point to one incident or institution as the fulfillment of its shadowlike predecessor; rather, it serves as a cross-reference from one incident to another, inviting the reader to draw parallels and conclusions that go beyond the immediate statement of the text” (1991: 21). In the Chronicler we do find a profound belief in the unity and continuity of the history of God’s people. This is the point of the genealogies that open the work. The Chronicler’s audience is the same people of God born to Abraham