I Chronicles 7-8

“The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow ...” (8:40). Writing many years after Israel had broken apart, both kingdoms had been defeated and exiled, and some had returned to Judah to rebuild, the author of Chronicles recorded the names and details of many ordinary Israelite families and clans. God’s covenant with Israel had world-wide implications, yet he worked among real individuals in their daily lives: loss (7:22) and victory (8:13), marriages, births, deaths.

“They had many wives and children” (7:4). Whether or not anyone outside our small circle knows our names, God sees us, knows us, and values us. Like Israel’s descendants, our daily lives are visible witnesses to his reality and grace.