The two books of Kings and the second book of Chronicles detail the history of the twelve tribes of Israel from the end of David’s reign, about B.C.1000, to the time when the Jews were carried away captive to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar, about B.C.650. Solomon, David’s son, reigned for 40 years over Israel, and his son, Rehoboam, succeeded him, but Rehoboam reacted violently to the request of the people for a tax reduction, and provoked the ten northern tribes to revolt and appoint their own king, Jeroboam. The two books of Kings give the history of both the ten tribe kingdom of Israel and the two tribe kingdom of Judah, while the second book of Chronicles emphasises the history of the two tribe kingdom which constituted the kingdom of God.
The two books of Kings and the second book of Chronicles detail the history of the twelve tribes of Israel from the end of David’s reign, about B.C.1000, to the time when the Jews were carried away captive to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar, about B.C.650. Solomon, David’s son, reigned for 40 years over Israel, and his son, Rehoboam, succeeded him, but Rehoboam reacted violently to the request of the people for a tax reduction, and provoked the ten northern tribes to revolt and appoint their own king, Jeroboam. The two books of Kings give the history of both the ten tribe kingdom of Israel and the two tribe kingdom of Judah, while the second book of Chronicles emphasises the history of the two tribe kingdom which constituted the kingdom of God.