 Second Chronicles is a story told from the perspective of returned Israelites after the Babylonian exile, about why Yahweh, their God, judged the nation and cast them out of the Promised Land. Beginning with Solomon and ending with Hosea, the deeds and misdeeds of the kings and the people are portrayed as invoking the blessing or wrath of Yahweh. A basic cause and effect morality is at work in this book, and kings are judged entirely on their obedience to the law in terms of the support of the temple and its priesthood.