Like 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles were originally each one book instead of two. The books of Kings and Chronicles have many similarities. One difference is that the books of Kings seem a bit more secular in their outlook, whereas Chronicles seems to have been written by a priest. Henrietta Mears says that both sets have these things in common: 1. They begin with King David and end with the king of Babylon. 2. They open with the building of the Temple and end with the burning of the Temple. 3. They open with David’s first successor to the throne, Solomon, and end with David’s last successor, Johaiachin, released from captivity by the king of Babylon.
Mears also gives these three rather odd meta messages in these books. I think they might be interesting to look for as we go through:
1. God does not show favoritism. Acts 10:34
2. When our all is on the altar, God never keeps us waiting for the fire.
3. The final captivity was because of disobedience to God. This was clearly prophesied long before.
Translation note:
23The king’s officials told [David/him], “Nathan the prophet is here to see you.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1ki.1.nlt
God is telling us how important His Word is!
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/psa.119
To me it was meaningful to read yesterday that, “The fields are already ripe for harvest. 36The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life.” The fields are certainly ripe. And I note, with wry smile, that Jesus must be talking of heavenly wages, because our support is falling behind here on earth. Then on a serious note, like Paul said, “The difficulties we face on earth are nothing to be compared with the glories that await us.
Translation notes:
21Jesus replied, “Believe me, [0//dear woman], the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
I don’t think there is any good equivalent in English for the Greek here. One option runs the risk of sounding terribly rude, and this one runs the risk of misunderstanding the ‘dear’ness of the woman to Jesus.
27Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to [him//her]?”
45Yet [, suprisingly,] the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.
48Jesus [said//asked], “Will you [people] never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”
It is important to show that the Greek is you-plural here, otherwise Jesus seems overly frustrated with just the one man.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/jhn.4
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