SUMMARY
These chapters are yet another extensive collection of lists that the Chronicler uses to attribute the postexilic organization of the templeThe Jerusalem temple, unlike the tabernacle, was a permanent structure, although (like the tabernacle) it was a place of worship and religious activity. On one occasion Jesus felt such activity was unacceptable and, as reported in all four Gospels, drove from the temple those engaged... More to DavidSecond king of Israel, David united the northern and southern kingdoms. More.
ANALYSIS
In addition to providing Davidic authorization for an administration that only existed in the postexilic period, these lists, which interrupt the last phase of David’s preparations for the construction of the temple begun in 1 Chronicles 22:2-8 and concluded in 1 Chronicles 28-29, continue the Chronicler’s overarching presentation of David as one devoted to the temple and its worship.
