1 Chronicles

I will try to keep this explanation shorter than the last one.

As Deuteronomy reviews the first four books of the Bible, First and Second Chronicles seem to me like a review of the biblical story from Genesis up to this point.
In the upper left corner, you can see just a touch of the creation clouds that I drew in the first painting. Beneath them is an embryo. The “Star Child” from 2001: A Space Odyssey came to mind as I drew it.
From there, the painting develops through the many genealogies recorded in First Chronicles: Adam, the sons of Jacob, also called Israel, the descendants of David, Hur, Asher, Simeon, Reuben, Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, the priestly line, and the family of King Saul.
I represented these descendants as children, or “sons of,” dressed in white. They also symbolize the growth and development of Israel as the people came out of Egypt in baby steps and eventually crawled across the Jordan.
The book then reviews the death of Saul and his sons. You can see them near the top of the painting, dressed in red and gathered around Saul as he falls upon his sword.
At the bottom, David appears as king over all Israel. Toward the middle left is my representation of the battles fought by David and his men.
Near the center, you can see the accident that occurred while the Ark of the Covenant was being transported. Close by is the tent prepared for the Ark, along with the altar where David made offerings after taking a census to measure how large and powerful his kingdom had become, instead of remembering what God had accomplished for him.
The land was divided among the tribes, as it was in Joshua, and I used the tribal colors that I first assigned to the banners in Numbers. The people were also organized according to their duties of service to the nation and to the temple that David prepared for his son Solomon to build for God.
This painting gathers together the story that has unfolded from the beginning:
Creation, the Fall, the Flood, Babel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, whose sons inherited and divided the land.
Bondage and deliverance.
Holy sacrifice and holy service.
Walking, wandering, and waiting.
Looking backward, inward, and upward.
Securing the land and settling the land.
Deterioration, deliverance, and depravity, religiously, politically, and morally.
The guidance of God.
The leadership of Samuel, Saul, and David.
David’s rise, his transgressions, and the trouble they caused.
One nation becoming two.
Two nations becoming none.
And through it all, the hand of God is still working.