This explains the position of Chronicles at the beginning of the Writings in some of the best medieval manuscripts, which according to him probably preserve an original order.89 Freedman’s explanation for the addition of the initial paragraph of Ezra to the ending of Chronicles is logical. Why would it be necessary to end Chronicles with a partial introduction of the next book in a canonical sequence?90 There would be no need unless there was an interruption of that order. But Freedman’s placement