Abstract
In Chronicles’ re-narration of David’s path towards finding the “place” for the temple of Jerusalem, we find the afterlife of an ancient Israelite tradition about searching and finding the “place,” or rather, the slow bit-by-bit unveiling “place” of a divine presence. The aim of the trajectory of the unit 1 Chr 11, 13–17—read as foreshadowing 1 Chr 21—is the māqōm, the “place.” We are confronted with the question: Is Jerusalem that place already or will it only become the place in the future, at God’s entry into his holy site (2 Chr 6:40–7:3)? The search for the “place,” initiated in Chronicles, oscillates between utopia and topology, creates an unexpected reception history and gains a prominent position in Jewish prayer liturgy.
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