Why does the book that's about to tell David's story in loving detail open with nine straight chapters of genealogy, starting all the way back at Adam? Apparently before getting to the highlights, this version of Israel's history wants everyone to se...
Literary<b>Adam, Seth, Enosh</b> Ezra wrote this book of genealogy through Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi during the eighteen years from the name that Zerubbabel and Joshua the Priest came to Jerusalem in the days of Cyrus I until Cyrus the son of Esther cam...
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