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1 Chronicles 4

7 passages from 7 books in the Christian Reader library reference 1 Chronicles 4.

Exposition on Jude
from A Practical Commentary, or an Exposition with Notes on the Epistle of Jude by Thomas Manton · cites 1 Chronicles 4:22

Well then, live so that you may not disgrace your lineage; and you that come of worthy ancestors, walk answerably to the dignity of your extraction: the images of your progenitors are not more sullied with dust, and smoke, and age, than they are with your vices. The Spirit of Go…
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Part 2 — Chapter 7: The Third Argument, Taken from the Jewish Church
from An Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland in the Points of Ruling-Elders and of the Authority of Presbyteries and Synods with a Postscript in Answer to a Treatise Lately Published Against Presbyteriall Government. by George Gillespie · cites 1 Chronicles 4:42

2. The Chaldee reads 'Judges' in the plural. By the Judge, says Ainsworth, is understood the high council or senate of Judges, even as they who are called Priests, verse 9, are called 'the Priest,' verse 12, and 1 Chronicles 4:42, many captains are in the Hebrew called a head. 3…
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Part 3
from Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself by Samuel Rutherford · cites 1 Chronicles 4:9

(Isaiah 43:4): Since you were precious in my sight, [illegible] you have been glorious, or honorable. (1 Chronicles 4:9): And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren; the same word, and way, Verse 10: And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, oh that you would bless me i…
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Exercitation 17: The Third Dissertation, Proving Jesus to Be the Promised Messiah
from Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Owen · cites 1 Chronicles 4:4

This we shall manifest by passing briefly through them. The first difference is in the first words; [in non-Latin alphabet], and you Bethlehem Ephrata; which are rendered in the Evangelist; [in non-Latin alphabet]; and you Bethlehem in the land of Judah; that Bethlehem which was…
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An Exposition Upon the Three First Chapters of the Book of Job
from Exposition of Job 1-3 by Joseph Caryl · cites 1 Chronicles 4:17

And the original word will bear it, being used (as learned Mercer observes) for production as well as conception. So (1 Chronicles 4:17) And she bore Miriam and Shammai, etc. She bore, is the word in this text of Job: We may take it either way; the sense is clear according to ou…
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Doctrine: When God Hides His Face from His Children
from Spiritual Desertions Discovered and Remedied by Samuel Willard · cites 1 Chronicles 4:10

This is a congenerate principal of human nature, and can be no more separate from it than humanity; the very elective power in man involves it in it. They were the cries of nature, as well as of grace which he uttered in that request (1 Chronicles 4:10): Oh that you would bless…
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Chapter 7: The Captivating Power of Sin
from The Remainders of Indwelling Sin in Believers by John Owen · cites 1 Chronicles 4:10

For these things are not reckoned from the nature or kind of the sin, but from its prevalency and customariness, wherein its pride, boldness, and contempt of God does consist. To the same purpose, if I mistake not, prays Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:10). O that you would bless me indee…
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