Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xx-xxiii).

Author's preface -- Editorial preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Main bibliography -- Text and commentary. The chronicler's Solomon (2 Chr 1-9) -- Solomon's request for wisdom (1:1-17) -- Solomon arranges for materials and workmen (1:18-2:17 [2:1-18]) -- The temple building (3:1-17) -- The temple furnishings (4:1-5:1) -- The installation of the ark (5:2-14) -- The dedicatory speeches (6:1-42) -- Dedicatory festival and divine response (7:1-22) -- Solomonic miscellany : more dealings with Hiram, building projects, cultic observances (8:1-18) -- More on Solomon's wealth and wisdom ; his death (9:1-31) -- Reward and punishment in Chronicles : the theology of immediate retribution (2 Chronicles 10-36) -- The schism (10:1-19) -- The reign of Rehoboam -- The reign of Abijah -- The reign of Asa -- The chronicler's Jehosophat -- Jehoshaphat, faithful and blessed -- Jehoshaphat's involvement with Ahab -- Jehoshaphat's judicial reform -- Jehoshaphat's battle near Tekoa ; his death -- The reign of Jehoram -- The reign of Ahaziah -- The reign of Athaliah -- The reign of Joash -- The reign of Amaziah -- The reign of Uzziah -- The reign of Jotham -- The reign of Ahaz -- The chronicler's Hezekiah -- Hezekiah cleanses the temple -- Hezekiah's passover -- Hezekiah's provision for the temple and its personnel -- Hezekiah's victory and illness -- Manasseh -- Josiah -- Josiah's passover ; his death -- The last kings of Judah ; Cyrus's decree -- Indexes.