen as an error, but as an honest reflection of the incomplete historical records the author of Chronicles was working with. It reminds us that the Bible can be historically forthright about the limitations of its human sources while still being divinely inspired.
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18th Century
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Gad and Asher are omitted from this list of the tribes. Similarly, Dan and Zebulon are omitted from the genealogical survey of the tribes ([Referen…
17th Century
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(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:16).
The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's possessions, had the oversight and charge of the king's cultivated land, his vineyards, his …
