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Among early Christian and Jewish writers, the books of Chronicles were tacitly understood as authoritative historical works. But in the Septuagint and Vulgate, these works were named “things left out,” suggesting that 1 and 2 Chronicles had only supplementary status in the canon. Jones begins his guide with an introduction, then tackles the genealogies (1 Chronicles 1–9), the united monarchy (1...

the prophecy of … (2 Chron. 9:29), the vision of … (2 Chron. 9:29; 32:32). In the case of some kings, prophets are mentioned as the authors of their history (1 Chron. 29:29; 2 Chron. 9:29; 12:15; 13:22; 20:34; 26:22; 32:32; 33:19). How to understand these titles and decide to which sources, if any, they refer, has been resolved in different ways by scholars. The least satisfactory solution is to take the source references simply as an artificial literary imitation of those in Kings; if this suggestion
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