Daily Bible Reading Day 142

1Chronicles 3-5; John 8:1-20.  The genealogies continue. Two interesting sections in these chapters. One if the story of Jabez. It is brief and tells us that some of the people of Judah are faithful outside of the family of David. Perhaps it also tells us that not everyone experiences the tremendous wealth of the king's family. It also tells us that in spite of his pain, Jabez is blessed. The other section is at the end of chapter five where the writer summarizes the idolatry of the 2 1/2 tribes on the other side of the Jordan. Their idolatry caused God to bring Assyria against them and take them away into captivity. Was this idolatry continuous from the beginning of the nation? Or was it just in line with the 10 Northern tribes when they split with Judah under Rehoboam? 

This NT section is perhaps one of the favorite stories about Jesus. A woman is brought to him after being caught in adultery. The leaders demand from Jesus what he suggests they do. The Law says stone her. They are looking for ways to accuse Jesus and condemn him. He suggests that they stone her and the first to throw a stone is the one without sin. Of course they leave in a huff (my imagination) and Jesus doesn't condemn the woman but does tell her to go and sin no more. It would be nice if one of these days a manuscript is found that shows this story was part of John's Gospel as he wrote it and not a later insertion.