1 chronicles outline

1. Genealogies (1:1-9:44)

a. The Patriarchs (1:1-54)

i. From Adam to Abraham (1:1-27)

ii. The Descendants of Abraham (1:28-54)

1. Sons of Abraham (1:28-42)

2. The Rulers of Edom (1:43-54)

b. The Sons of Israel (2:1-7:40)

i. The Twelve Sons of Israel (2:1-2)

ii. The Sons of Judah (2:3-4:23)

1. From Judah to David (2:3-55)

2. From David to the Babylonian Exile (3:1-24)

3. Other Descendants of Judah (4:1-23)

iii. The Sons of Simeon (4:24-43)

iv. The Descendants of the Trans-Jordan Tribes (5:1-26)

1. The Sons of Reuben (5:1-10)

2. The Sons of Gad (5:11-22)

3. The Sons of the Half-Tribe of Manasseh (5:23-26)

v. The Sons of Levi (6:1-81)

1. The Descendants of Levi (6:1-30)

2. The Temple Musicians (6:31-47)

3. The Descendants of Aaron (6:48-52)

4. The Territory of the Levites (6:53-81)

vi. The Sons of Issachar (7:1-5)

vii. The Sons of Benjamin (7:6-12)

viii. The Sons of Naphtali (7:13)

ix. The Sons of Joseph (7:14-29)

1. The Sons of Manasseh (7:14-19)

2. The Sons of Ephraim (7:20-29)

x. The Sons of Asher (7:30-40)

c. Saul the First King of Israel (8:1-40)

i. From Benjamin to Saul (8:1-32)

ii. The Family of Saul (8:33-40)

d. The People of Jerusalem (9:1-44)

2. The Reign of David (10:1-29:30)

a. The Overthrow and Death of Saul (10:1-14)

b. Transition to King David (11:1-9)

i. David Anointed King of Israel (11:1-3)

ii. David Conquers Jerusalem (11:4-9)

c. David’s Mighty Men (11:10-12:40)

i. The Mighty Men (11:10-47)

ii. The Mighty Men Join David at Ziklag (12:1-22)

iii. David’s Army Grows at Hebron (12:23-40)

d. The Ark of the Covenant (13:1-16:43)

i. David Fetches the Ark (13:1-7)

ii. Uzzah Touches the Ark (13:8-14)

iii. David’s Family Grows (14:1-7)

iv. Two Victories over the Philistines (14:8-17)

v. Transporting the Ark to Jerusalem (15:1-16:43)

1. Procedure for Moving the Ark (15:1-28)

2. Michal’s Contempt for David (15:29)

3. A Tent for the Ark (16:1-6)

4. David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving (16:7-36)

5. Worship Before the Ark (16:37-43)

e. The Davidic Covenant (17:1-27)

f. David's Military Conquests (18:1-20:8)

i. David’s Triumphs (18:1-17)

ii. David and the Ammonites (19:1-20:3)

iii. Battles Against the Philistines (20:4-8)

g. The Sin of the Census (21:1-30)

i. David Takes a Census (21:1-6)

ii. Judgement for David’s Sin (21:7-13)

iii. A Plague on Israel (21:14-17)

iv. David Purchases the Threshing Floor (21:18-30)

h. The Temple (22:1-29:20)

i. Preparations for the Temple (22:1-19)

ii. The Temple Service (23:1—26:32)

1. The Levites (23:1-32)

a. The Division of the Levites (23:1-6)

b. The Gershonites (23:7-11)

c. The Kohathites (23:12-20)

d. The Merarites (23:21-23)

e. Levites Duties Revised (23:24-32)

2. The Divisions of the Priests (24:1-31)

3. The Divisions of the Musicians (25:1-31)

4. The Division on the Gatekeepers (26:1-19)

5. The Treasurers, Officers, and Judges (26:20-32)

iii. Leadership Structure of the Kingdom (27:1-34)

iv. Solomon and the Temple (28:1-29:20)

1. David Commissions Solomon (28:1-10)

2. The Plans for the Temple (28:11-21)

3. Offerings for the Temple (29:1-9)

4. David’s Prayer of Blessing (29:10-20)

i. Solomon Succeeds David (29:21-30)

i. Solomon Anointed King (29:21-25)

ii. David’s Reign and Death (29:26-30)