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The Consequences of Idolatry
While this verse is a simple list of names, commentator Matthew Henry uses this section to highlight who is missing from the chapter's genealogies: Dan and Zebulun. He suggests Dan's omission is a 'disgrace' stemming from its history of idolatry. This serves as a solemn reminder that forsaking God for created things can have severe and lasting consequences, even affecting a people's place in the sacred record.
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1 Chronicles
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(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:36).
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No account is given here of either Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they alone should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of…