The two Books of Chronicles, the Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah are a continuous work by the same hand. The part of this work known as "Chronicles' is a revision of the history of Israel which is contained in the earlier books, from Joshua to Kings; supplemented from other sources which are lost to us. The history is continued in Ezra and Nehemiah, with the return from Exile, re-population of Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the Temple in 538 to 515 B.C. though the date of these two books is the same as that of Chronicles, they make use of original records and documents including Ezra's report of his own mission and Nehemiah's memoir and they are a valuable complement to the information on the Jewish Restoration which is incidentally contained in the books of the prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. The different documents are, however, arranged in a baffling order in which incidents appear to be classified by subjects rather than chronologically.

1 CHRONICLES - (1) David and his Entourage: the Genealogies from Adam to Israel - Chapter 1 to 10 - (2) David the King and Founder of the Temple Worship - Chapter 11 to 14 - (3) The Ark in the Citadel of David and prelude to the Building of the Temple - Chapter 15 to 29 - 2 CHRONICLES - (1) Solomon and the building of the Temple - Chapter 1 to 9 - (2) First Reforms of the Monarchical period. Rehoboam and the regrouping of the Levites - Chapter 10 to 27 - (3) The Great Reforms under Hezekiah and Josiah. The sins of Ahaz, father of Hezekiah - Chapter 28 to 35 - (4) Israel in the closing years of the Monarchy - Chapter 36 - In summary : Chronicles ends like Kings, with the deportation of the Israelites into the Babylonian Exile. A religious history of Israel covering the same period of time as 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings.

EZRA - (1) The return from Exile and the rebuilding of the Temple - Chapter 1 to 6 - (2) The Organisation of the Community by Ezra and Nehemiah - Chapter 7 to 10 - NEHEMIAH - (1) The call of Nehemiah : his mission to Judah - Chapter 1 to 13 -

In summary : The return of the Jewish people from captivity in Babylon. The rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the exiles returned from Babylon.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -