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Hwang2011.Pdf The Hope for the Restoration of the Davidic Kingdom in the Light of the Davidic Covenant in Chronicles Sunwoo Hwang Doctor of Philosophy The University of Edinburgh 2011 I dedicate this thesis to my sister Sunah Hwang, who went to the presence of God in the midst of my writing this thesis. ii CONTENTS Acknowledgement vi Abbreviations vii I. Introduction 1 1. A Problem 1 2. Review of Previous Scholarship 6 2. 1. Nathan’s oracle 6 2. 2. Solomon’s prayer 10 2. 3. Abijah’s speech 11 2. 4. Other disputed passages 12 2. 5. Terminology 15 3. Methodology 16 II. The Davidic Covenant in 1 Chr 17:1-27 19 1. Setting 19 2. Synoptic Comparison 19 2. 1. 2 Sam 7:6//1 Chr 17:5 19 2. 2. 2 Sam 7:12//1 Chr 17:11 27 2. 3. 2 Sam 7:14-15//1 Chr 17:13 34 2. 4. 2 Sam 7:16//1 Chr 17:14 43 2. 5. 2 Sam 7:20//1 Chr 17:18 54 3. Further Issues 55 3. 1. Ideology for the revival of the Davidic dynasty 55 3. 1. 1. ~lw[ 55 3. 1. 2. The Davidic kingdom as YHWH’s kingdom 62 3. 1. 3. The Davidic covenant in David’s prayer 65 3. 1. 4. Eschatological reading of the Davidic covenant 66 3. 1. 5. The Chronicler’s faithful retention of the Davidic covenant in 1 Chronicles 17 72 3. 2. Ideology against the revival of the Davidic dynasty 73 3. 2. 1. Solomon, not David as the protagonist of the Chronicler 73 3. 2. 1. 1. The lack of reproach toward Solomon 75 3. 2. 1. 2. The lack of Bathsheba narrative 76 3. 2. 1. 3. The totality of the cult in the Solomonic period 78 3. 2. 1. 4. Solomon’s attraction in the Greek period 81 3. 2. 2. Anti-Samaritan polemic 83 4. Conclusion 90 III. The Davidic Covenant in 1 Chr 22:6-13 93 1. Setting 93 2. Textual Comparison 93 3. Further Issues 97 3. 1. Is ‘peace’ an indicator of messianism? 97 3. 2. Coexistence of unconditionality and conditionality of the Davidic covenant 100 4. Conclusion 101 iii IV. The Davidic Covenant in 1 Chr 28:2-10 102 1. Setting 102 2. Textual Comparison 103 3. Further Issues 107 3. 1. Coexistence of unconditionality and conditionality of the Davidic covenant 108 3. 2. Originality of 1 Chr 28:4-5 110 3. 3. Implications of 1 Chr 28:4-5 115 4. Conclusion 121 V. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 1:8-10 123 1. Setting 123 2. Synoptic Comparison 123 3. Conclusion 127 VI. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 6:3-17, 40-42 128 1. Setting 128 2. Synoptic Comparison 128 2. 1. 1 Kgs 8:16//2 Chr 6:5-6 129 2. 2. 1 Kgs 8:21//2 Chr 6:11 131 2. 3. 1 Kgs 8:22-23//2 Chr 6:13 132 2. 4. 1 Kgs 8:52-53//2 Chr 6:40-42 135 3. Further Issue: Identification of the Promises 141 4. Conclusion 143 VII. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 7:17-22 145 1. Setting 145 2. Synoptic Comparison 145 3. Conclusion 148 VIII. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 13:1-22 150 1. Setting 150 2. Synoptic Comparison 150 2. 1. 1 Kgs 15:1//2 Chr 13:1 151 2. 2. 1 Kgs 15:2//2 Chr 13:2 154 2. 3. 1 Kgs 15:3-5//omission in 2 Chronicles 13 158 3. Further Issues 160 3. 1. Arguments for the revival of the Davidic dynasty 160 3. 1. 1. The Davidic kingdom as YHWH’s kingdom 160 3. 1. 2. Two foci of Abijah’s speech 162 3. 1. 3. The holy war motif 164 3. 1. 4. The positive portrayal of Abijah 166 3. 1. 5. ynw[mv as the Chronicler’s catchword for the address of his ideology 168 3. 1. 6. xlm tyrb 170 3. 2. Arguments against the revival of the Davidic dynasty 173 3. 2. 1. Caquot 173 iv 3. 2. 2. Pomykala 174 3. 2. 3. Riley 175 4. Conclusion 177 IX. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 21:2-7 179 1. Setting 179 2. Synoptic Comparison 179 2. 1. 2 Kgs 8:19//2 Chr 21:7 181 3. Conclusion 187 X. The Davidic Covenant in 2 Chr 23:1-3 189 1. Setting 189 2. Synoptic Comparison 189 3. Conclusion 192 XI. Conclusion 194 Bibliography 199 v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As I submit my thesis to the University of Edinburgh, I would like to acknowledge a number of people who made this completion possible. My deep gratitude goes to my supervisor Professor Timothy H. Lim. Throughout my research, he has provided me with invaluable guidance and expertise, as well as warmth, encouragement, patience, and support as I hurdled all the obstacles in the completion of this work. I am also indebted to Prof. Hans M. Barstad, my second supervisor, and Prof. Graeme Auld and Prof. Lester L. Grabbe, who served as the internal examiner and external examiner respectively of this thesis. Their insightful comments were invaluable to me and are therefore much appreciated. My dear friends, Dr. Caroline Blyth and Rev. Shawn White proofread my thesis. I am grateful to them for their willingness to read my manuscripts and for their helpful suggestions. In addition, I appreciate my former teachers of Hebrew and Old Testament, and academic advisor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Yale University, who led me into the fascinating world of the Old Testament: Prof. Willem VanGemeren, Prof. K. Lawson Younger, Prof James Hoffmeier, Prof. Richard Averbeck, Dr. David Pao, Dr. Sun- Myung Lyu, Prof Robert R. Wilson, and Prof. John J. Collins. I am thankful to all the members of the Edinburgh Korean Church within which I had the privilege to serve as Senior Pastor while completing my thesis. They understood that their pastor needed to hide in a library carrel many times and supported my study as well as my ministry with their sincere prayers. I am also indebted to the prayers of my home church, Bongchun-Dong Church and its pastor, Rev Jindal Kim in Seoul, Korea. I also wish to thank my family for their unwavering love and support. As I wrestled with the Hebrew text of Chronicles, my wife Haejin had the more difficult task of wrestling with our two babies, Soeun and Jaeun. I also wish to express my heart-felt respect and gratitude to my parents, Elder Kyujong Hwang and Deaconess Woosook Lee, and my parents-in-law, Elder Nampil Park and Deaconess Ilpyung Roo for their faith in me and their sacrifice for their children. Finally, I thank my Lord, Jesus Christ for giving me the strength to plod on throughout this research. vi ABBREVIATIONS AB Anchor Bible ABD The Anchor Bible Dictionary , ed. D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York, 1992. ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament , ed. J. B. Pritchard. Princeton, 1969. AOTC Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries BA Biblical Archaeologist BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BDB The Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon , F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs. Peabody, 1996. BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des Antiken Judentums BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , eds. K. Elliger and W. Rudolph. Stuttgart, 1990. Bib Biblica BSac Bibliotheca Sacra BJS Brown Judaic Studies BR Biblical Research BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin BZAW Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft CB Coniectanea Biblica CTM Concordia Theological Monthly DDD Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, eds. K. van der Toorn, B. Becking, P. W. van der Horst. Leiden, 1995. DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses EvQ Evangelical Quarterly FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament FOTL The Forms of the Old Testament Literature HALOT The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament , eds. L. Koehler and W. Baumgartner. 2 vols. Leiden, 2001. HAT Handbuch zum Alten Testament HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology HS Hebrew Studies HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs HTR Harvard Theological Review HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual ICC International Critical Commentary IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible . ed. G. A. Buttrick. 4 vols. Nashville, 1962. Int Interpretation JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society JJS Journal of Jewish Studies JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament vii JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series JSS Journal of Semitic Studies KAT Kommentar zum Alten Testament KBo Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi . Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der deutschen Orientgesellschaft 30, 36, 68-70, 72-73, 77-80, 82-86, 89-90. Leipzig, 1916- KHC Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testment KTU Die Keilaphabetischen Texte aus Uagrit , eds M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1976. LD Lectio Divina LHBOTS Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies LTQ Lexington Theological Quarterly LXX Septuagint LXX B Codex Vaticanus LXX O Hexaplaric recension LXX L Lucianic recension LXX R Codex Veronensis MT Masoretic Text NAB New American Bible NAC The New American Commentary NASB New American Standard Bible NCB The New Century Bible Commentary NEB New English Bible NETS New English Translation of the Septuagint NIB The New Interpreter’s Bible , ed. Leander E. Keck. 12 vols. Nashville, 1999. NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament NIDOTTE New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis , ed. W.
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