October 22, 2025

Although many great names are listed in the genealogies of the chronicles, I can’t help but notice that some of them were named after Baal. You wonder how this happens and how the people strayed so far from God that they began naming their children after idols. It seems so common in the Old Testament that it makes me think that maybe there was a physical being enticing them to follow this heinous, child-sacrificing religion. Then again, if you look at your own family, many of whom were brought up to love and have faith in Jesus, yet still they go their own way, which leads them away from him. You can’t make your children believe the way you do, even though we have many testimonies of how instrumental God has been in our lives and that we wouldn’t be where we are now if it weren’t for Him. The best we can do is set them in the right direction while they are young and hope and pray that they come back to believe in what we taught them. Please don’t name your children after idols or fake gods because you’ll have people like me evaluating your character well after you’re dead. Here is an example: And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 1 Chronicles 8:30

There is not much history mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8, except for the valiant men of Ulam, who were archers and must have been quite skilled at it, as they were the only ones given historical significance in the lineage of Saul. 

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:40