1 and 2 Chronicles for Everyone
Overview
This eighth volume in the popular Old Testament for Everyone series offers a rich and enlightening view of 1 and 2 Chronicles, showing how these books pick up on central themes from Genesis through Kings. Starting with Adam and then telling the story of humanity and the story of Israel through the exile, 1 and 2 Chronicles emphasizes the underlying claim that “a community that is faithful to God finds that God is faithful in return,” writes John Goldingay. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school prep, or brief visits with the Bible, this commentary is an excellent resource for the modern lay reader.
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- Presents an accessible and engaging overview of the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles
- Discusses the text’s contemporary relevance
- Provides an introduction to the texts theological significance
Top Highlights
“What might postexilic Judahites infer from this first list? They might realize, ‘We are part of a story that has been going on for a long time. We are not so insignificant. We issue from a process going back to the very creation of humanity.’ They might even infer, ‘God’s purpose for the whole world lies behind our being here. God intends to do something with us that will fulfill the original purpose of creating the world. We exist for the sake of the world, even if at the moment it thinks we are nothing.’” (Page 8)
“One of the significances of Chronicles’ focus on David and the temple is to remind the community of the amazing privilege it has in being called to worship Yahweh in this house whose building David commissioned. This God is indeed ‘the God of heaven’ (even the Persian emperor calls him so, in the closing paragraph of the books), but he is worshiped here.” (Page 4)
“To be an effective leader you don’t need any leadership abilities. All you need is the capacity to follow Yahweh.” (Page 168)
“The people for whom Chronicles was written were thus not people who needed to face their responsibility for the collapse of their state. They were people who did need not to fall into similar traps to the ones that had brought down their ancestors but who also needed to see the greatness of what God had done for them and to respond by living lives of trust and obedience to God.” (Page 4)
“Chronicles moves with lightning speed from Adam to David; it makes no reference to the promises to Israel’s ancestors, or the exodus, or Sinai, or the journey to the promised land. David is the person who counts. Further, Chronicles focuses on a particular angle on David, his significance in making the arrangements for the building of the temple and for its worship.” (Page 4)
- Title: 1 and 2 Chronicles for Everyone
- Author: John Goldingay
- Series: For Everyone Bible Study Guides
- Publishers: SPCK, Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 224
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. 1 Chronicles › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 2 Chronicles › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:EVRY13CH1
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:40:50Z