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Solomon's Request for Wisdom; Wealth and Honor.Chapter 2
Solomon Prepares to Build the Temple.Chapter 3
Temple Construction and Furnishings Described.Chapter 4
Temple Furnishings Completed; Altar, Sea, Lampstands.Chapter 5
Ark Brought to Temple; Cloud of Glory Fills it.Chapter 6
Solomon's Prayer at the Temple Dedication.Chapter 7
Temple Dedication; God's Covenant With Solomon.Chapter 8
Solomon's Building Projects and Administration.Chapter 9
Queen of Sheba Visits; Solomon's Wealth and Death.Chapter 10
Kingdom Divides: Rehoboam in Judah, Jeroboam in Israel.Chapter 11
Rehoboam Strengthens Judah; Levites Migrate.Chapter 12
Shishak Invades Judah; Rehoboam's Humbling.Chapter 13
Abijah's Reign; Victory Over Jeroboam.Chapter 14
Asa's Reforms; Victory Over Cushite Invaders.Chapter 15
Azariah's Prophecy; Asa's Religious Reforms.Chapter 16
Asa's Later Years; Alliance With Aram and Illness.Chapter 17
Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah; Religious Revival.Chapter 18
Jehoshaphat and Ahab's Alliance; Prophecy of Defeat.Chapter 19
Jehoshaphat's Judicial Reforms and Encouragement.Chapter 20
Jehoshaphat's Victory Through Prayer and Praise.Chapter 21
Jehoram's Wicked Reign and Punishment From God.Chapter 22
Ahaziah's Reign; Athaliah Usurps the Throne.Chapter 23
Jehoiada's Coup; Joash Crowned King of Judah.Chapter 24
Joash Repairs the Temple; His Assassination.Chapter 25
Amaziah's Reign; Victory and Idolatry.Chapter 26
Uzziah's Reign; Success and Leprosy.Chapter 27
Jotham's Reign; Building Projects and Battles.Chapter 28
Ahaz's Wickedness; Invasion by Aram and Israel.Chapter 29
Hezekiah's Reforms; Temple Cleansed and Rededicated.Chapter 30
Hezekiah Invites All Israel to Celebrate Passover.Chapter 31
Hezekiah Organizes Priests; Tithes and Offerings Restored.Chapter 32
Assyria Invades Judah; God Delivers Jerusalem.Chapter 33
Manasseh's Evil Reign; His Humbling and Repentance.Chapter 34
Josiah's Reforms; Book of the Law Found.Chapter 35
Josiah's Passover Celebration; His Death in Battle.Chapter 36
Judah's Final Kings and the Babylonian Exile.
- 2 Chronicles
by L.M. Grant
Though 1 Chronicles is just as vitally the Word of God as are all other scripture books, we pass over this now because, being largely composed of genealogies and many names, it is not suited to general Sunday school study. Personal study might yield great blessing to one who applies himself to it, for every name has meaning, and is actually for our benefit if we can discern it.
1 Chronicles is occupied mainly with David's reign because David is an outstanding type of Christ as king. 2 Chronicles begins with Solomon's reign. These two books differ greatly from the books of Samuel and Kings, for they emphasise the grace of God rather than His government, as do Samuel and Kings. David's great sin in connection with Bathsheba and her husband is not mentioned in 1 Chronicles, and Solomon's grave failure and disobedience is passed over also in 2 Chronicles, because the Lord here emphasises the truth that David and Solomon are types of Christ, in whom there is no failure. Those things that demonstrate the grace of God in enabling the kings to do God's work are prominent in this history. Therefore, 1 Chronicles speaks more largely of the evils of the ten tribes and their kings rather than of the failure of Judah, though in 2 Chronicles the history of Judah and her kings is prominent, and their failures declared too, while the ten tribes spoken of only in their connection with Judah, for only Judah had a true succession of kings of the line of David.
