2Chronicles - EinheitsÜbersetzung der Heiligen Sc
The Second Book of Chronicles takes up the history of the monarchy where the First Book breaks off. It begins with the account of the reign of Solomon from the special viewpoint of the Chronicler. The portrait of Solomon is an idealized one; he appears as second only to David. The great achievement of the building of the temple and the magnificence of Solomon's court are described in detail while the serious defects of his reign are passed over without comment. All this is in keeping with the Chronicler's purpose of stressing the supreme importance of the temple and its worship. He wishes to impress on his readers the splendor of God's dwelling and the magnificence of the liturgy of sacrifice, prayer and praise offered there. Judah's kings are judged by their attitude toward the temple and its cult. To this ideal of one people, united in the worship of the one true God at the temple of Jerusalem founded by David and Solomon, the restored community would have to conform. In treating the period of divided monarchy, the Chronicler gives practically all his attention to the kingdom of Judah. His omission of the northern Israelite kings is significant. In his view, the northern tribes of Israel were in religious schism as long as they worshiped Yahweh in a place other than the temple of Jerusalem. The Chronicler makes no mention of the important sanctuaries of Yahweh at Dan and Bethel-as though they had never existed. Nevertheless he retains the ancient ideal of "all Israel" (a phrase occuring forty-one times in Chronicles) as the people of God. The condition he places for a united people is that "the whole congregation of Israel" worship the Lord only in his temple at Jerusalem. This explains his praise of Kings Hezekiah and Josiah for striving, after the fall of Samaria, to unite the remnants of the northern tribes of Israel into the kingdom of Judah. At the end of the fifth century B.C., during the Chronicler's own time, "the people of the land" were the descendants of the people of all the tribes (including Judah) who had not gone into exile. These had become intermingled with aliens and had evolved a religion of Yahweh very different from the Judaism that developed during the Babylonian exile. Thus, religious and political cooperation between the returned exiles and these "people of the land" was out of the question for the Chronicler. This he clearly shows in the last part of his work, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. - The Second Book of Chronicles is divided as follows: I. The Reign of Solomon (2 Chron 1:1-9:31) II. The Monarchy before Hezekiah (2 Chron 10:1-27:9) III. Reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah (2 Chron 28:1-36:1) IV. End of the Kingdom (2 Chron 36:2-23) - (NAB)
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  • Headings


    DAS ZWEITE BUCH DER CHRONIK (EUB)


    Das zweite Buch der Chronik
    Die Geschichte Salomos: 1,1 - 9,31

    1 Salomos Bitte um Weisheit
    Salomos Reichtum
    Die Vorbereitungen zum Tempelbau
    3 Der Tempelbau
    Das Allerheiligste
    Die Ausstattung des Tempels
    5 Die Übertragung der Bundeslade
    6 Die Ansprache des Königs
    Das Weihegebet
    7 Der Abschluss der Feier
    Die göttliche Verheißung für den Tempel
    8 Verschiedene Nachrichten über Salomo
    9 Die Königin von Saba
    Salomos Reichtum
    Salomos Tod
    Die Geschichte Judas bis zum Untergang: 10,1 - 36,23

    10 Der Abfall der zehn Nordstämme
    11 Rehabeam
    13 Abija
    14 Asas Erfolge
    15 Die Bundeserneuerung unter Asa
    Der Krieg Asas mit dem Nordreich
    16 Der Tod Asas
    17 Joschafats glückliche Regierung
    18 Joschafats Teilnahme am Feldzug Ahabs
    19 Joschafats Sorge für das Recht
    20 Joschafats Sieg über die Feinde
    Weitere Nachrichten über Joschafat
    21 Joram
    22 Ahasja
    Atalja
    24 Joasch
    25 Amazja
    Amazjas Übermut und Tod
    26 Usija (Asarja)
    27 Jotam
    28 Ahas
    Die Bedrängnis durch Assur
    29 Einleitung zur Geschichte Hiskijas
    Die Wiederherstellung des Kultes
    30 Die Feier des Paschafestes
    31 Die Neuordnung des Tempeldienstes
    32 Sanheribs Feldzug gegen Jerusalem
    Weitere Nachrichten über Hiskija
    33 Manasse
    Amon
    34 Joschijas Kampf gegen den Götzendienst
    Die Auffindung des Gesetzbuchs
    Die Erneuerung des Bundes
    35 Die Feier des Paschafestes
    Das Ende Joschijas
    36 Joahas
    Jojakim
    Jojachin
    Zidkija
    Das Ende des Reiches Juda
    Der Beginn der Wiederherstellung Israels

    Version
    Revised Standard Version (1966) - English
    Nova Vulgata - Latin
    Biblia del Pueblo di Dio (BPD) - Spanish
    Vulgata - Stuttgart 1969 - Latin
    Bíblia Sagrada Ave-Maria (1957) - Portuguese
    La Sainte Bible (Crampon 1904) - French
    CEI (1974) - Italian