by Justin Marple | Jun 8, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This post explores the overall theological agenda of the Chronicler in presenting the stories of the kings during the divided kingdom as well as explores these themes in particular when looking at the splitting of that kingdom into two in 2 Chronicles 10:1-19. The...
by Justin Marple | Jun 2, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This post concerns the climax of the Solomon story in Chronicles. This part of the story is told almost identically to Kings, but it has an importance here that far exceeds its purpose in Kings. We are not treating this section in the order found in the text, but...
by Justin Marple | May 18, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This was a fun section of Scripture to teach on Sunday night. Below are my notes, which I expanded upon for the class. It will help if you open the previous post on Chronicles and click on the link to the pdf showing the chiasm of 2 Chronicles 1-9. We are...
by Justin Marple | May 11, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
Having seen the David of the Chronicler’s ”messianic expectation” (as Ray Dillard puts it), the book continues in 2 Chron 1-9 with the Solomon of the Chronicler’s ”messianic expectation.” The Chronicler in telling the story of...
by Justin Marple | May 5, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This post only covers the last two chapters of 1 Chronicles. These chapters finish the transition from David to Solomon narrated from 1 Chronicles 22-29. They serve to combine David and Solomon into a single unit — for they are the one major Messianic figure...
by Justin Marple | Apr 20, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
Chronicles is the reason that we think of King David as a larger-than-life kind of figure like Moses. He is thus responsible for the organization of the Temple and its Levites. But the path to choosing the Temple site is an interesting one. 1 Chronicles 21 1...
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