<Li> God is active in history, and especially the history of Israel . The faithfulness or sins of individual kings are immediately rewarded or punished by God . (This is in contrast to the theology of the Books of Kings, where the faithlessness of kings was punished on later generations through the Babylonian exile). </Li> <Li> God calls Israel to a special relationship . The call begins with the genealogies (chapters 1--9 of 1 Chronicles), gradually narrowing the focus from all mankind to a single family, the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob . "True" Israel is those who continue to worship Yahweh at the Temple in Jerusalem, with the result that the history of the historical kingdom of Israel is almost completely ignored . </Li> <Li> God chose David and his dynasty as the agents of his will . According to the author of Chronicles, the three great events of David's reign were his bringing the ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, his founding of an eternal royal dynasty, and his preparations for the construction of the Temple . </Li> <Li> God chose the Temple in Jerusalem as the place where he should be worshiped . More time and space are spent on the construction of the Temple and its rituals of worship than on any other subject . By stressing the central role of the Temple in pre-exilic Judah, the author also stresses the importance of the newly - rebuilt Persian - era Second Temple to his own readers . </Li>

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