The infinitive absolute occurs about 865 times in the Hebrew Bible.34 In more than 50% of the cases, the infinitive absolute is followed by a finite verb with the same root. In only 31 instances is the infinitive absolute preceded by a finite verb.35 In comparison with Samuel and Kings, the infinitive absolute construction is used much less frequently in Chronicles. Instances where the construction functions as a directive, which abound in Classical Biblical Hebrew, are, however, completely absent