2 Chronicles study section

2 Chronicles related passages

2 Chronicles’ temple, its call to repentance, and its hope of return all point to Christ.

Within the Bible

Previous: First Chronicles ends with David’s preparations for the temple and Solomon’s accession. Second Chronicles takes up the story with Solomon building the house David planned, then follows David’s line to the exile.
Next: Ezra begins exactly where Chronicles ends, with the decree of Cyrus, recording the return of the exiles and the rebuilding of the temple.
Thematic Connections:
- 1-2 Kings - The parallel history, which Chronicles retells with a focus on Judah, the temple, and true worship.
- Psalm 132 - A meditation on David, Zion, and God’s choice to dwell there, echoing the themes of the temple.
- Jeremiah 25; 29 - The prophecy of seventy years of exile that Chronicles cites at its close.

Second Chronicles keeps hopes that Christ fulfills:

The true temple: The glory-filled temple foreshadows Christ, God dwelling with man, and the church as His temple (John 1:14; 2:19-21; Ephesians 2:21-22).
Greater than Solomon: Jesus is the wiser and greater King to whom Solomon’s glory points (Matthew 12:42).
The call to repentance: The promise of 7:14 anticipates the gospel’s summons to humble oneself, turn, and be healed (Acts 3:19; James 4:6-10).
The end of exile: Cyrus’s decree of return foreshadows the greater deliverance in Christ, who gathers His scattered people home (John 11:52).
God’s unfailing support: The eyes of the LORD seeking the blameless to help them (16:9) find their answer in Christ, who upholds and never forsakes His own (Hebrews 13:5).