2 Chronicles 1

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The complete Hebrew text of the Books of Chronicles (1st and 2nd Chronicles) in the Leningrad Codex (1008 CE).
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2 Chronicles 1 is the first chapter of the Second Book of Chronicles the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or of the second part of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3] This chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of Solomon (2 Chronicles 1 to 9). [1] The focus of this chapter is Solomon's ascension and wealth. [4]

Contents

Text

This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language and is divided into 17 verses in Christian Bibles, but into 18 verses in the Hebrew Bible with the following verse numbering comparison: [5]

Verse numbering for 2 Chronicles 1 and 2
EnglishHebrew
1:1-171:1-17
2:11:18
2:2-182:1-17

This article generally follows the common numbering in Christian English Bible versions, with notes to the numbering in Hebrew Bible versions.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century) and Codex Leningradensis (1008). [6]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century). [7] [lower-alpha 1]

Old Testament references

Solomon's sacrifice and prayer at Gibeon (1:1–13)

The section records how Solomon began his reign to succeed David in the unified monarchy as David had consolidated domestic support for Solomon (1 Chronicles 2529). [12] In verses 3–5, the Chronicler attempts to unite all legitimate worship sites and objects, that is the tabernacle built by Moses in the desert, which was placed in Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:39 ; 21:29), and the ark of the Covenant, placed in the tent by David in Jerusalem. [4] The Chronicler deliberately presents 'a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted' (1 Kings 3:8 ) into 'a people as numerous as the dust of the earth' (verse 9), referring to the promise made to Jacob (or "Israel") in Genesis 28:14 . [4] The reference to a promise of an eternal dynasty made to David ('let your promise to my father David now be fulfilled'; cf. 1 Chronicles 17:11–12 ) refers to verse 1 where Solomon is introduced as David's son and rightful successor by divine choice. [4] [12]

Verse 3

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness. [13]

Solomon's wealth (1:14–17)

The record of Solomon's wealth in this section is almost identical to other passages (1 Kings 10:26–29 ). [4] Here is to illustrate the fulfillment of God's promise to Solomon in Gibeon. [15]

Verse 17

And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. [16]

See also

Notes

  1. The whole book of 2 Chronicles is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ackroyd 1993, p. 113.
  2. Mathys 2007, p. 268.
  3. Ackroyd 1993, pp. 113–114.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Mathys 2007, p. 284.
  5. Note [1] on 2 Chronicles 2:1 in NET Bible
  6. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  7. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  8. Würthwein, Ernst (1988). Der Text des Alten Testaments (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. p. 85. ISBN   3-438-06006-X.
  9. Swete, Henry Barclay (1902). An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. pp. 129–130.
  10. Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Codex Sinaiticus". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  11. 1 2 2 Chronicles 1 Berean Study Bible. Biblehub
  12. 1 2 Coogan 2007, p. 619 Hebrew Bible.
  13. 2 Chronicles 1:3 KJV
  14. Note on 2 Chronicles 1:3 in NKJV
  15. Coogan 2007, p. 620 Hebrew Bible.
  16. 2 Chronicles 1:17 KJV
  17. Note [a] on 2 Chronicles 1:17 in MEV
  18. Note on 2 Chronicles 1:17 in ESV
  19. Note [b] on 2 Chronicles 1:17 in MEV
  20. Note on 2 Chronicles 1:17 in NKJV

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