the Covenant Remembered: Reflections on Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles

The Covenant Remembered: Reflections on the Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles is the latest volume in a continuing verse-by-verse study through the Old Testament, following Divided and Exiled: Reflections on the Books of 1 and 2 Kings. Drawn from more than a decade of daily Quiet Time writing and Sunday School classes at First Baptist Church in Dallas, Eugene Han and Eunmi Kim walk through Chronicles' nine chapters of genealogy and three and a half centuries of Judah's kings one reading at a time, wrestling honestly with the questions this often-skipped book raises: Why does the Chronicler pass over David's affair with Bathsheba in total silence? What does it mean that an entire genealogy, running from Adam to the postexilic remnant, was written to convince a shattered, exiled people that God had never once lost track of them? Why does Second Chronicles treat a reopened, rededicated temple as a *danger* as much as a comfort? And why does a book spanning centuries of failure end not in ruin, but with a pagan king's decree throwing the door back open? This is not a technical commentary written for seminarians. It is a layman's companion for ordinary believers who want to read Chronicles slowly, carefully, and honestly - tracing the same thread the authors traced over years of unhurried reading: that the recognition of God, not merely its outward form, is what has always held a life or a nation together. Eunmi's reflections are woven throughout the book's chapters in a single unified voice alongside Eugene's. Each chapter includes: - A close, readable walk through that section's text, grounded in careful study but written for everyday readers- Cross-references that trace how a theme in Chronicles echoes through the rest of Scripture, from the Psalms to the Gospels to Paul's letters- Honest engagement with the hard parts - what the Chronicler leaves out, the danger of formal religion without genuine devotion, and centuries of kings who mostly could not sustain what David modeled - without flattening them into easy answers- Reflection and discussion questions, ideal for personal devotion or small-group Bible study Whether you are reading through Chronicles for the first time, leading a Bible study, or simply continuing a journey that began in Genesis, this book offers twenty-one chapters of careful, faithful reflection on a book most readers skip - and a look ahead to where its story leads next, in Ezra.