Day 188: No More Pain

Welcome to Day 188 of the Bible 365 Podcast! I'm so excited you are joining me on this journey through the entire Bible this year. Reminder that each episode in 2026 will have a brand new devotional.

Today we'll be reading through I Chronicles 4:5-43, 5:1-17; Acts 25; Psalm 5; and Proverbs 18:19. Invite a family member or friend to join you as we grow in our knowledge of God through His Word.

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Welcome to day 188 of the Bible 365 podcast. My name is Randy Gudo and today we're going to be reading through 1 Chronicles chapter 4 verses 5 through 43 and chapter 5 verses 1 through 17, Acts chapter 25, Psalm chapter 5, and Proverbs 18, verse 19. The translation I'm using throughout this podcast is the Berean Standard Bible, also known as the BSB. Let's read. 1 Chronicles 4 verses 5 through 43. Asher, the father of Tokoah had two wives, Hilah and Naerah. Naherah bore to him Ahuzam, Hefer, Timanai, and Haahashturi. These were the descendants of Naerah. The sons of Hilah were Zerath, Zohar, Ethnan, and Kaz, who was the father of Anub and Zobibah, and of the clans of Aharhel, son of Haram. Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him in pain. And Jabez called out to the god of Israel, If only you would bless me and enlarge my territory. May your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain. And God granted the request of Jabez. Keleb, the brother of Shuha, was the father of Meher, who was the father of Eshton. Eshton was the father of Bethrapha, of Paseh, and of Tehennah, the father of Ernahash. These were the men of Rika. The sons of Kenas, Othniel and Sariah, the sons of Othniel, Hatath and Meonathai. Meonathai was the father of Ophrah, and Sariah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Gehereshim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen. The sons of Caleb, son of Jephanah, Iru, Elah, and Nahum, the son of Elah, Kenaz. The sons of Jehalalel, Ziph, Xipha, Tiriah, and Aserel. The sons of Ezra, Jether, Mered, Efer, and Jalon. And Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shemai, and Ishba, the father of Eshtemoah. These were the children of Pharaoh's daughter Bithia. Mered also took a Judean wife who gave birth to Jired, the father of Gidor, Heber, the father of Soko, and Jakuthiel, the father of Zenoah. The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Nahim, were the fathers of Kiilah the Garmite, and of Eshtamoah the Maakathite, the sons of Shyman, Amnon, Rennah, Ben-Hanon, and Tylon, the descendants of Ishai, Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth, the sons of Shela, son of Judah, Ur, the father of Lekah, Laedah, the father of Marisha, and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbia, Jochem, the men of Kozebah, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jeshubai Leham. These names are from ancient records. These were the potters who lived at Natayam and Gedirah. They lived there in the service of the king. The descendants of Simeon, Nimuel, Jamon, Jerob, Zerah, and Shaal. The sons of Shaol, Shalom, Mibsam, and Mishmah. The sons of Mishmah, Hemuel, Zakir, and Shimei. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah. They lived in Beersheba, Molada, Hazarshul, Bilah, Ezam, Tolad, Bethuel, Horma, Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Suzam, Beth Birai, and Shearaim. These were their cities until the reign of David. And their villages were Edom, Aon, Riman, Token, and Ashan, five towns, and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record. Meshobab, Jamlek, Joshua, son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu, son of Joshabiah, son of Sariah, son of Azeel, Elionai, Jaacobah, Jehaiah, Aziah, Adel, Jasimeel, Beniah, and Zizah, son of Shai, son of Alon, son of Jediah, son of Shimrai, son of Shemiah. These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, and they journeyed to the entrance of Gidor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks. There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet, for some Hamites had lived there formerly. These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings, as well as the Mayunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Raphiah, and Uziel, the sons of Ishai, went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day. 1 Chronicles 5, verses 1 through 17. These were the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father's bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright. And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph. The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, Hanok, Palu, Hezron, and Carmai. The descendants of Joel, Shemiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son, Riaiah his son, Baal his son, and Bearah his son, whom Tiglath Pelezer, king of Assyria, carried into exile. Bearah was the leader of the Reubenites. His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy. Giel the chief, Zachariah, and Belah, son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Auror and as far as Nebo and Belmeon. They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead. During the days of Saul, they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead. The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salekah. Joel was the chief, Shapham II, then Janai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan. Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshulam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Ziah, and Eber, seven in all. These were the sons of Abihel, son of Hurai, the son of Jeroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jado, the son of Buzz. Ahai, son of Abdiel, the son of Gunai, was head of their family. They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasture lands of Sharon. All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Acts chapter 25. Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, where the chief priest and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. But Festus replied, Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there. After spending no more than eight or ten days with him, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in. When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove. Then Paul made his defense. I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar. But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges? Paul replied, I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well. If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar. Then Festus conferred with his counsel and replied, You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you will go. After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul's case before the king. There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison. While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priest and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him. I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges. So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in. But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar. Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would like to hear this man myself. Tomorrow you will hear him, Festus declared. The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in. Then Festus said, King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer. But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him. I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write. For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him. Psalm chapter 5. Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my groaning. Attend to the sound of my cry, my king and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice. At daybreak I lay my plea before you and wait in expectation. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness, no evil can dwell with you. The boastful cannot stand in your presence. You hate all workers of iniquity. You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord abhores the man of bloodshed and deceit. But I will enter your house by the abundance of your loving devotion. In reverence I will bow down toward your holy temple. Leave me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make straight your way before me. For not a word they speak can be trusted. Destruction lies within them, their throats are open graves, their tongues practice deceit. Declare them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you. But let all who take refuge in you rejoice, let them ever shout for joy. May you shelter them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. For surely you, O Lord, bless the righteous. You surround them with the shield of your favor. Proverbs eighteen, verse nineteen. An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle. Today's devotional is coming from first Chronicles 4, verses 9 and 10. We're gonna talk about Jabez. Now, some of you may remember that a while back Jabez was all the rage. People had to pray the prayer of Jabez, but few people really understood the story of Jabez. It says in verse 9 that Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother had named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him in pain. Now that name Jabez, it means pain or distress or just sorrow. So what does Jabez do? He calls out to the God of Israel, If only you would bless me and enlarge my territory, may your hand be with me and keep me from harm. Now listen carefully, so that I will be free from pain. And God granted the request of Jabez. So Jabez got this name in infancy at his birth, which basically meant pain. Your name is sorrow, your name is pain, your name is distress. And so what does Jabez do? He does not want to be identified by that. So he calls out to the God of Israel, if only you would bless me and enlarge my territory, may your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. I don't want to be this thing that I have been called, that I have been named. Maybe some of you out there right now, you've lived your life and you've walked with pain and you've had things hovering over you because of maybe things that happened to you, even in your childhood, maybe things that you have been called or even named. And I want to encourage you and challenge you to be like Jabez. Call out to God and ask him, if you would only bless me and enlarge my territory, may your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain. God granted the request of Jabez, and I believe he'll grant your request too. Let's pray. Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus, and today I'll lift up all of our listeners, and especially those who have walked through trauma or just challenges in life because of things that may have happened to them, or things that they've been called in life that have brought just pain, sorrow, and distress. As they call out to you, I thank you that you hear them and that you grant their request. Draw us close by the presence of your Holy Spirit and reveal your Son to us. We ask all these things in the precious name of Jesus. Amen. Well, I sure hope you enjoyed today's devotional. If you're getting something out of the Bible 365 podcast, consider sharing it with your family and with your friends. Please continue to pray for me. I am praying for you. Have a great day, and I'll see you tomorrow with day one eighty-nine.