Last time we saw that Kings and Chronicles emphasize different parts of the story of Manasseh. Kings sees Manasseh as a total disaster. Chronicles reminds us that there is hope – even for a total disaster – as Manasseh repented and returned to the LORD.
Likewise, the book of Kings also has a single-minded narrative about Josiah which the Chronicler complicates.
It is interesting to see how Samuel-Kings complicates the stories of David and Solomon, but simplifies Manasseh and Josiah, while the Chronicler simplifies the stories of David and Solomon, and complicates Manasseh and Josiah!
With Josiah, the book of Kings tells the story of Josiah's 18th year. There are two chapters (22-23) about the reign of Josiah. There are 45 verses in Kings that focus on the 18th year of Josiah. There are 3 verses about the end of his life!
The Chronicler adds a little more information: 1 verse on the 8th year, 4 verses on the 12th year, and then 44 verses on the 18th year of Josiah, and 8 verses on the end of his life.
And while they have roughly the same number of verses focused on the 18th year of Josiah they emphasize very different things – as the Chronicler wants us to see another aspect of the story....
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