1 & 2 Chronicles

Question 1

Where does the English title “Chronicles” come from?

Answer 1

St. Jerome, who was commisioned in 382 by Pope Damasus I to revise the “Old Latin” Bible to Latin used at that time. It was later called the Vulgate.

Question 2

What was responsible for dividing the single book of Chronicles into 1 and 2?

Answer 2

The Septuagint (true of Samuel and Kings also)

Question 3

How much of 1 & 2 Chronicles is the same material found in 1 & 2 Samuel?

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

When do most scholars place the writing of Chronicles? (2 possibilities)

Answer 4

Within Ezra’s lifetime (450-400 B.C)

During the second or third generation after the exile

Question 5

What does Chronicles tend to reflect?

Answer 5

The perspective of a reforming priest (as Ezra was) with emphasis on the Temple and the Levitical Priesthood.

Question 6

What was omitted from Chronicles?

Answer 6

Solomon’s Apostacy
David’s Adultery
Adonijah’s rebellion

Question 7

What Biblical sources do we know he used?

Answer 7

1 and 2 Samuel
1 and 2 Kings
(about 50% comes from these sources)

Question 8

In the HEBREW cannon, where are 1 and 2 chronicles

Answer 8

The last and final books

Question 9

Authors purpose?

Answer 9

To remind his readers of the victories of their heritage and to assure them of triumphs in the future.

Question 10

Reason why Chronicles was written?

Answer 10

as a statement of faith that God’s promises were still true even though they had miserably failed.

Question 11

Samuel and Kings?

• Authorship?
• Ministry/concerns?
• Message?
• What it shows?
• Focus emphasis?

Answer 11

Prophetic Authorship
Emphasizes the Prophetic ministry and moral concerns
More negative; rebellion and tragedy
Message of Judgement
Man's Failings
Emphasizes kings and prophets

Question 12

Chronicles

• Authorship?
• Ministry/concerns?
• Message?
• What it shows?
• Focus?

Answer 12

Priestly authorship
Emphasizes the priestly ministry and spiritual concerns
more positive; apostasy, but hope in spite of tragedy
message of hope
God’s faithfulness
Emphasizes the temple and the priests

Question 13

Where did the writer show David’s greatness come from?

Answer 13

His greatness came from his attitude toward God, which expressed itself in two ways

• His care for the ark ( a symbol of God’s grace)
• His desire to build the temple ( a symbol of worship, which responds to God’s grace)

Question 14

Why did the author give the genealogical lists?

Answer 14

He demonstrated a national identity reaching back across the tragedy of the exile

Question 15

What could the first readers believe from the genealogy lists?

Answer 15

The promises God gave their ancestors before the exile were also for them.

Question 16

Why was Adam important?

Answer 16

As the head of the human race receiving the Adamic Covenant (blessings)

Question 17

Why was Abraham important?

Answer 17

The promises he God gave him and his descendants in the Abrahamic Covenant

Question 18

Why was David important?

Answer 18

His role as Israel’s divinely chosen king and because of the promises God gave him in the Davidic Covenant

Question 19

What did the author perceive to be God’s chosen instruments of salvation?

Answer 19

The Davidic line of Kings
The City of Jerusalem
The Temple

Question 20

What did Sauls death become?

Answer 20

a prototype or pattern of the exile

Question 21

What did David originate in regards to the services?

Answer 21

Musical guilds- Choir

Question 22

What marked the beginning of the Levitical singers’ ministry in Israel?

Answer 22

Bringing the ark into Jerusalem

Question 23

There was a place chosen for the temple, what was the primary reason for including the incident where David counts the men in Chronicles?

Answer 23

it explains the site chosen for the temple.

Question 24

Where was King Solomon’s real greatness?

Answer 24

it lay in his humility before God

Question 25

What was his primary service to the nation?

Answer 25

the erection of the temple

Question 26

What was Solomon’s failure?

Answer 26

he ceased to recognize God’s sovereign rule over him and his kingdom, the very thing the temple he built promoted

Question 27

Five main religious revivals:

Answer 27

Asa
Jehoshapha
Joash
Hezekiah
Josiah

Question 28

Solomon’s Temple and The Church

Answer 28

S-Temple was physical and Material
C-Spiritual temple

S-Presence of God filled Solomon’s temple at its beginning
C- HS filled the Church at its beginning

S-Temple was the center of spiritual life in Israel
C-Is to be the center of spiritual life in the world

S- Reminded His people of His heavenly rule over them and with them
C-to remind all people of his rule over them and his presence with them

S- degenderated into symbolism and form
C-at various times and places the church has been reduced to form and symbolism

Question 29

What was Solomon’s major accomplishment according to the writers point of view?

Answer 29

Building of the temple

Question 30

Where was the built?

Answer 30

Mount Moriah, the very spot where Abraham was called to sacrifice his son Isaac.

Question 31

How did the “golden age” reign of Solomon help the Jews of the restoration?

Answer 31

To know what they needed to do (repend and be faithful) and to what they could look forward to

Question 32

2 Chronicles 7:14

Answer 32

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Question 33

Who did the Chronicler follow/trace? Who did he neglect?

Answer 33

He traced the kings of southern kingdom of Judah

He neglected the history of the Northern kingdom

Question 34

What were signs of divine blessings to the Chronicler?

Answer 34

Building Projects and political success

Question 35

Who did the Chronicler give more space to, except David and Solomon?

Answer 35

King Hezekiah’s reign