B. HISTORY OF TRADITION.
CHAPTER VI. CHRONICLES—
VI.I.1. David becomes Saul's successor without any exertion, all
Israel being already on his side, namely, the priests and Levites
Distortion of the original story of the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem. Omission of unedifying incidents in David's life
VI.I.2. Preparation for the building of the temple. Delight of the narrator in numbers and names. Inconsistency with 1Kings i, ii.
Picture of David in Chronicles
VI.I.3. Solomon's sacrifice at the tabernacle at Gibeah. Building of the temple. Retouching of the original narrative
VI.II.1. Estimate of the relation between Judah and Israel; the Israelites do not belong to the temple, nor, consequently, to the theocracy
VI.II.2. Levitical idealising of Judah. View taken of those acts of rulers in the temple-worship which the books of Kings condemn or approve. Inconsistencies with the narrative of the sources; importation of priests and Levites.
VI.II.3. Divine pragmatism of the sacred history, and its results
VI.II.4. The books of Kings obviously present throughout
VI.III.1. The genealogical registers of I Chron.i-ix The ten tribes
VI.III.2. Judah and Levi
VI.III.3. Chronicles had no other sources for the period before the exile than the historical books preserved to us in the Canon. The diversity of historical view is due to the influence of the law, especially the Priestly Code. The Midrash