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W<\/span>illiam Johnstone points out in the first volume of his commentary on 1 & 2 Chronicles<\/a> that the Chronicler\u2019s (C) list of the kings of Edom oddly repeats the phrase \u201cthen king so-and-so died and there reigned in his place\u201d seven times. In part, this places greater stress on kingship, but \u201cthe reason for its inclusion may be found in the subtle addition to his Genesis source of an echoing phrase after the eighth and last king: \u2018Then Hadad died.\u2019 This is followed by a paragraph marker. The new paragraph then begins: \u2018Then there were tribal chieftains in Edom. . .\u2019\u201d (34).<\/p>\n

The eight generations of kings from Esau bring the genealogy to thirteen generations after Abraham, and this is \u201cprecisely the moment in Israel of the emergence of David as king in the fourteenth generation from Abraham (cf. 1 Chron. 2.1, 4-5, 9-15). At that moment, as C makes explicit beyond Genesis, the rule of the Edomites passes from kings to tribal chieftains and monarchy itself passes from Edom to Israel. The specific way in which Israel is preferred to Esau is in kingship\u201d (35). <\/p>\n

The point seems to be that \u201cit is through the Davidic monarchy that God\u2019s dominion is to be exercised on earth.\u201d But that reign is \u201ceventually to be forfeited because of the faithlessness of the kings: thus under Jeroham, the Edomite monarchy is re-established (2 Chron. 21.8)\u201d (35). Thus, the point is not simply about the transfer of kingship from Edom to Israel; Edom\u2019s history serves as a warning and a model for the history of Davidic monarchy: \u201cJust as Edom forfeited kingship, so, too, Israel is destined to forfeit the same institution\u201d (35).<\/p>\n

Yet this is not the end of the story. Johnstone draws attention to Zechariah 12:5, which uses the term \u201ctribal chief\u201d to describe the future ruler of Israel. As Edom shifted from king to chief, so shall Israel. But there is good news in that: \u201cThe mode by which the LORD\u2019s dominion is to be exercised on earth will, when Israel returned definitively to the land, no longer be monarchy, glorious experiment in its finest hours under David and Solomon though it has been. It can only come through the holiness of God\u2019s people\u201d (35).<\/p>\n

Kingship passes from Edomite kings to Davidic kings to a royal people.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"