In these chapters there seems to be a good deal of documenting the various tribes of Judah, the genealogy of those tribes, the people they displace, kill, and enslave, and the respective territories they occupy at a point in time. Take for example 1 Chronicles, chapter 4, verse 43, "They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day." (Emphasis mine.)
It would be interesting to know which day "this day" is for each and every such biblical reference. Likewise, it would be interesting to know how often and under what circumstances the descendants of these tribes refer back to these records. Have land ownership disputes been resolved, based on the records? Have tribal rights and responsibilities been underscored or clarified by mining the records? Have other issues been addressed and illuminated through the biblical text?
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