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Coexistence of Unconditionality and Conditionality of the Davidic Covenant in Chronicles[1][, ]
Author(s) -
Hwang Sunwoo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2012.00775.x
Subject(s) - covenant , conditionality , kingdom , period (music) , law , theology , political science , philosophy , politics , aesthetics , paleontology , biology
The D avidic covenant is the basis of the hope for a restoration of the D avidic kingdom in C hronicles. The C hronicler's retention of both the unconditionality and conditionality of the D avidic covenant does not mean that he was inconsistent; in my view, he views the two as complementary. The royal promise is conditional in the sense that the D avidic kings are disciplined and punished, and the kingdom ceases to exist when it does not meet the conditions set down by YHWH ; it is unconditional in that YHWH's will never depart from the kingdom, as seen in 1 C hron. 17:13 where YHWH distinguishes his promise to D avid from his promise to S aul. Following this line of thought, the C hronicler yearns for further change in the postexilic temple‐centered society through a restoration of the lost kingdom by appealing to the D avidic covenant. The latter subtends the preservation of the D avidic kingdom in the preexilic period and a possible restoration in the postexilic period.