1 Chronicles 1:14 Meaning and Explanation
“The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 1:14 Mean?
Canaan's descendants continue as whole nations: the Jebusites, who held Jerusalem until David's day; the Amorites of the hill country; and the Girgashites. The writer lists them as the inhabitants of the land Israel would one day possess, peoples named again and again in the books of Moses and Joshua.
The mention of the Jebusites carries a quiet hope, for their stronghold would become the city of David and the place of the temple. What stands here as a list of obstacles is, in God's hands, the future home of worship. The Lord makes even the strongholds of the nations serve His purposes of grace.
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What does 1 Chronicles 1:14 mean?
More Canaanite peoples are named: the Jebusites, Amorites, and Girgashites.