Which book covers the same time period as 2 Samuel but was written much later?

• A. 1 Chronicles
• B. Ezra
• C. Nehemiah
• D. Judges

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that Chronicles retells the same period as David’s reign shown in 2 Samuel, but it was written much later in Israel’s history. Chronicles covers the events of David’s rise and reign, and the preparations for the temple, using a later editor’s perspective that emphasizes temple worship, priestly duties, and genealogies to anchor Israel’s identity after the exile. That later creation date places Chronicles in the post-exilic period, after 2 Samuel’s events, which is why it fits the idea of the same time period but a later composition.

The other books shift focus to different eras: Ezra and Nehemiah deal with the return from exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, well after David’s era; Judges narrates an earlier, pre-dynastic period before the united monarchy. So Chronicles is the match for a later-written account of the same Davidic timeframe.