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The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season of judgment. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles address a divine word of healing and reaffirm the hope of restoration to a nation that needed to regain its footing in God’s promises and to reshape its life before God. The Chronicler expounds the Bible as...

but the source of the wealth from which contributions have been made for the temple fund (vv. 14–16). Even David’s request (vv. 17–19) that future generations might maintain the same attitude to God appeals to God’s sovereignty (O LORD, God of … Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, v. 18). The language is full of Old Testament quotations and allusions, reflecting the usage of the Chronicler’s time as well as David’s, but it is impossible to be certain of the precise origin and date of every phrase. The prayer
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