LITTLE need be added as to the second book of Chronicles. The time it embraces, and most of the events it records, have already passed before us when considering the books of Kings. It sets forth the reign of Solomon and his posterity, and extends to the destruction of Jerusalem and the carrying away of the children of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
The book opens with Solomon at the brazen altar which Bezaleel had made (compare chapter 1:5 with Exodus 31:99And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, (Exodus 31:9)), thus connecting the king with the people Jehovah had redeemed out of Egypt. There is a veil made for the Temple (chapter 3:14), typifying Israel in Millennial days. We have also fuller details of the godly kings of Judah. The repentance and prayer of Manasseh are also noticed here (chapter 33). Nor does the Holy Spirit, in so graciously inditing this book, fail to allude to the return of the children of Judah from their captivity in the days of Cyrus (chapters 36:22-23).