1,2 Chronicles

by Leslie C. Allen

Only recently have Old Testament scholars stopped regarding Chronicles as a poor relation to Samuel and Kings. There has been a new appreciation of the post-exilic period of Judah's history, when the Chronicler lived, and so a greater endeavor to understand his message and to differentiate it from the earlier messages of Samuel and Kings. Dr. Allen writes, "The heartbeat of Chronicles is a concern for spirituality. In this respect its key word is to 'seek' God, a term which is continually contrasted with its polar opposites, to 'forsake' God and to 'be unfaithful' to Him. Pastors and teachers who are diligent in studying Chronicles will find that Its exegesis flows smoothly into exposition and that its spiritual pulse beats in time with their own."

450 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1987

About the author

Leslie Allen (MA, PhD, DD) is senior professor of Old Testament, School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California).

Reviews

[Plants And · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Allen provides a thoroughly detailed, yet seldom dry exposition of what I had always thought to be a repetitive and dry pair of books. His insight and criticism of the text helps immensely to see these accounts in a whole new light. I believe I underlined more in his book than I have in any other book so far. If every commentary had the reward in reading this one did, I'd never balk at another.