Literary Devices in 2 Chronicles
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
2 Chronicles covers a long span of time. It starts off with the reign of King Solomon and goes up to end of the Babylonian captivity in 538 BCE. That's a lot of ground to cover in just one book, al...
What's Up With the Title?
Back in the day, 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles were one book and they went under the Hebrew name Divrei Hayamin, which means something like "the events of the days." Later, folks who translated th...
What's Up With the Ending?
2 Chronicles ends with a quick description of the destruction in Jerusalem, mentions the Babylonian exile, and then moves on to give us this nice rosy little wrap-up:In the first year of King Cyrus...
Trivia
The original Queen of Sheba story just wasn't enough for some writers, who thought it deserved more detail. A rich and exotic queen visiting the wealthiest and wisest king in history—there must h...
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
The Chronicler has edited lots of stuff from the story of Judah's kings, but he can't get rid of mature themes altogether. Our tale features some pretty gruesome passages—fratricide, infanticide,...
Allusions
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriDante runs into Solomon up in Heaven. Guess he turned out to be a pretty decent king after all.Moby-Dick by Herman MelvilleThe fanatical, uncompromising Captain...