Wow, I could have saved myself a lot of time reading through 1 Kings if I’d known about this section. It basically recounts the short version of that whole book.
I’m glad we have both versions to compare though. It’s interesting which facts each account considers important. 1 Kings tells like a story at it’s core, something that could be told to the kids. This version in Chronicles is for the historical ledger though. It tells who begat whom and not much else.
It still mentions Saul falling on his sword, but none of the stuff about Samuel, Elijah or Elisha pulling the strings behind the scenes. This section is pretty clearly written after the exile in Babylon so maybe the prophets just got marginalized over the years. After all, kings leading armies around make a way better story than a dusty old man hiding out uneventfully by a stream in the wilderness.
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