MAJOR THEMES IN...

A. ...The Deuteronomistic History

1. Prophets and their sayings
1 Kgs 12:15, cf. 11:29-39; Josh 6:26, cf. 1 Kgs 16:34
2. Possession of the land
1 Kgs 8:34, 36, 48, (56; cf. Josh 21:43-45)
3. Interest in Davidic covenant
2 Sam 7; 1 Kgs 11:12-13; 2 Kgs 19:34
4. Call to obedience
1 Sam 12:14; 2 Kgs 23:3
5. Horror of apostasy
1 Kgs 11:9-10
6. Cumulative guilt
2 Kgs 23:26
B. ...The Chroniclers History
1. Combination of D and P
1.1. D Obedience to law
1.2. P Commitment to worship
Jehoshaphat vs. Moab in 2 Chron 20
2. Immediacy of divine rule (reward and retribution)
Cf. Hebrew maal = faithlessness, e.g. 1 Chr 10:13; 2 Chr 30:7
3. Absolute relationship between God and Israel
1 Chr 1:1(!), 34; but cf. 2 Chr 5:10 // 1 Kgs 8:9
4. A comprehensive ideal Israel
Geographically - 1 Chr 13:5; Socially - 2 Chr 30:1-9, 25
5. Communal focus on Jerusalem and worship
passim! but e.g. 2 Chr 13:1-12 (esp. 10-12); 2 Chr 30
6. Centrality of Davidic tradition and ideal
1 Chr 17:13; cf. 2 Chr 6:39 // 1 Kgs 8:50-53