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xxviii xxxiii. 1-20 (cp. 2 Kin. xxi. 1-18). Manasseh. His captivity and repentance. 21-25 (= 2 Kin. xxi. 19-26). Amon.

xxxiv. 1-7 (cp. 2 Kin. xxii. 1, 2; xxiii. 4-20). Josiah. Removal of the emblems of idolatry. 8-28 (= 2 Kin. xxii. 3-20). Repair of the Temple. Discovery of the Book of the Law. 29-33 (= 2 Kin. xxiii. 1-3). Renewal of the Covenant.

xxxv. 1-19 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiii. 21-23). Josiah's Great Passover. 20-27 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiii. 28-30a). The death of Josiah.

xxxvi. 1-4 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiii. 30b-34). Jehoahaz. 5-8 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiii. 36-xxiv. 6). Jehoiakim. 9, 10 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiv. 8-17). Jehoiachin. 11-21 (cp. 2 Kin. xxiv. 18-xxv. 21). Zedekiah. The Captivity of Judah. 22, 23 (= Ezra i. 1-3a). The decree of Cyrus.

It will be seen at a glance that large portions of earlier canonical Scripture have been reproduced in Chronicles exactly or very closely: viz.

Gen. x. 2-29; xxv. 1-4, 10-16; xxxvi., passim.

1 Sam. xxxi.

2 Sam. v.-viii.; x.; xxiii. 8-xxiv. 25.

1 Kin. iii. 4-14; v.-vii. (in part); viii.-x.; xi. 41-xii. 24; xiv. 21-xv. 24 (in part); xxii. (in part).

2 Kin. viii. 17-29; xi., xii.; xiv. 1-22; xv., xvi. (in part); xxi.-xxiv. (in part).

Ezra i. 1-3.

As the foregoing list shows, Chronicles by no means includes all the narrative of Samuel and Kings. In particular may be noted the omission of any account of the early life of David (1 Sam. passim), the Court History of David (2 Sam. xi.-xx.), the history of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kin. xvii.-xxi.; 2 Kin. i. 1-viii. 15), and the affairs of the Northern Kingdom with a few exceptions.

On the other hand, Chronicles contains a great deal which is either independent of or not immediately dependent on earlier books of the Old Testament: note especially the opening nine chapters of genealogies, the last seven chapters of 1 Chron., and many passages, long and short, in 2 Chron. x.-xxxvi. The origin and significance of this new material will be discussed in the section on the Sources, § 5.