The Book of 2Chronicles
2CHRONICLES - In the Hebrew Canon these books formed a single volume called "Things of the days" (i.e., annals). The translators of the Greek Septuagint Version gave them the title, Paraleipomena, meaning "things left over", implying their use as a supplement to Samuel and Kings. Jerome (c. A.D. 340-420) called them "a chronicle of the whole and sacred history" from Adam to Cyrus (538 B.C.), hence their English name. Actually, Chronicles is a summary of Hebrew history that duplicates much of Samuel and Kings.
Author: Ezra?
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
| kjv@2Chronicles:1 | Solomon Asks for Wisdom |
| kjv@2Chronicles:2 | Preparations for Building the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:3 | Solomon Builds the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:4:1-5:1 | The Temple's Furnishings |
| kjv@2Chronicles:5:2-6:11 | The Ark Brought to the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:6:12-42 | Solomon's Prayer of Dedication |
| kjv@2Chronicles:7:1-10 | the Dedication to the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:7:11-22 | The LORD Appears to Solomon |
| kjv@2Chronicles:8 | Solomon's Other Activities |
| kjv@2Chronicles:9:1-12 | The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon |
| kjv@2Chronicles:9:13-28 | Solomon's Splendor |
| kjv@2Chronicles:9:29-31 | Solomon's Death |
| kjv@2Chronicles:10:1-11:4 | Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam |
| kjv@2Chronicles:11:5-17 | Rehoboam Fortifies Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:11:18-23 | Rehoboam's Family |
| kjv@2Chronicles:12 | Shishak Attacks Jerusalem |
| kjv@2Chronicles:13:1-14:1 | Abijah King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:14:2-15 | Asa King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:15 | Asa's Reform |
| kjv@2Chronicles:16 | Asa's Last Years |
| kjv@2Chronicles:17 | Jehoshaphat King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:18:1-27 | Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab |
| kjv@2Chronicles:18:28-19:3 | Ahab Killed at Ramoth Gilead |
| kjv@2Chronicles:19:4-11 | Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges: |
| kjv@2Chronicles:20:1-30 | Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab and Ammon |
| kjv@2Chronicles:20:31-21:3 | The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign |
| kjv@2Chronicles:21:4-20 | Jehoram King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:22:1-9 | Ahaziah King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:22:10-23:21 | Athaliah and Joash |
| kjv@2Chronicles:24:1-16 | Joash Repairs the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:24:17-27 | The Wickedness of Joash |
| kjv@2Chronicles:25 | Amaziah King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:26 | Uzziah King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:27 | Jotham King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:28 | Ahaz King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:29 | Hezekiah Purifies the Temple |
| kjv@2Chronicles:30:1-31:1 | Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover |
| kjv@2Chronicles:31:2-21 | Contributions for Worship |
| kjv@2Chronicles:32:1-23 | Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem |
| kjv@2Chronicles:32:24-33 | Hezekiah's Pride, Success and Death |
| kjv@2Chronicles:33:1-20 | Manasseh King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:33:21-25 | Amon King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:34:1-13 | Josiah's Reforms |
| kjv@2Chronicles:34:14-33 | The Book of the Law Found |
| kjv@2Chronicles:35:1-19 | Josiah Celebrates the Passover |
| kjv@2Chronicles:35:20-36:1 | The Death of Josiah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:36:2-4 | Jehoahaz King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:36:5-8 | Jehoiakim King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:36:9-10 | Jehoiachin King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:36:11-14 | Zedekiah King of Judah |
| kjv@2Chronicles:36:15-23 | The Fall of Jerusalem |
(see also: BIBLEBYCHAPTER-2Chronicles )
SUMMARY:
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Chronicles, Books of
(1.) The first nine chapters of Book I. contain little more than a list of genealogies in the line of Israel down to the time of David.
(2.) The remainder of the first book contains a history of the reign of David.
(3.) The first nine chapters of Book II. contain the history of the reign of Solomon.
(4.) The remaining chapters of the second book contain the history of the separate kingdom of Judah to the time of the return from Babylonian Exile. The time of the composition of the Chronicles was, there is every ground to conclude, subsequent to the Babylonian Exile, probably between 450 and 435 B.C. The contents of this twofold book, both as to matter and form, correspond closely with this idea. The close of the book records the proclamation of Cyrus permitting the Jews to return to their own land, and this forms the opening passage of the Book of Ezra, which must be viewed as a continuation of the Chronicles. The peculiar form of the language, being Aramaean in its general character, harmonizes also with that of the books which were written after the Exile. The author was certainly contemporary with Zerubbabel, details of whose family history are given ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:19). The time of the composition being determined, the question of the authorship may be more easily decided. According to Jewish tradition, which was universally received down to the middle of the seventeenth century, Ezra was regarded as the author of the Chronicles. There are many points of resemblance and of contact between the Chronicles and the Book of Ezra which seem to confirm this opinion. The conclusion of the one and the beginning of the other are almost identical in expression. In their spirit and characteristics they are the same, showing thus also an identity of authorship. In their general scope and design these books are not so much historical as didactic. The principal aim of the writer appears to be to present moral and religious truth. He does not give prominence to political occurences, as is done in Samuel and Kings, but to ecclesiastical institutions. "The genealogies, so uninteresting to most modern readers, were really an important part of the public records of the Hebrew state. They were the basis on which not only the land was distributed and held, but the public services of the temple were arranged and conducted, the Levites and their descendants alone, as is well known, being entitled and first fruits set apart for that purpose." The "Chronicles" are an epitome of the sacred history from the days of Adam down to the return from Babylonian Exile, a period of about 3-500 years. The writer gathers up "the threads of the old national life broken by the Captivity." The sources whence the chronicler compiled his work were public records, registers, and genealogical tables belonging to the Jews. These are referred to in the course of the book ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:24 kjv@1Chronicles:29:29; kjv@2Chronicals:9:29 kjv@2Chronicals:12:15 kjv@2Chronicals:13:22 ; 20:34; 24:27; 26:22; 32:32; 33:18-19; 27:7; 35:25). There are in Chronicles, and the books of Samuel and Kings, forty parallels, often verbal, proving that the writer both knew and used these records ( kjv@1Chronicles:17:18; comp. kjv@2Samuel:7:18-20; kjv@1Chronicles:19; comp. kjv@2Samuel:10, etc.). As compared with Samuel and Kings, the Book of Chronicles omits many particulars there recorded ( kjv@2Samuel:6:20-23; 9; 11; 14-19, etc.), and includes many things peculiar to itself ( kjv@1Chronicles:12; 22; 23-26; 27; 28; 29, etc.). Twenty whole chapters, and twenty-four parts of chapters, are occupied with matter not found elsewhere. It also records many things in fuller detail, as (e.g.) the list of David's heroes ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:1-37), the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim to Mount Zion ( kjv@1Chronicles:13; 15:2-24; 16:4-43; comp. kjv@2Samuel:6), Uzziah's leprosy and its cause ( kjv@2Chronicals:26:16-21; comp. kjv@2Kings:15:5), etc. It has also been observed that another peculiarity of the book is that it substitutes modern and more common expressions for those that had then become unusual or obsolete. This is seen particularly in the substitution of modern names of places, such as were in use in the writer's day, for the old names; thus Gezer ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:4) is used instead of Gob ( kjv@2Samuel:21:18), etc. The Books of Chronicles are ranked among the _khethubim_ or hagiographa. They are alluded to, though not directly quoted, in the New Testament kjv@Hebrews:5:4; kjv@Matthew:12:42 kjv@Matthew:23:35; kjv@Luke:1:5 kjv@Luke:11:31 kjv@Luke:11:51).
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