Several lines may be considered in approaching the question of the book’s date and provenance. 1. Several attempts have been made to tie the book of Chronicles to concrete historical events, a connection which would allocate it a well-defined chronological matrix. Among the more popular recent suggestions is the last quarter of the sixth century, with the eschatological expectations linked with the figure of Zerubbabel (Freedman, Cross, Newsome, Braun, Throntveit, etc.), or the wake of the Samaritan