The Second Book of Chronicles

A guide to reading 2 Chronicles as living Scripture

In this new NICOT volume, Paul S. Evans provides readers with an authoritative guide to the Second Book of Chronicles, a biblical text that is both historically and theologically significant.

Evans’s commentary is distinctive for its original translation of the Hebrew text, robust engagement with current scholarly literature, and rich spiritual insight. At the same time that Evans illuminates key historical content within Second Chronicles, he considers the book’s theological importance. Readers will learn how the covenant with David led to hopes for a messiah, how the kingdom of Israel prefigured hopes for the kingdom of God, and how the Chronicler’s work connects to the rest of Scripture and to Christian theology.

Written from within the evangelical interpretive tradition, this commentary is an indispensable resource for scholars, pastors, serious students of the Bible, and anyone who wants to understand how Second Chronicles fits within the larger biblical story.