Daily Study Bible Series: I & II Chronicles

by J. Gordon McConville

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1984

Overview

The Daily Study Bible Series: I & II Chronicles The complete Daily Study Bible—Old Testament follows the brilliant pattern of William Barclay's popular Daily Study Bible—New Testament. Written by accomplished interpreters of the OT, these volumes combine the depth of scholarship, the critical style, and the grace that characterized Barclay's writing.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Where there is faith in God, in glorious contrast, the ‘we do not know what to do’ merely leads into ‘but our eyes are upon thee.’ There is no excuse for Christian hopelessness. The Christian’s response in the blackest hour must be: ‘My eyes are upon thee.’” (Page 194)

“‘seek the Lord’, v. 11, is generally significant in Chr., and in this context makes the necessary qualification that the enjoyment of God’s favour depends upon devotion to him.” (Page 51)

“It amounts to a forfeit of an important visible guarantee of his personal security” (Page 103)

“For Christians as for our Israelite forefathers it is vital to join together to share our knowledge of and desire for the great things that God has done. The writer to the Hebrews knew of the danger of forgetting this (Heb. 10:25). Though we are individually responsible before God, we find our full identity only in community, and supremely in the community of those who have faith in God. Isolation is destructive of faith, and the faith of a community of God’s people can well up into the sort of joy Israel knew here and be a foretaste of heaven itself.” (Pages 137–138)

“God now answers Solomon’s prayer—privately—with an undertaking to do all that he asks. The terms in which he replies (especially vv. 13–15, which are not in 1 Kings 9) conform very closely to those in which Solomon prayed. He will respond to the people’s repentance for sin by forgiving them and restoring them to blessing, and he will be continually receptive to such prayer. He also re-affirms his promise to the Davidic dynasty, provided Solomon remains obedient.” (Page 138)

Product Details

• Title: I & II Chronicles
• Author: J. Gordon McConville
• Series: Daily Study Bible Series
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1984
• Logos Release Date: 2001
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. 1 Chronicles › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 2 Chronicles › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:29.18.3
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-09T22:46:53Z

About J. Gordon McConville

J. Gordon McConville (PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast) is professor of Old Testament theology at the University of Gloucestershire, where he has taught for more than twenty years. Prior to coming to Gloucestershire, he held positions at Tyndale House, Trinity College Bristol, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He has authored or edited many books, including the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets and commentaries on Deuteronomy, Joshua, 1 and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. McConville is the general editor of the Exploring the Old Testament series and coauthored the Prophets and Historical Books volumes in the series.