There are these moments in the book of 1 Chronicles where we are given a flurry of names or a number of consecutive short narrative accounts. It is easy to read 1 Chronicles 18-20 as a bunch of short stories without meaning to just keep moving on. But there is a reason for the Chronicler to tell us about David’s wartime activities. So we need to consider why the Chronicler wants us to know this information. What is he teaching this rescued remnant who are back on the land, looking to seek the Lord? What were the people to see in David and see in themselves as these accounts are retold? We must also consider what the messianic foreshadowing is as these events point to the coming of the greater King…
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