Biblex: The Historical BooksMuestra

1. What patterns do you see in the different accounts of these three kings? What determines a good or bad king?

1 Chronicles 29:26-30

1. What kind of description does this passage give us of King David? How is the tone different from the readings in the last session from the book of Samuel?

2 Kings 17:5-23, 2 Chronicles 36:13-17

1. How do these passages describe the destruction of Israel? What is the ultimate cause of their destruction?

2. The last book in the Hebrew Bible is 2 Chronicles. (Note: The Hebrew Bible is the same as our Old Testament in content, but the ordering of books is different.) Why do you think this book, and this passage, was placed last in the Hebrew Bible?