– Chapters 1-9 Geneology, name after name, really hard to pronounces, easily get lost
– Order different than Hebrew bible than Christian Bible
Hebrew
– Prophets wrote history and interpreted what was happening, and gods will, book of kings regarded as something totally different
– Chronicals is last book
Christians
– had priests
– more about history
– not prophetic
– may appear to be like kings, but authors had totally different approaches and ideas
 
*Lots of duplications in the bible, Gospels: are four accounts of jesus, but each author has a different approach to it, trying to make a different meaning
​- As the Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, and the writer of the Chronicles and other selections ​of the bible
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Samuel/Kings​​     Chronicles
-500 Years -Starts earlier finishes later
-Written soon
after event -Written long after event
-Political
Viewpoint -Religious history
-Human Failings -Divine faithfulness
-Royal Vices -Royal Virtues
-NEGATIVE -POSITIVE
 
The writers of each books had different Tasks 
Why it went wrong
Knew all went wrong, let’s go back to how it was
 
 
 
Big Focus on David and Samuel
Ark and temple… more or the ritual and spiritual aspect, Priest/ not Prophet
The author doesn’t idolize, remember not good to idolize anything but God, but idealizes the Royalty
 
*The reason Chronicles was written was because the Hebrews were set free from Babylon by the Persian King Cyrus
*They had no identity and the chronicles were used as a way to bring back the identity
So of course things are written in a positive way to influence the Hebrews back to their routes  
What does it mean to be Jewish? God’s Chosen people, so of course they have to be righteous