Contextual Division
Based on its contents, the book may be divided into four parts:
- The beginning of 1 Chronicles (chapters 1–10) mostly contains genealogical lists, including the House of Saul and Saul's rejection by God, which sets the stage for the rise of David.
- 1 Chronicles (chapters 11–29) is a history of David's reign.
- The beginning of 2 Chronicles (chapters 1–9) is a history of the reign of King Solomon, son of David.
- The remainder of 2 Chronicles (chapters 10–36) is a chronicle of the kings of Judah to the time of the Babylonian exile, concluding with the call by Cyrus the Great for the exiles to return to their land.
However, it is also possible to divide the book into three parts rather than four by combining the sections treating David and Solomon, since they both ruled over a combined Judah and Israel, unlike the last section that contains the chronicle of the Davidic kings who ruled the Kingdom of Judah alone.
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