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1 Chronicles: The Faithfulness of God to His Word Illustrated in the Lives of the People of Judah is unavailable, but you can change that!

The books of Chronicles have had a checkered past. Neglected for many years under the unfortunate name paraleipomenon or “things omitted,” meant that they occupied a subordinate position in the scriptures until the fourth century A.D. when the title “A Chronicle of the whole of Sacred History” was suggested instead. This has since been shortened to Chronicles and the rest is, literally, history. ...

opening suggestion (13:2) and despondent conclusion (13:11–12), there is an absence of recorded dialog. Furthermore, from the mid-point of the chapter the focus shifts suddenly and undeniably to God. Chapters 13:1–16:43 have as their central theme the unification of the people. Sharing the vision (13:1–4). David began to unify the people by consulting the leaders (13:1). We read: “And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every
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