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3426. Jeroboam II King of Israel

2 Kings 14:23-29

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... to consolidate Amaziah’s gains in Edom by claiming the port of Elath (cf. 1 Kgs. 9:26). The fact that he is called simply “the king,” with no further indentification made, bears out our interpretation of the whole passage. The “humbling” of the house of David thus continues (cf. 1 Kgs. 11:39; 15:16–22; 22:48–49; 2 Kgs. 11–12). There is limited success of the kind enjoyed in the old days of empire (cf. the defeat of Edom). Amaziah is unable to be a Solomon. He is unable to exploit his Edomite ...

3427. Azariah King of Judah

2 Kings 15:1-7

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

3428. Envoys from Babylon

2 Kings 20:12-21

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Iain W. Provan

... “sulking”) and weeps over his fate. Nevertheless, God answers him. The king will be well enough by the third day to go up and worship in the temple (v. 5), and he will live for another fifteen years (v. 6). Throughout that period (it is implied), God will continue in the ways of chapters 18–19. God will deliver the king and the city, not because of Hezekiah’s wholehearted devotion (v. 3), but for God’s own sake and the sake of David (v. 6). The message of 19:34 is thus reinforced. Even a king who ...

3429. Amon King of Judah

2 Kings 21:19-26

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Iain W. Provan

... of 2 Kings 11:1ff. This time, identification with Ahab will lead the house of David to Ahab’s fate. 21:19–26 In the shadow of such spectacular apostasy, the reign of Manasseh’s son Amon has the appearance of a relatively unimportant footnote. He continues in the ways of his father, worshiping his idols (vv. 11, 21) and forsaking the LORD. He reigns, like other (northern) kings whose fathers received oracles about the destruction of their house, for only two years (1 Kgs. 15:25; 16:8; 22:51), and like ...

3430. The Royal Line after the Exile

1 Chronicles 3:17-24

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Louis C. Jonker

... genealogy becomes the bridge between the historical period of the kingdom of Judah and the reality of Yehud during the Chronicler’s own time. This genealogy, in particular, reflects the Chronicler’s awareness of continuity. The Chronicler portrays postexilic reality as a continuation of the kingdom of Judah under David’s lineage. The theological significance of this should not be underestimated. The faithfulness of Yahweh, who proclaimed the house of David as rulers over Judah, persists despite ...

3431. David's Psalm of Thanks

1 Chronicles 16:7-43

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Louis C. Jonker

... of the source material. It indicates that all the people left, each for his home (taken from 2 Sam. 6:19b) and that David returned home to bless his family (taken from 2 Sam. 6:20a). We have already seen that the Chronicler chose to omit the continuation of this narrative from 2 Samuel 6:20b (the Michal incident). The suggestion is clear: the blessing that the ark brought to the house of Obed-Edom was transferred to the City of David but is now also bestowed on David’s family (literally “his house ...

3432. David's Prayer

1 Chronicles 17:16-27

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Louis C. Jonker

... of comparison here is again Saul, from whom Yahweh took away the kingship (1 Chron. 10). The oracle ends with a remark in 17:15 (taken from the source text) that Nathan reported to David all the words of the entire revelation. 17:16–27 The narrative continues with David’s response to the oracle. First Chronicles 17:16, which for the first time calls David king, says that he went in and sat before the LORD. The location is not specified, although one may assume that he went to the place where the ark ...

3433. Gershonites

1 Chronicles 23:7-11

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Louis C. Jonker

... as acting in accordance with tradition. Moreover, the Levites are presented as being organized in accordance with tradition. This claim probably gave legitimacy to the clergy in the Chronicler’s own days. The organized cult in the postexilic age is thereby portrayed as a continuation of the past and not as something new that developed during the Persian period. 23:25–26 and 23:28–32 Up to this point references to the Levites were in the generic sense. In 23:25–32 (excluding 23:27; see Additional ...

3434. Kohathites

1 Chronicles 23:12-20

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Louis C. Jonker

3435. Merarites

1 Chronicles 23:21-32

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3436. Army Divisions

1 Chronicles 27:1-15

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Louis C. Jonker

... . During the time of the restoration, when the community in Jerusalem and Yehud was still struggling to come to grips with their changed political, social, and cultic realities, their political subjection and vulnerability could have been a motivation for finding continuity in the ancestral and royal past. In such circumstances the common fate of all subgroupings could have drawn them together in anticipation of a new present, and especially new future, under Persian dominion. Second, the way in which the ...

3437. Officers of the Tribes

1 Chronicles 27:16-24

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3438. The King's Overseers

1 Chronicles 27:25-34

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3439. The Dedication of the Temple

2 Chronicles 7:1-10

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Louis C. Jonker

... by the king and all the people offering twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. The number of sacrificial animals mentioned in 7:5 is taken from the Deuteronomistic source text. The Chronicler continues, however, by providing additional information (in 7:6) about the cultic personnel who were involved: the priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the LORD’s musical instruments. As in previous examples, it is not denied that the priests performed ...

3440. The Lord Appears to Solomon

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

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Louis C. Jonker

3441. Rehoboam Fortifies Judah

2 Chronicles 11:5-17

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Louis C. Jonker

... in Jerusalem. As seen in 7:14, and as we will also see later, “seeking the LORD” is the basic constituent of being Yahweh’s people. By showing this inclination, they were walking in the ways of David and Solomon (11:17). The continuation of the Davidic-Solomonic kingdom is not so much dependent on the political support of All-Israel as it is constituted when All-Israel is “seeking the LORD.” Additional Notes 11:5–12 Israel Finkelstein (“Rehoboam’s Fortified Cities,” pp. 96–107) shows ...

3442. Rehoboam's Family

2 Chronicles 11:18-23

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Louis C. Jonker

... for the succession of Rehoboam by his son Abijah (see 11:22). This confirms that the kingdom of Judah is not ruled by usurpers or deserters but by the legitimate lineage of the eternal Davidic kingship. But it also confirms that Rehoboam continues his reign with the wisdom of his father. He acted wisely in establishing his sons’ influence throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin (11:23). Additional Notes 11:18–23 McKenzie indicates that this subsection “is remarkable in several respects” (1 ...

3443. Shishak Attacks Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 12:1-16

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Louis C. Jonker

... 1 Kgs. 14:25), Shishak (including some Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites in his army) comes to attack Jerusalem. Here the programmatic Hebrew word “be unfaithful” (ma'al) is used—a term last used in 1 Chronicles 10:13 in connection with King Saul. The Chronicler continues his description of the Egyptian campaign until 2 Chronicles 12:12, but only 12:9–11 can be traced back to the source text in 1 Kings 14:26–28. The rest of the narrative is the Chronicler’s own material. Battle accounts—including ...

3444. The Book of Law Found

2 Chronicles 34:14-33

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Louis C. Jonker

... had been given through Moses (34:14). The consensus view among scholars is that the book was probably an early form of the book of Deuteronomy and that this find played an influential role in the development of the Deuteronomistic movement that continued over a period, with some ups and downs, into the exile. The Chronicler’s elaborate reference to this book, however, suggests that he most likely understood it to comprise the whole Pentateuch. In the rest of the subsection the Chronicler adhered fairly ...

3445. The Return to Jerusalem

Ezra 8:15-36

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Leslie C. Allen

... ’s period. Ezek. 44:15 simply specified Zadokite ancestry. 8:3 The NIV has rightly adjusted the verse division of the MT. Shechaniah is the clan name of the family led by Hattush. In 1 Chr. 3:22 his position is four generations after Zerubbabel, if the genealogy is continuous at this point. 8:5 The NIV has rightly restored Zattu, attested in the LXX and 1 Esd. 8:32. The clan name recurs in Neh. 7:13 (= Ezra 2:8). The pattern of the list shows that a name is required; it was lost by assimilation to “the ...

3446. Those Guilty of Intermarriage

Ezra 10:18-44

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Leslie C. Allen

... leaders in the city. Then he was able to let matters take their natural course, since the pledge obliged the provincial administration (officials and elders, v. 14) to convene a national assembly to enforce divorce proceedings. But on the religious front Ezra continued his intercession in a nearby room (v. 6) inside the temple area, presumably praying that the divine anger of Deuteronomy 7 would be averted from the community. Verses 2 and 14 show widespread public awareness of the severity of the situation ...

3447. The Completion of the Wall

Nehemiah 6:15-7:3

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Leslie C. Allen

... member of the pro-Tobiah party (13:4–8). That report in chapter 13 provides literary closure for this unsettled postscript, although Nehemiah still wanted a final resolution through a providential verdict from God (v. 14). 7:1–3 The memoirs of Nehemiah continue. This discussion of Jerusalem’s security marks a transition in the narrative and might be regarded as rounding off the account of wall building. However, there seems to be a new beginning after the completion of the wall, the story of which was ...

3448. Warning Against Adultery

Proverbs 6:20-35

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Roland E. Murphy

... the admonitions of chapter 5 with an opening reminiscent of 1:8. The command in verse 21 is found with variations in 1:9; 3:3, 22. The forever of the NIV is better rendered “continually.” In verse 22, the NIV glosses over the third feminine singular, “she will guide you,” by assuming that commands and teaching are understood as a collective. Another possibility is that personified wisdom is assumed as the subject, or that the verse has been misplaced and should follow 5:19; so ...

3449. The Day of the Lord

Isaiah 2:6-22

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... can be put in the past tense because they are “as good as fulfilled,” but these past verbs follow a string of “genuine” past verbs describing the consequences of Yahweh’s abandonment, and they more likely continue that description. Cf. NRSV: “So people are humbled, and everyone is brought low.” V. 9a then continues v. 8, and vv. 7 and 8–9a balance each other in content and length. The human humiliation lies in bowing to things they have created. Forgive and raise (NIV mg.) are both possible ...

3450. An Oracle Against Damascus

Isaiah 17:1-14

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... a figure for the Assyrians. Here Assyria is not named, and the “Oh” relates to many nations. It generalizes the promise about Assyria. Indeed it summarizes the general truth that has been implicit in what we have read so far in chapters 13–17 and will continue to see chapters 18–23 illustrate. Further, the many nations are put down not because of their wrong against Yahweh, as was Assyria in 10:5–19, but because they plunder us. It is not Assyria’s master who speaks here, but Assyria’s victims ...

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