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Intro:

• 1st and 2nd Chronicles
  • originally one book in the Hebrew Bible.
  • The title of the book is Words of the Days
    • Accounts or events
  • equivalent meaning today
    • The Events of the Times
• 3rd Century
  • Became a divided book with the Greek translation (Septuagint)
  • Title: Of Things Omitted
    • refers to things omitted in Samuel and Kings
  • Some copies titled it Concerning the Kings of Judah
• 385-405 AD
  • Translated to Latin (Latin Vulgate)
    • The Latin Vulgate is a late-fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible, produced primarily under the labor and scholarship of Jerome (circa 347–420 AD). Its name comes from the Latin word “vulgata,” meaning “common version,” reflecting its purpose to provide a uniform, accessible text for believers throughout the Roman Empire. Over time, the Vulgate became a foundational text, shaping Christian theology, liturgy, and scholarship across centuries.
  • Jerome intitles is “Chronicles”
    • meaning the Chronicles of the whole of Sacred History
    • 1st and 2nd Chronicles cover the same period of History as 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings

Why have another account?

• A different prospective

• A different People
  • written to the remnant that returned from exile
    • Judah had been exiled to Babylon for 70 years
    • Temple destroyed in 586 BC
• 1st Chronicles
  • Chapters 1-9: David’s genealogy from Adam to David
  • Chapters 10-29: 33 years of David’s rule over the United Kingdom of Israel (the whole 12 tribes)
• 2nd Chronicles
  • Chapters 1-9: covers 40 years from 971 BC to 931 BC
  • Chapters 10-36: covers 393 years from 931-538 BC
• Political Captivity
  • Babylon takes over as the ruling power
• Religious Captivity
  • the temple is destroyed
• Genealogy
  • Chronicles was last in the order Hebrew Bible
  • 1st Chronicles chapters 1-9 is the preamble to the genealogy of Christ in Matthew chapter 1 and Luke chapter 3