1CHRONICLES 27-28:
Yesterday we heard of the assignments of Levites as musicians, judges, and temple gate keepers.
PROVERBS 22a:
Our highlighted verse for today:
14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap;
those who make the LORD angry will fall into it. (NLT)
MATTHEW 2:
As I noted yesterday, most commentators say that the genealogy in Matthew is that of Mary, rather than of Joseph. (Luke prefaces that genealogy with the words “as was supposed,” indicating that Joseph was not Jesus’ father.) One interesting detail is that Luke’s record includes King Joconiah, of whom Jeremiah said in chapter 22, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.’” If the Davidic line actually ended with this cursed king, Jeconiah, then God’s promise would have failed and Jesus could not be the Messiah King of Israel. But in Matthew we find the genealogy traced instead through Nathan, and there was no curse on Nathan’s line.
GNT Translation note:
Pro. 22:13 Lazy people stay at home; they say[, “A//a] lion might get [me if I//them if they] go outside[!/.]
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