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Introduction to the first book of the
Chronicles.

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First and Second Chronicles, like First
and Second Samuel and First and Second

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Kings, were originally written as one
unified book.

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Chronicles was written for Jewish exiles
who returned to the land of Israel after

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being released from their captivity in
Babylon.

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The promised land had been lost,
but now some captives were being permitted

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to return to the land.

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The message of First and Second Chronicles
reminds them that they are still God's

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chosen people.

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They needed to know that God's covenant
promises still had meaning for them.

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In order to give the Jewish people
continuity with their past, this book

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records their family genealogies all the
way back to Adam.

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According to tradition, Ezra the priest
wrote this account sometime after 450 B.C.

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As you listen, notice the value in
retracing the past and rediscovering

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spiritual foundations.