Jensens survey of the old testament adam 113
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of it. The reason was that of convenience of
handling the scrolls, since the Greek
translation requires about one-third more
space than the Hebrew text. This twofold
division rst appeared in modern Hebrew
Bibles with the printed edition of Daniel
Blomberg in 1517.
2
Most of the chapters of Kings and
Chronicles relate events of the crown period
of Israel and Judah. This is shown by Chart
47.
Observe that 1 Kings continues the
narrative where 2 Samuel stops, and Ezra
continues the narrative where 2 Chronicles
stops. While 1 and 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles
generally cover the same period, the
narratives are written from di erent
perspectives. The di erences are discussed
in the next chapter.
B. DATE AND AUTHOR
In view of the unity of Kings, there
apparently was only one author for 1 and 2
Kings. Since the latest item of 2 Kings
(release of Jehoiachin) took place around
562 B.C., and since no mention is made of the
return from Babylon (536 B.C.), 1 and 2
Kings were probably written between 562
and 536 B.C. Tradition has assigned Jeremiah
