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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 9:29-31 (NET)

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Solomon’s Reign Ends
9:29 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from start to finish , are recorded in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet , the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite , and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat . 9:30 Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years . 9:31 Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David . His son Rehoboam replaced him as king .

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  • The Book of Samuel covers the period of Israel's history bracketed by Samuel's conception and the end of David's reign. David turned the kingdom over to Solomon in 971 B.C.3David reigned for 40 and one-half years (2 Sam. 2:11...
  • Even though 1 and 2 Chronicles give one continuous story the emphasis in 2 Chronicles is different from that in 1 Chronicles. In 1 Chronicles the emphasis is the importance of the temple in national life. However in 2 Chronic...
  • (Continued from notes on 1 Chronicles)III. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-9A. Solomon's wisdom and prosperity ch. 1B. The building of the temple 2:1-5:11. Preparations for building the temple ch. 22. The temple proper 3:1-93. Th...
  • This section of the text is similar to 1 Chronicles 18-21. Those chapters showed how God did keep His promises to David that the Chronicler recorded in 1 Chronicles 17:8-12. These chapters (8-9) show how God kept His promise ...
  • The Chronicler omitted any reference to Solomon's apostasy that resulted in the division of the kingdom (cf. 1 Kings 11:9-11). By doing so, he was not trying to whitewash Solomon's record. The Book of Kings was available to t...
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