Meaning of “chronicles”
Chronicles — the words of the days, (1 Kings 14:19; 1 Chr. 27:24), the daily or yearly records of the transactions of the kingdom; events recorded in the order of time. Chronicles of king David — (1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of the Books of Chronicles derived information on various public matters. Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew _Dibre hayyamim_, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Septuagint version the book is divided into two, and bears the title Paraleipomena, i.e., "things omitted," or "supplements", because containing many things omitted in the Books of Kings. The contents of these books are comprehended under four heads. (1.) The first nine chapters of Book I. contain little more than a list of genealogies in the line of Israel down to the time of David. (2.) The remainder of the first book contains a history of the reign of David. (3.) The first nine chapters of Book II. contain the history of the reign of Solomon. (4.) The remaining chapters of the second book contain the history of the separate kingdom of Judah to the time of the return from Babylonian Exile. The time of the composition of the Chronicles was, there is every ground to conclude, subsequent to the Babylonian Exile, probably between 450 and 435 B.C. The contents of this twofold book, both as to matter and form, correspond closely with this idea. The close of the book records the proclamation of Cyrus permitting the Jews to return to their own land, and this forms the opening passage of the Book of Ezra, which must be viewed as a continuation of the Chronicles. The peculiar form of the language, being Aramaean in its general character, harmonizes also with that of the books which were written after the Exile. The author was certainly contemporary with Zerubbabel, details of whose family history are given (1 Chr. 3:19). The time of the composition being determined, the question of the authorship may be more easily decided. According to Jewish tradition, which was universally received down to the middle of the seventeenth century, Ezra was regarded as the author of the Chronicles. There are many points of resemblance and of contact between the Chronicles and the Book of Ezra which seem to confirm this opinion. The conclusion of the one and the beginning of the other are almost identical in expression. In their spirit and characteristics they are the same, showing thus also an identity of authorship. In their general scope and design these books are not so much historical as didactic. The principal aim of the writer appears to be to present moral and religious truth. He does not give prominence to political occurences, as is done in Samuel and Kings, but to ecclesiastical institutions. "The genealogies, so uninteresting to most modern readers, were really an important part of the public records of the Hebrew state. They were the basis on which not only the land was distributed and held, but the public services of the temple were arranged and conducted, the Levites and their descendants alone, as is well known, being entitled and first fruits set apart for that purpose." The "Chronicles" are an epitome of the sacred history from the days of Adam down to the return from Babylonian Exile, a period of about 3,500 years. The writer gathers up "the threads of the old national life broken by the Captivity." The sources whence the chronicler compiled his work were public records, registers, and genealogical tables belonging to the Jews. These are referred to in the course of the book (1 Chr. 27:24; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 13:22; 20:34; 24:27; 26:22; 32:32; 33:18, 19; 27:7; 35:25). There are in Chronicles, and the books of Samuel and Kings, forty parallels, often verbal, proving that the writer both knew and used these records (1 Chr. 17:18; comp. 2 Sam. 7:18-20; 1 Chr. 19; comp. 2 Sam. 10, etc.). As compared with Samuel and Kings, the Book of Chronicles omits many particulars there recorded (2 Sam. 6:20-23; 9; 11; 14-19, etc.), and includes many things peculiar to itself (1 Chr. 12; 22; 23-26; 27; 28; 29, etc.). Twenty whole chapters, and twenty-four parts of chapters, are occupied with matter not found elsewhere. It also records many things in fuller detail, as (e.g.) the list of David's heroes (1 Chr. 12:1-37), the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim to Mount Zion (1 Chr. 13; 15:2-24; 16:4-43; comp. 2 Sam. 6), Uzziah's leprosy and its cause (2 Chr. 26:16-21; comp. 2 Kings 15:5), etc. It has also been observed that another peculiarity of the book is that it substitutes modern and more common expressions for those that had then become unusual or obsolete. This is seen particularly in the substitution of modern names of places, such as were in use in the writer's day, for the old names; thus Gezer (1 Chr. 20:4) is used instead of Gob (2 Sam. 21:18), etc. The Books of Chronicles are ranked among the _khethubim_ or hagiographa. They are alluded to, though not directly quoted, in the New Testament (Heb. 5:4; Matt. 12:42; 23:35; Luke 1:5; 11:31, 51).
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1 Chronicles Chapter 27 Verse 24 — Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. 1 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 29 — Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 19 — And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 1 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 31 — Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 23 — The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 1 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 7 — Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 1 Kings Chapter 16 Verse 27 — Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings Chapter 16 Verse 20 — Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings Chapter 16 Verse 14 — Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings Chapter 16 Verse 5 — Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings Chapter 22 Verse 45 — Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1 Kings Chapter 22 Verse 39 — Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 18 — Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 8 Verse 23 — And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 10 Verse 34 — Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 12 Verse 19 — And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 13 Verse 12 — And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 13 Verse 8 — Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 28 — Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 18 — And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 14 Verse 15 — Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 36 — Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 31 — And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 26 — And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 21 — And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 15 — And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 11 — And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings Chapter 15 Verse 6 — And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 16 Verse 19 — Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 20 Verse 20 — And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 21 Verse 25 — Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 21 Verse 17 — Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 23 Verse 28 — Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings Chapter 24 Verse 5 — Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 18 — And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 17 — The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 16 — And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 15 — And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 14 — The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 13 — And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 12 — And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 11 — And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 10 — And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 9 — And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 8 — The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 7 — And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 6 — And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 5 — The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 4 — Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1 Chronicles Chapter 1 Verse 3 — Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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