Truth Exposed:  

Chapters 1-8 of 1 Chronicles are nothing but boring lists of genealogies, enough to put you to sleep.  Oh, but the nuggets of gold that are in there.  Have you met Jabez?  He’s interjected at 4:10, seemingly out of nowhere.  No mention of parentage.  Who were his brothers?   And he is praying, of all things, in the middle of lists of names.  Verse 10 is like a hic-up in the middle of the scroll.  And his prayer is that God would bless him, not for himself, or his own wants or needs, but that he would never bring harm to another.  What incredible humility.  Ultimate compassion, mercy, and grace.  The heart of Jesus.  And then the lists continue as if nothing had happened. 

Read carefully.

Ask questions.

Know your scriptures.