05.22.2016 Old Testament: 1Ch 7.1–5

To read the Bible in a year, read First Chronicles 6–7 on May 22, In the year of our Lord 2016

By Don Ruhl

The Bible does not say a whole lot about the tribe of Issachar, but do not interpret that as meaning the tribe did not amount to much in numbers,

The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all…The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons. Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all (1 Chronicles 7.1–5).

I do not know about you, but 87,000 does not sound insignificant! Issachar had a force that could withstand any army. Therefore, although we do not hear much about Issachar in the biblical narrative, we know that they contributed greatly to the victories of Israel.

Questions:

• Does the Lord know you?
• Have you fought battles for Him and asked yourself whether He noticed?