# The books of Chronicles

Author: Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie); Kirkpatrick, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1849-1940 [Editor]

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71811

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+books+of+Chronicles+Elmslie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Except in these two chapters the old Greek Version has unfortunately perished, and for all the rest of Chronicles comparison can only be made with a much later Greek Version, which is a translation of a Hebrew text almost identical with the present, Masoretic, form. Even so, differences are found, notably a substantial passage deleted from the Hebrew in 2 Chronicles xxxv. 19 (where see note). It is a legitimate conjecture that, if the _old_ Greek Version were extant throughout Chronicles, considerable variations between the earlier and the present text might be disclosed. (3) Finally, internal evidence suggests that a few passages are of a secondary character; i.e. interpolations by a wri...

## Chapters

- [xxiv. 27 in the Old Testament but is very common as a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter i. contains the genealogies of the earliest age, showing the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/5/index.md)
- [i. 50, and are perhaps a late addition to Chronicles derived from](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/8/index.md)
- [xxxv. 8, 15) and a harmonisation of Chronicles with Kings (see note](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/54/index.md)
- [Book I. 1‒41. 2s. _net_.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/64/index.md)
- [viii. 15 we may perhaps conclude that such officers were known in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/12/index.md)
- [xxvi. 62, 23,000, as the number of male Levites from a month old and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/35/index.md)
- [xxviii. 19), and the sepulchres of the kings at Jerusalem are called](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/43/index.md)
- [xxx. 25 (despite the last words); and on general grounds the latter](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/56/index.md)
- [xxxii. 25 (Authorized Version and Revised Version) where the same](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/58/index.md)
- [xxiii. 29), and the transition from porters to Levites is made easier](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/60/index.md)
- [ix. 23) we expect both here and in 1 Kings a list of these persons;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/46/index.md)
- [xx. 29) and the remarkable prosperity which properly rewarded such](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/55/index.md)
- [v. 3 Solomon tells Hiram that David wished to build a temple, but was](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/29/index.md)
- [chapter x. with the record of the defeat and death of King Saul on](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/4/index.md)
- [i. 14, where the prophet complains that Jehovah is not asserting](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/31/index.md)
- [xvi. 5 taken above be correct, these words also may be deleted as a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/50/index.md)
- [xvi. 16 where the subservience of the high-priest Urijah to king Ahaz](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-books-of-chronicles-71811/chapters/3/index.md)