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1 and 2 Chronicles Flashcards

1
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“Our English title ‘Chronicles’ comes to us from St. _______. _______ was commissioned in 382 A.D. by Pope ____________ to revise the “Old Latin” Bible into the Latin used at that time. This version was later called the ___________.

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Jerome
Jerome
Damasus I
Vulgate

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

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Septuagint

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How much of the material found in 1 and 2 Chronicles is also found in 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings?

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50 percent

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When do most scholars date the writing of the Book of Chronicles? Whose lifetime was it?

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Ezra’s lifetime (450-400 B.C.).

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Where do 1 and 2 Chronicles appear in the Hebrew canon?

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1 and 2 Chronicles are the last and final books.

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Describe the written perspective of the Books of Chronicles, and also identify the emphasis found in the books.

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perspective of a reforming priest

emphasis on the Temple and the Levitical Priesthood.

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In which generation, after the exile ended, did the author write the Book of Chronicles?

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second or third generation after the exile ended.

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What 3 major events, included in the Books of Kings, are omitted from Books of Chronicles?

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Solomon’s Apostasy
David’s Adultery
Adonijah’s Rebellion

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List 2 purposes for the author/ editor’s writing of the Books of Chronicles.

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

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

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What two ways does the author use to show the greatness of David as presented in his attitude towards God?

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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)

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Complete the following sentence “ The message of the book is timeless . On both a national and personal level, _____________________.”

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greatness comes with our depth of fellowship with God.

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Name 3 purposes for including the genealogies in 1 Chronicles.

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  1. demonstrated a national identity reaching back across the tragedy of the exile.
  2. The lists demonstrated continuity between generations.
  3. The first readers could believe that the promises God gave their ancestors before the exile were also for them.
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From the genealogies, 3 men were names as key figures:

a. name them
b. name why they were important to the author of Chronicles.

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Adam was important as the head of the human race receiving the Adamic Covenent (blessings).

Abraham was important because of the promises God gave him and his descendants in the Abrahamic Covenant.

David was important because of his role as Israel’s divinely chosen king and because of the promises God gave him in the Davidic Covenant.

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What 3 “chosen instruments of salvation” are found in 1 Chronicles?

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The Davidic line of kings
The City of Jerusalem
The Temple

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Whose death became a prototype or pattern of the exile for the author of 1 Chronicles?

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Saul

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Why is Saul’s death listed as such length and detail?

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to present Saul as a prototype of all the evil kings that follow, and to present David as a prototype of all the good kings that follow.

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What elements of temple worship did David originate?

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musical guilds and services

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18
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What specific event marked the beginning of the Levitical singers’ ministry in Israel?

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Bringing the ark into Jerusalem (15:16)

19
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What is significant about the story of the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite found in 1 Chronicles 21

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A place is designated for the temple.

The primary reason for including the incident involving David counting the men in Chronicles was that it explains the site chosen for the temple.

20
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Where did Solomon’s greatness lie?

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his humility before God

21
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What was Solomon’s primary service to the nation of Israel?

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the erection of the temple

22
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What was the reason for Solomon’s failure?

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

23
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Which 5 kings started the main religious revivals recorded in 2 Chronicles?

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Asa, 
Jehosaphat, 
Joash, 
Hezekiah,
Josiah
24
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Summarize the primary lessons of both 1 and 2 Chronicles.

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1 Chronicles teaches that it was necessary that the people recognize God in everything.

2 Chronicles teaches that if that recognition is only formal and ceremonial, it is useless and impotent.

25
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What are 5 similarities between the Temple and the Church?

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Temple Church
Solomon’s temple The Church is a spiritual
was a physical and temple.
material temple.

The presence of God The Holy Spirit filled the
filled Solomon’s Church at it’s beginning
temple at its
beginning.

Solomon’s temple was The Church is to be the
the center of spiritual center of spiritual life in the
life in Israel. world.

Solomon’s temple The Church is to remind all
reminded His people people of his rule over
of His heavenly rule them and his presence with
over them and with them
them

Solomon’s temple At various times and
degenerated into places, the Church has
symbolism and form. been reduced to form
and symbolism

26
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Complete the following sentence: “As Israel failed to bring the light of God’s revelation to the world, so the church _________________.

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can fail to do so as well if we are content merely to play church.

27
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From the point of view of the writer of 2 Chronicles, what was Solomon’s major accomplishment?

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The building of the temple

28
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What mountain is mentioned as the site of the temple? What other event in OT history also occurred at this place?

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Mount Moriah

The very spot where Abraham was called to sacrifice his son Isaac.

29
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What did the “golden age” reign of Solomon do for the Jews of the restoration period?

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helped them to know what they needed to do (repent and be faithful), and to what they could look forward.

30
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Recite 2 Chronicles 7:14

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“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.”

31
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What became the pattern of the exile, repeated in Israel’s history?

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Saul’s life and death

32
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2 Chronicles 7:14 serves as a pattern for what other model?

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for restoration.

The chronicler presented these two models (restoration and exile), and called his readers to assess their own situation in the light of these archetypes, or patterns.

33
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Why doesn’t the author of Chronicles include the northern kingdom in his books?

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The history of the northern kingdom lay outside the scope of the author’s purpose.

For the rest of the book he was interested in tracing the kings of the southern kingdom of Judah

34
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When recalling the story of King Ahaziah, in 2 Chronicles 22-23, describe the significance of the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem to the exiles returning home under Persian rule.

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But the people had already rebuilt the 2nd temple (5:9). The restoration community’s hope of the fulfillment of the promise God made to David centered on the temple.
As long as they had permission to rebuild the temple, there was hope that someday a successor to David might rule over them again.

***The temple was in that sense the protector of the promise to David, both in Athaliah’s day and in the Chronicler’s day.

35
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In Chronicles, honoring or neglecting the temple signifies what?

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to honor or neglect God.

36
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What were signs of divine blessing of the Chronicler?

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Building projects and political success

37
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Name the 3 Kings who comprise a “royal trilogy” in 2 Chronicles, whose reigns started well but ended poorly.
a. what does this show us?

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Uzziah’s reign was the third in a “royal trilogy” of kings who began well but ended poorly: Joash, Amaziah, and Uzziah.

Their histories show the importance of personal faithfulness to God “to the very end.”

38
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According to the Chronicler, what was the reason for Israel’s exile?

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the hardness of heart that King Ahaz demonstrated.

39
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The reign of which king gets more space in Chronicles than any other besides David and Solomon?

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to Hezekiah

40
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Which king. after the time of Solomon. reflected the heart of David?

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Hezekiah

41
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What did the story of the Assyrian capture of King Manasseh tell the exiles returning to Jerusalem?

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The Assyrians captured Manasseh but released him after he repented (vv. 12-13). His experience would have encouraged the returned exiles who read Chronicles. If God showed mercy to evil Manasseh and reestablished him in the land, He could do the same for them (7:14).

42
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By the time we get to Zedekiah, the last king before the fall of Jerusalem, what spiritual “disease” characterized by Pharaoh under Moses had then befallen the kings of Judah, according to Chronicles?

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t was the same hardness of heart characterized by Pharaoh under Moses which now characterized the Davidic kings.

43
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What message did the edict of Cyrus, King of Persia, convey as first-hand evidence to the exiles?

A

The edict of Cyrus for the rebuilding of the temple (36:22-23), was first-hand evidence that God had not annulled His covenants with Israel nor the Levitical system revealed at Sinai.

44
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Compare Samuel/Kings to Chronicles… 5 of them

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Sam/ Kings Chronicles
Prophetic Authorship Priestly
Negative Positive
Message of judgement Message of Hope
man’s failings God’s faithfulness
Emphasis king/prophet Emphasis priests/temple

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