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The Chronicler records genealogies of several tribes of Israel, including Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Ephraim, and Asher. Among these descendants is the lineage of Joshua son of Nun, Moses’s successor who led Israel into the promised land.
Why it mattersPermalink
By preserving the names and clans of tribes whose political power had long since faded, the Chronicler affirms that all Israel still belongs to God’s covenant people. The inclusion of Joshua’s lineage connects the post-exilic community to the generation that first received the land, reinforcing continuity in God’s saving purposes across changing circumstances.
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Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.