1 Chronicles - Chapter-4

Chapter Summary

Posterity of Judah and Simeon.

Jabez is described as being "more honorable than his brothers". What does it mean to be "honorable"? How should someone conduct themselves if they want to be"honorable"?
"The God of Israel" is one of the names of God used by the author of 1 Chronicles to describe the God of the Bible. What other names of God are used in the Bible? Why would the author use this one here?
What are the three requests Jabez makes in his prayer to the God of Israel? Are these selfish requests, why or why not?
How does God respond to Jabez's request? What does this tell us about the character of God?
Does God always respond to our prayers like how he responded to the prayer Jabez prayed? Why or why not?
Should we also pray Jabez's prayer? Why or why not?
Where else does God prepare a land for his people, like the land the tribe of Simeon enters into at the end of ch. 4? Why would land be important for God's people?
Read 2 Kings 18:1-8. How did the nation of Judah flourish under King Hezekiah? What influence may King Hezekiah have had on the tribe of Simeon that led them to act as they did in 1 Chronicles 4:41?
Was the tribe of Simeon justified to take the land and drive out Meunites? Why or why not?
Where else in Scripture does bring people to a new land/pasture? What does this demonstrate about God's relationship with his people?