general
historical,
aimed also to
regard
I have
Ch. XX-XXXVI. He
genealogy
of
Zebulun,
i
Ch.
VII,
and
needed
place,
since
nothing
similar
follows
the
Books
of
Kings
(which
Jerusalem
(Ne.
3'- );
of
the
princes
 
in
supported
by
the
following
fact :
degree
the
same
linguistic
peculiarities.
determined
the
Great.
Darius
is
(336-
323
B.C.)
century
B.C.,
or30o,
may
be
Ch.
(Keil
wrote
the
tants
of
Jerusalem
(i
Ch.
1-9).
Then
by
David
(i
Ch.
13,
15-16);'
upon
his
thought
of
a
temple
(i
Ch.
17)
priests
and
the
singers
of
the
kingdom
(2
Ch.
II
(i
Ch.
15,
16)
and
the
dedication
of
the
Temple
(2
Ch.
5 '),
but
for
statistics,
and
exhibits
repeatedly
similar
exaggerations.
He
gives
the
weight
or
value
Priests'
Code,
both
in
its
subject-matter
great
;:nd
punishments
through
signal
Chronicler,
1,000,000
men
knows
with
Ahab
(an
vessels built
years
marked reconstruc-
tions of
history. According
conspira-
the
this
leprosy
Ammon
(2
Ch.
20''
edifying
speeches.
They
are
trespass
the idols of the
of
Obed-
edom
house
from
a
genealogical
section,
i
Ch.
1-9,
Abijah
(2
Ch.
prophets
Haggai
and
Zechariah,
and
especially
since the restora-
 
inspiration
of
the
canonical
books
temple
of
Dagon.
The
original
source
of
both
Again
in
comparing
2
Ch.
timber,
promising
much
grain
are
requested
the sources of the canonical books can at all be
trusted,
since
these
sources
always
appear
in
Chronicles
might
still,
however,
material not
found in
(a) (b) (c)
Jehoiakim,
was
clearly
a
comprehensive
one,
but
Kings,
for the
political history
work as
of Moses in the
and i and 2 K. Some
of
these
his other
original
composi-
tion
beyond
modest
forerunner.
Chapter
21
contains,
with
the
absence
at
the
threshing-floor
of
Oman.
In
2
Ch.
1-9,
which
presents
a
history
of
Solomon's
of a widow
OT.,
Ch.
(including
Ezr.-Ne.)
exhibits
many
peculiarities
of
phraseology
and
syntax.
Many
old
words
in new
are
met
frequently
both
in
pas-
sages
from
to
copyists'
errors
(see
copying
from
19-
subst.,
i
Ch.
(as
in
Syriac)
r
Ch.
52^
236
2
Ch.
255-
'o
2815,
cf.
Ne.
932;
e
defining
the
suffix
of
a
noun
i
Ch.
f
2
Ch.
3116-
is
Ezr.
91
iqI'.
Cf.
Ges.
con-
dition,
though
by
contain
the occidental
mss.,
especially
34.
Field
(Hexapla,
I.)
notes
a
few
readings
from
tensive
enough
to
be
cursives
19,
93,
and
108,*
and
group
more
frequently
text,
but
this
plus
have a
forms
more
closely
has,
made
to
conform,
brew
text
faithfully
lation of
very frequently
tions,
but
all
go
back
made
in
616-7
a.d.,
London
Polyglots
{v.
s.),
but
was
made
263/.
discrepancies
theory upon
which the
through
many
Book
of
the
Chronicles
of
the
Kings
of
Judah
the
canonical
books.
De
Wette
late
period,
slovenly
tend-
of information
The
views
practically
Samuel
and
Kings
had
used,
and
whose
author
Chronicles or
in
certain
instances
than
Wellhausen
allows,
Benzinger
(pub.
in
Migne's
Palrologia
Latino,
vol.
23,
coll.
1365-1402);
Theodoret,
Bishop
of
Cyrus
(ist
half
of
The
transpositicici
57
mankind,
copyists
cases where
—
of the
islands of
Red
Sea.
passages
this
people
centres
at
Hebron
and
^a
2
S.
5^',
et
al.,
men-
tioned
frequently).
<$''^,
original
Persian Gulf to the
now be
of Aden.
{EBi.
or
places,
or
possibly
list
of
J
(Gn.
io='-
and
Syriac
Nabateans is
might appropriately
of the mother
her
in
Gn.,
or
else
(Dr.
Gn.),
the
kingship.
The
from Gn.
(7'-*),
Zebulun
(7«-
corrected
text,
strange
age
Chron-
icler,
Ephrath,
the
Chronicler
Jerahmeel.
The
second
appendix
original compilation
book of
branches
of
Judah.
passage
secondary
to
are familiar with the
youngest
likely
derivation,
cf.
4^,
but
the
meaning
is
dub.,
seeKi.
Chronicler
an
assimilation
of
the
than
the
Old
Testament.
Vv.
Reuben
On.
46'
Ex.
6'*
of
Jerahmeel
i
Ch.
2'^,
but
David
plainly
was
not
a
Jerahmeelite,
hence
was
the
of
took
to
himself
Ephrath].
Since
Ephrath
is
equivalent
to
Ephratha
v.
5°
4*,
of
Bethlehem,
Beth-
gader,
Kirjath-jearim
vv.   .
(Such
a
shortening
asserting
period
of
that
persons
mentioned
else-
can
readily
be
thought
location of
(Ju.
1
15
4
I
S.
155)
their
number,
Malchijah
ben
Rechab,
present
(Ki.).
are taken from
where
(6
has
Solomon
to
Josiah.
—
Chron-
mentioned,
nothing
estine
writer
(Be.).
(2)
From
sons
of
Rephaiah
chapter
son,
The
name
Hattush,
however,
is
not
infrequent
(Ne.
3'°
lo^
12'-).
17-24.
Rothstein
in
his
somewhat
fanciful
monograph
on
these
verses
{op.
cit.
s.)
presents
the
following:
and 2
history given
in Ezr.
in vv.
vv.
'^-2 ,
the
—
southern
Judah
reads
'3
Othniel before those of
the
city
Elath
which Kenaz was
that
another
genealogical
lore
concerning
him.
11.
nniB'
'ns
Eo-eXw/x
is
merely
a
corruption
of
tjp
^ja
hSn,
be
a
gloss,
since
vv.
's--
without
rjpi.
16-20.
Sons
(2
Ch.
19 ).
Since
the
(v. )
is
not
given,
Ki.
following
Bn.
[v.
s.)
supplies:
from
the
text.
This
Massorites
the
pn T'^in
the
genealogy
of
Shimei.
Israel
by
Achish
King
of
Gath,
I
S.
275,
perhaps
Asluj
a
heap
Gaza
(DB.).
of the
post
-exilic
Juda-
ites.
Simeon
is
not
given,
unless,
in
ten
by
name
in
the
word
appears
difficult to see how this
order could
house of David.
clans.
The
seven
or
original
eight
con-
whole,
judging
from
its
history,
seems
from
careless
transcrip-
tion
or
gen-
ealogies
doubt
the
{v.
s.).
The
here
and
in
15
.'ii'i^nx
compiler.
(5^
with
the
rooms
of
the
of
Galilee,
—
Shimron].
Cf.
for
minor
judges.
Tola'
the
son
of
Pti'ah,
clearly
Judges
differ from each
as
separate
names.
This
tendency
as
the
father
of
Gilead
in
Jos.
17'-
placed
in
Egypt.
reflects
called
his
name
Peresh
f
Jos.
17'-,
a
agreeable
to
Jos.
16*
and
Serah,
their
sister,
and
mentioned
Na'aman
subordinated
line
of
Benjamin
are
' ,
(Be.,
Oe.),
or
reading
Jaffa
here
Jeremiah
onward,
tion in
Jerusalem].
This
sentence
2
S.
23'',
Jewish period,
and our
(Ki.).
Both
chapters
are
regarded
by
possible.
singers
and
in
v.
Jerusalem.
A
partial
solu-
Temple they
were instituted
Anakite
Nu.
13
Jos.
15
Ju.
1'°
f,
is
suspicious
and
may
requirement
of
v.
Temple
area.
The
eastern
gate
given
descent
from
Kehath
(Ex.
6'8
^i)^
time
past].
This
tradition
may
agree-
able
to
the
Chronicler's
the text
(Bn., Ki.).
with
present
battle
of
digression
concerning
through
Dothan,
and
also
the
main
highway
from
Esdraelon
trol
of
the
important
trade-route
which
drained
house
•< •
Burying
the
regards
hdu,
found
in
the
OT.
only
here,
for
DMj.
(2
S.
1-4),
and
proceeds
at
once
to
David's
taken
among
his
sources
Urusalim
repeatedly
occurs,
while
David.
in the
mighty
persons
heroes
given
in
w.
accordingly
(Dr.,
Bu.).
conclusion
thirty (in
Dr.
retains
iH
]d (We. TS.,
against
this.
We
prefer
S.,
a whole as
hundred
men
(i
S.
22=
272),
weh slew
took
place
during
Saul's
lifetime.
The
prominence
of
the
Benjaminites
in
post-exilic
Israel
may
Danites.
Nu.
ji2
225
y66.
71
iQ2b
j^
list,
hence
the
conception
of
the
thirty
here
appears
S.
23.
with
(6
S.
308-
's.
23.
of
the
events
already
David
treaty
or
or
barley,
usually
 131;']
setting
in
order
for
war
with
every
kind
by
representation
may
be
due
to
the
Chronicler's
being brought, may
of
2
S.
6
(1;.
i.)
is fond
than
David,
to
wit,
').
—
firmly
established
by
the
hy
(v.
21,
cf.
replete
with
references
required
directions
Dni'v^n
Asaph
assigns
priests
of
other
build-
ings
besides
the
palace
3
the
prince
of
error for Izhar.
Ex.
25
Ch.
29'<
Qr.,
also
else-
where
frequent.
(v.
song.
priest
in
Ne.
lo^
a
priest
or
ram
used
in
early
'tr'^p
6 we
the
last
of
ptc.
Sxiu'i r^x
Pr. 6^6
The
number
two
for
the
Psalms that
offerings
were
being
Gibcon
with
corresponding
of the
the
8-22
common
written,
etc.]
i.e.,
everything
Gibeon
were
placed
the
two
guilds
of
singers
represented
by
Heman
and
Jeduthun,
while
the
guild
of
Asaph
(v.
of
v.
King
of
Tyre,
14'
(see
Dr.
in
DB.
IV.
p.
500
a,
also
of the
and
a reference to
undoubtedly
idea,
indefinite in
expect
this
than
S.
(Bn.).
Ch.
is
original,
but
humble
and
from
such
an
unimportant
family,
parallel
text
of
2
S.
utterance,
yet
God
will
understand
gods
them in
people
may
say
that
Yahweh
Israel,
(see
Sm.),
reads
the
generations
of
Ch.
as
the
original
because
the
from the second half of the verse and 1^22^
is
likely
an
error
for
as a
hand
by
the
river
Euphrates].
The
subject
and uncertain. It
Syrian conquests
235
original
text
here,
an
abridgment
his
smiting
of
Aram,
he
smote
Edom,*
etc.
after
Dr.
by
Bu.,
has
words of
^
house
of
Saul,
2
S.
9,
because
he
passes
over
entirely
David's
him. What this kindness
persecuted
by
Saul.
Hiram's
]ijn,
and
instead
of
TiSn
Vf2-;
Mi2
by omitting
the clauses
with
ii^;
'n
in
apposition
the
Jordan,
that
likely,
hence
we
render,
from the text
f]D.
S.).
nj?'
should
be
pointed
prepara-
supplied
number of
important particulars,
2
S.
(10)
certain,
(8)
must
caused
by
without
having
Panias
(see
Buhl,
GAP.
pp.
238/.,
Banias).
—
possibility
owing
to
the
general
resemblance
of
the
letters,
but
the
Aaron
that
Solomon
building
26'%
to
Lebanon
east
of
of
Yahweh
my
God]
is
except
weh came
to David
undertakings
(Ki.).
The
Chronicler
was
could
not
three clauses
79';
also
Ges.
groups
David.—
This
passage
is
best
David,
oversight
of
the
building
more
ancient
king]
not
a
nomi-
nation
to
the
kingship,
the
actual
anointing
and
these two
{Hie
Schimhi,
inqttil,
increased to
ns'-si
Gershom
Ex.
2 .
Shuba'el*]
(v.
i.)
became
verse was added to
Mushi is
same form.
by
Kennic.
npt,
which
is
a
possibility,
into
courses
(v.
so also
signifi-
cation
cunt,
may
hb'jjd
Sjn
and
(instead
of
Ahimelech)
are
constituted
Zoe.,
Oe.),
though
more
probably
Ithamar returned
—
numbers
sixteen
and
eight
are
clearly
artificial,
since
they
are
related
(lit.
these
ivith
those)].
Apart
from
having
exhausted,
when
the
14, 16,
Levi has
these
verses
were
written in order to add the chiefs of the classes enumerated in
2^7-23
but in
which
latter rather
23'*
from the
for
after
light
of
15 -
(Ke.,
Zoe.,
Oe.),
but
a
glossator's
David
27'
f.
'Ibri].
The
23^'
'Uzziah
{cf.
54
(19)
23
well-known
family
in
southern
Judah,
cf.
2',
King Jehoiakim
Je. 36=^
the
succeeding
tion on the
a
frequent
Levitical
name
See
Ew.
the
 
passage
Immediately
following
Nasn
iTi',
mayS
is
most
naturally
taken
v'^ij
Oe.
not
follows:
T
T
through
of de-
re-
turning
exile
up
until
v.
1 ,
and
V.
common
else-
where.
'Ammi'el
is
first-bom
had
died,
original,
but
(nDiyS)
is
spoken
of
God
(Ne.
himdred
Hebronites
were
appointed
sons
of
Chenaniah,
one-half
tribes,
when
the two and
importance
of
the
district
jf.,
it
peace.
Hence
the
Chronicler
represents
that
essential
part
also
ing
officer,
hence
Bertheau
thought
only
a
partial
account
was
here
given.
Oe.,
Ki.,
Bn.—
niSpni
commanded him
tipon
27,
we
shall
ob-
serve
that
up
restore from
vary;
rep-
resents
the
where else
for a
taber-
nacle,
since
they
29',
2-h
22'-
writer
was
dependent
upon
in
c.
27,
suggesting
that
t?ie
latter,
prayer
nsScDn
nin^
-[S
29 ,
cf.
also
nini
ndd
S>'
292'.
Israel's
rights
are
only
same
meaning
2
Ch.
worship
and
of
homage
before
is
used
in
our
Samuel,
he
kept
that
information
functions as
suggested by
animal
for
omens;
hozeh,
were
later
2
Ch.
giving
him
only
1,400
chariots
reign.
The
Chronicler
regarded
these
as
two
separate
reign,
The
introductory
word
another source
(Bn., Ki.).
Cf.
nothing
like
this
in
Kings.
Chron-
icler's
adaptation
or
abridgment
(\w.
Israel,
reve-
lation
the
immediately given.
6 ,
which
appears
to
(as
glosses
SBOT.)
7*°
(a
late
Dtic.
passage).
two
(T'3 lD
instead of
gourd-like
knops
encompassing
But
they
were
ill
adapted
for
the
purpose
of
cleansing,
especially
the
sea,
unless
ground
for
the
712
in i
jms.
probably
not
to
their
form,
^v^ viSiSi
long
since
destroyed.
Jewish
tradition
placed
within
the
clusion
of
for
Ch.
Certainly
the
retention
of
Chronicler and his
iddm]
—
given
to
the
prayer,
taking
the
place
of
does not
mention structure
may
have
arisen
from
the
desire
is
described,
cf.
Dt.
3
7'.
following
seven
cause them to
remain in the
part
of
Yahweh
(cf.
permanent
dwelling-place
in
Israel.
manifested
end
of
praying].
especially
256,500 paschal
Temple
from
the
eighth
day
of
Paran
{cf.
nin>
•'izh.
day
(of
the
feast)
in-
wanting
in
I
K.
I
have
chosen
this
Kings (Be., Oe.),
enlarge (BDB.
posts
on
the
northern
frontier
of
Solomon's
kingdom.
then
built
Millo.
than
K.,
act
{cf.
26>«),
has
he
[Solomon]
Sea or Persian
likely
(r/.
i
Ch.
i ).
1.
an-.r-y]
Kau.,
Ki.
SBOT.,
Kom.,
copulative
nS
oannnS
Sntj .
of
is
Kal
i^
bucklers contained
^20.
103]
has the
ii^'- .
The
variations
are
as
follows:
The
Solomon,
this
is
so
 
additions
to
his
material
11
to
David,
and
no
part
—
as
originally
symbol
father
in
the
possession
of
a
considerable
children,
may
have
long
continued
or
possibly
Jerimoth
(niD ' ')
contentment
and
a
preventive
of
rebellion
against
their
brother
(but
the
text
may
not
be
sound,
v.
i.).
18.
p]
Kal
throne.
(It
is
not
necessary
Egyptian
Sosenq.
as the
sections
of
13.
•'d]
Abijah
and
Jeroboam
(i
K.
15')
depicts
Ch.
155-
cred-
by Joab,
territory
source
(Bn.)
regards
the
northern
king-
dom
as
apostate,
and
the
15*.
of ten
with
yip,
BDB.
Temple
prophetic
after
a
victory
all the idols which
destroy
the
agreed
(Asherah,
EBi.
I.
coll.
prospered
us.
8-14
(9-15).
Asa's
victory
advo-
cating
the
past
or
future
(Ke.);
a
reflection
following
their
soul
{cf.
Dt.
4 ).
K.
1515
Abijah
151'-
twenty-sixth year
of Asa.
covenant in
the
is
made
pleted
is
impossible
sought
human
aid
through
his
physicians.
de-
Hebrews,
but
probably
of
Chronicler.
of
adultery
(2
S.
II
ff.)
and
numbering
the
people
(2
S.
24
i
Ch.
21)
(Be.,
Ke.,
Zoe.,
Oe.).
But
David
is
wanting
in
the
judiciary
given
in
priests
tradition
(Bn.,
Ki.).
Otherwise,
however,
this
warriors
is,
dance]
a
duplicate
of
17^''.
Jehoshaphat
visited
Samaria.
expedition
and
politeness
in
favouring
the
Kmg's
desire.
After
^sa
—
—
of
of the
i
17'-',
hand
one
cannot
escape
story
of
Jehoshaphat's
activity
concerning
called
upon
to
idealise
the
kings
of
Judah,
I
Ch.
2612
(1.
124).
Sea,
harassed
by
the
popu-
lation
Sea,
while
Sea,
all-powerful
(v.
given
by
under
land.
^i^^,
and
with
shore
of
people
were
pros-
trating
themselves
or
remaining
Temple (v.
(42-49,
84,
85,
87,
88),
were
clearly
a
guild
of
singers,
probably
that
a
king
of
his
daughter.
negative
one.
Then Ahaziah
—
(^yy.
8.io)_
fhe
Jerusalem
by
the
This
new
material
—
letter is to
people
were
thought
God,
and
any
southern
Judah
the
Nile
Arabia
(II.
8,
12,
15,
19),
which
could
Jehu
and
led
to
his
untimely
end.
The
Chronicler
the
royal
princes
who
seemingly
were
in
camp
by
a
marauding
band
correct,
since
according
meaning
of
granddaughter,
since
of David with
smitten
(lit.
which
they
had
smitten
him)].
Thus
this
2
2.
av-^^'i
—
prophets
commissioned
by
Ehsha
(2
K.
9'-^),
might
be
men
of
Ahaziah
quite
given
in
2
K.
9
{v.
pious grandfather
7.
PDnn
f]
from
D13
tread
doum,
trample.
of
Athaliah,
followed,
so
Be.,
Oe.,
Kau.,
the Carites
of
Judah
declared that
foreign
troops,
house;
(6)
and
a
third
part
shall
a barrier
king.
This
passage
is
not
entirely
clear,
since
the
also
appears
thirds
adhering people
to be
last clause
their turn of
they [i.e.,
some
emblem
of
great pillars
of the
enthronement of
'-'^ isb-so
representing
one
nininiampD].
There
seems
to
(cf.
offerings
from
the
people.
But
Jehoiada
and
It
allowed
that
the
King
was
superior
the
priests,
and
rbv
lap.
abs. after
25-27.
2 K.
the
high
places,
are
omitted,
doubtless
interpretation,
found
remain
its
assign
vv.
^-la
to
M,
but
they
have
the
marks
basis
of
the
story
of
the
hire
of
father: he
story
book
of
Moses].
improbable,
since
could
only
as
equivalent
5.
mini
px]
d^ ^^
/I
pij,
(3
'1
trous
K. Read
i^rn
entirely
clear.
They
are
quite
372
^
Jeru-
salem
(70
A.D.)
the
great
Sanhedrin
removed
thither,
and
for
quite
a
period
it
took
the
place
of
Jerusalem
of
Egypt,
a
direction
appears
Dnynjaii
(Ba.).
Winckler
thinks
that
original
text of source was nj^i PDin nxi nj noin
rx
controversy
between
must
be
admitted,
city
sought
success-
fully
the
help
of
Tiglath-pileser
against
the lavers of
great
lavcr
(4=
gods.
The
motive
for
His reliance
upon Assyria
brings only
additions.
of
Jerusalem,
the
mod.
er-Rahdhi
{cf.
GAS. /.
i.
pp.
173
ff.).
into the hand
of
burnt-
offering,
the
brazen
altar were
in the
drawing
 
(Lv.
j3
f.
J420
1624).
subserviency
priests
besides
attending
he-goat
reformer
equally
with
Josiah,
Hezekiah. This
(Bn.).
Yet
it
is
doubtful,
however,
whether
both
narratives
very
difficult,
if
not
impossible,
year
of
Hezekiah's
reign
(so
Be.,
al.
v.
BDB.).
(Ba.),
better
the
great
Passover
N.
kingdom.
of Levitical uncleanness
the
burnt-offering,
Bue.
{ZAW.
Yahweh,
or
more
clearly
S.
8 .)
gate-keeper.
Jerusalem,
 
defence,
an
outside
 which
may
date
back
of
Hezekiah
and
payment
narrative with the
2
K.,
i.e.,
i8''-i99»
and
render aid to
Sjr ^3.
placed
in
his
fourteenth
year,
Sennacherib's
invasion.)
God
was in his
Kings
than
Hezekiah's
sickness,
since
these
of the
source,
in
the
hereditary
burying-place
of
the
kings.
to his
earlier
localised
(Sam.
pp.
239 /.).
of their
ing rampart
of the
Chronicler
and
clearly
shows
statement was
subsequent
reform.
The
Chronicler
abridges
knows
of
natural
decay,
Josiah's
reform
(2
K.
23='=').
knows
nothing
described
*
(r/.
30'-
s-  > '•
as
forming
na,-?
(Ki.
BH.)
or
'pn
'rS.
Hiph.
with
expression
only
here
contributors
entering
the
Temple;
here
Shaphan
(24'),
is
uncer-
tain.
could
on:'
be
king
and
brought
the
king
word
and
said,
Thy
law-book
Josiah
courtiers,
and
from
is
mentioned.
BH.
contrast
to
nasn,
is
supported
by
(S,
and
(cf
Ex.
24').
respect). (2)
the
right
of
slaying
and
roasting
the
paschal
that
the
paschal
lambs
of
the
peace-offerings,
the altar
judges);
232^.
The
older
(6
version
(i
Esdr.)
has
Ahab. Both
not
in i
Sn,
favoured
by
Josiah
to
the
king's
mother
K.
and
Je.,
v.
(r/. 35 ) 605,
to the advice
way,
be
limited
King
the
Cyrus.
it-3a
They
are
have
acknowledged
served to
acces-
sion,
306/.;
acts,
351^.;
address
of,
340^.;
appointments
of,
354;
bondservants
of,
353;