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Available in 55 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-55" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">55 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-2_Kronieke" title="1-2 Kronieke – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="1-2 Kronieke" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سفر أخبار الأيام – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سفر أخبار الأيام" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A3%DC%A6%DC%AA%DC%90_%DC%95%DC%92%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%A1%DC%9D%DC%A2_%DC%A9%DC%95%DC%A1%DC%9D%DC%90" title="ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܡܝܢ ܩܕܡܝܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܡܝܢ ܩܕܡܝܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Параліпаменан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Параліпаменан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Кнігі летапісаў – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кнігі летапісаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levrio%C3%B9_an_Danevello%C3%B9" title="Levrioù an Danevelloù – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Levrioù an Danevelloù" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llibres_de_Cr%C3%B2niques" title="Llibres de Cròniques – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llibres de Cròniques" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basahon_sa_Mga_Kronika" title="Basahon sa Mga Kronika – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Basahon sa Mga Kronika" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knihy_kronik" title="Knihy kronik – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Knihy kronik" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27wadhi_eMaviringuro" title="Man'wadhi eMaviringuro – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Man'wadhi eMaviringuro" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buch_der_Chronik" title="Buch der Chronik – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Buch der Chronik" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libros_de_Cr%C3%B3nicas" title="Libros de Crónicas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Libros de Crónicas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libroj_de_la_Kronikoj" title="Libroj de la Kronikoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Libroj de la Kronikoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE" title="کتاب‌های تواریخ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتاب‌های تواریخ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livres_des_Chroniques" title="Livres des Chroniques – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Livres des Chroniques" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_en_2_Kroniken" title="1 en 2 Kroniken – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1 en 2 Kroniken" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leabhair_na_gCroinic%C3%AD" title="Leabhair na gCroinicí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Leabhair na gCroinicí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82" title="इतिहासाचीं पुस्तकां – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="इतिहासाचीं पुस्तकां" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AD%EB%8C%80%EA%B8%B0" title="역대기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="역대기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prva_i_druga_knjiga_Ljetopisa" title="Prva i druga knjiga Ljetopisa – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Prva i druga knjiga Ljetopisa" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_Tawarikh" title="Kitab Tawarikh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kitab Tawarikh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%26_2_IziKronike" title="1 & 2 IziKronike – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="1 & 2 IziKronike" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libri_delle_Cronache" title="Libri delle Cronache – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Libri delle Cronache" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D" title="דברי הימים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דברי הימים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%97%E1%83%90" title="წიგნი პირველი ნეშტთა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="წიგნი პირველი ნეშტთა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_ya_Nyakati" title="Mambo ya Nyakati – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mambo ya Nyakati" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libri_Chronicorum" title="Libri Chronicorum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Libri Chronicorum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra%C5%A1%C4%8Di%C5%B3_knygos" title="Metraščių knygos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Metraščių knygos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronicas" title="Cronicas – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Cronicas" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B3nik%C3%A1k_els%C5%91_%C3%A9s_m%C3%A1sodik_k%C3%B6nyve" title="Krónikák első és második könyve – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Krónikák első és második könyve" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokin%27_ny_Tantara" title="Bokin' ny Tantara – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bokin' ny Tantara" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%BE_(%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BE)" title="ദിനവൃത്താന്തപുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (ബൈബിൾ) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദിനവൃത്താന്തപുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (ബൈബിൾ)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%87%E1%80%9D%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%91%E1%80%99%E1%80%85%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA" title="ရာဇဝင်ချုပ်ပထမစောင် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ရာဇဝင်ချုပ်ပထမစောင်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_en_2_Kronieken" title="1 en 2 Kronieken – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1 en 2 Kronieken" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%B4%E4%BB%A3%E8%AA%8C" title="歴代誌 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="歴代誌" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B8nikeb%C3%B8kene" title="Krønikebøkene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Krønikebøkene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B8nikeb%C3%B8kene" title="Krønikebøkene – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Krønikebøkene" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE" title="کتاب تواریخ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کتاب تواریخ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livros_de_Cr%C3%B4nicas" title="Livros de Crônicas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Livros de Crônicas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Паралипоменон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Паралипоменон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo_biblical_canon" title="Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon">Broader canon</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="border-top:1px solid #aaa;font-size:105%;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Bible" title="Portal:Bible">Bible portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar 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Chronicles is the final book of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, concluding the third section of the Jewish <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Tanakh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a> ("Writings"). It contains a genealogy starting with <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> and a <a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Judah_and_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="History of ancient Judah and Israel">history of ancient Judah and Israel</a> up to the <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Cyrus" title="Edict of Cyrus">Edict of Cyrus</a> in 539 BC. </p><p>The book was translated into Greek and divided into two books in the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> in the mid-3rd century BC. In Christian contexts Chronicles is referred to in the plural as the <b>Books of Chronicles</b>, after the Latin name <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">chronicon</i></span> given to the text by <a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">Jerome</a>, but is also referred to by its Greek name as the <b>Books of Paralipomenon</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Christian_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Bible">Christian Bibles</a>, they usually follow the two <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">Books of Kings</a> and precede <a href="/wiki/Ezra%E2%80%93Nehemiah" title="Ezra–Nehemiah">Ezra–Nehemiah</a>, the last history-oriented book of the Protestant Old Testament.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaphet19931-2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaphet19931-2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png/220px-Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png/330px-Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png/440px-Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_113.png 2x" data-file-width="1117" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><i>Rehoboam and Jeroboam I</i>, 1860 woodcut by <a href="/wiki/Julius_Schnorr_von_Karolsfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld">Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Chronicles narrative begins with Adam, <a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enos_(biblical_figure)" title="Enos (biblical figure)">Enosh</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the story is then carried forward, almost entirely through <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogical lists</a>, down to the founding of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy)" title="Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)">United Kingdom of Israel</a> in the "introductory chapters", 1 Chronicles 1–9.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of the remainder of 1 Chronicles, after a brief account of <a href="/wiki/Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a> in chapter 10, is concerned with the reign of <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next long section concerns David's son <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the final part is concerned with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a>, with occasional references to the northern <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Kingdom of Israel</a> (2 Chronicles 10–36). The final chapter covers briefly the reigns of the last four kings, until Judah is destroyed and the people taken into <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">exile in Babylon</a>. In the two final verses, identical to the opening verses of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">Book of Ezra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a> conquers the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Neo-Babylonian Empire</a>, and authorises the restoration of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Temple in Jerusalem</a> and the return of the exiles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoggins2003282_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoggins2003282-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9,27-10,11.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG/220px-Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG/330px-Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG/440px-Codex_Sinaiticus_Paralipomenon_9%2C27-10%2C11.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1656" data-file-height="1933" /></a><figcaption>Greek translation: Paralipomenon 9:27–10:11 in <i><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a></i> (1862 facsimile)</figcaption></figure> <p>Originally a single work, Chronicles was divided into two in the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, a Greek translation produced in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaphet19932_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaphet19932-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has three broad divisions: </p> <ol><li>the genealogies in chapters 1–9 of 1 Chronicles</li> <li>the reigns of David and Solomon (constituting the remainder of 1 Chronicles, and chapters 1–9 of 2 Chronicles); and</li> <li>the narrative of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy)#End" title="Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)">divided kingdom</a>, focusing on the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a>, in the remainder of 2 Chronicles.</li></ol> <p>Within this broad structure there are signs that the author has used various other devices to structure his work, notably through drawing parallels between David and Solomon (the first becomes king, establishes the worship of Israel's God in Jerusalem, and fights the wars that will enable the Temple to be built, then Solomon becomes king, builds and dedicates the Temple, and reaps the benefits of prosperity and peace).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1 Chronicles is divided into 29 <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapters</a> and 2 Chronicles into 36 chapters. Biblical commentator <a href="/wiki/C._J._Ball" title="C. J. Ball">C. J. Ball</a> suggests that the division into two books introduced by the translators of the Septuagint "occurs in the most suitable place",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> namely with the conclusion of David's reign as king and the initiation of Solomon's reign. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a> considered Chronicles one book.<sup id="cite_ref-BB15a_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB15a-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The last events recorded in Chronicles take place in the reign of <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a>, the Persian king who conquered Babylon in 539 BC; this sets the earliest possible date for this passage of the book. </p><p>Chronicles appears to be largely the work of a single individual. The writer was probably male, probably a <a href="/wiki/Levite" title="Levite">Levite</a> (temple priest), and probably from Jerusalem. He was well-read, a skilled editor, and a sophisticated theologian. He aimed to use the narratives in the Torah and former prophets to convey religious messages to his peers, the literary and political elite of Jerusalem in the time of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cambridge_University_Library,_MS_Ff.1.24,_fol._1r.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg/220px-Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg/330px-Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg/440px-Cambridge_University_Library%2C_MS_Ff.1.24%2C_fol._1r.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1593" /></a><figcaption>First page of <i>Chronicles</i> in a 10th- or 11th-century Greek manuscript acquired by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Grosseteste" title="Robert Grosseteste">Robert Grosseteste</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Jewish and Christian tradition identified this author as the 5th-century BC figure <a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a>, who gives his name to the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">Book of Ezra</a>; Ezra is also believed by the <a href="/wiki/Amoraim" title="Amoraim">Talmudic sages</a> to have written both his own book (i. e., <a href="/wiki/Ezra%E2%80%93Nehemiah" title="Ezra–Nehemiah">Ezra–Nehemiah</a>) and Chronicles up to his own time, the latter having been finished by <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah" title="Nehemiah">Nehemiah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BB15a_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB15a-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later critics, skeptical of the long-maintained tradition, preferred to call the author "<a href="/wiki/The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">the Chronicler</a>". However, many scholars maintain support for Ezra's authorship, not only based on centuries of work by Jewish historians, but also due to the consistency of language and speech patterns between Chronicles and Ezra–Nehemiah. Professor Emeritus Menahem Haran of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem" title="Hebrew University of Jerusalem">Hebrew University of Jerusalem</a> explains, "the overall unity of the Chronistic Work is … demonstrated by a common ideology, the uniformity of legal, cultic and historical conceptions and specific style, all of which reflect one opus."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the most striking, although inconclusive, features of Chronicles is that its closing sentence is repeated as the opening of Ezra–Nehemiah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In antiquity, such repeated verses, like the "catch-lines" used by modern printers,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often appeared at the end of a scroll to facilitate the reader's passing on to the correct second book-scroll after completing the first. This scribal device was employed in works that exceeded the scope of a single scroll and had to be continued on another scroll.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The latter half of the 20th century, amid growing skepticism in academia regarding history in the Biblical tradition, saw a reappraisal of the authorship question. Though there is a general lack of corroborating evidence, many now regard it as improbable that the author of Chronicles was also the author of the narrative portions of Ezra–Nehemiah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20083_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20083-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These critics suggest that <i>Chronicles</i> was probably composed between 400 and 250 BC, with the period 350–300 BC the most likely.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This timeframe is achieved by estimates made based on genealogies appearing in the Greek <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>. This theory bases its premise on the latest person mentioned in Chronicles, Anani. Anani is an eighth-generation descendant of King <a href="/wiki/Jehoiachin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehoiachin">Jehoiachin</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a>. This has persuaded many supporters of the Septuagint's reading to place Anani's likely date of birth a century later than what had been largely accepted for two millennia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalimi200561–64_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalimi200561–64-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of the content of Chronicles is a repetition of material from other books of the Bible, from <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">Kings</a>, and so the usual scholarly view is that these books, or an early version of them, provided the author with the bulk of his material. It is, however, possible that the situation was rather more complex, and that books such as Genesis and <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Samuel" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Samuel">Samuel</a> should be regarded as contemporary with Chronicles, drawing on much of the same material, rather than a source for it. Despite much discussion of this issue, no agreement has been reached.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoggins2003283_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoggins2003283-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also likely that Chronicles preserved ancient heterodox traditions regarding Israel's history.<sup id="cite_ref-Frankel_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frankel-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genre">Genre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Genre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The translators who created the Greek version of the Jewish Bible (the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>) called this book <i>Paralipomenon</i>, "Things Left Out", indicating that they thought of it as a supplement to another work, probably Genesis–Kings, but the idea seems inappropriate, since much of Genesis–Kings has been copied almost without change. Some modern scholars proposed that Chronicles is a <a href="/wiki/Midrash" title="Midrash">midrash</a>, or traditional Jewish commentary, on Genesis–Kings, but again this is not entirely accurate since the author or authors do not comment on the older books so much as use them to create a new work. Recent suggestions have been that it was intended as a clarification of the history in Genesis–Kings, or a replacement or alternative for it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20084–6_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20084–6-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian</a> theologian Paul K. Hooker argues that the generally accepted message the author wished to give to his audience was a theological reflection, not a "history of Israel": </p> <ol><li>God is active in history, and especially the history of Israel. The faithfulness or sins of individual kings are immediately rewarded or punished by God. (This is in contrast to the theology of the <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">Books of Kings</a>, where the faithlessness of kings was punished on later generations through the Babylonian exile).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20006_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>God calls Israel to a special relationship. The call begins with the genealogies,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gradually narrowing the focus from all mankind to a single family, the Israelites, the descendants of <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a>. "True" Israel is those who continue to worship <a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a> at the Temple in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> (in the southern <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Kingdom of Judah</a>), with the result that the history of the historical <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Kingdom of Israel</a> is almost completely ignored.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>God chose David and his dynasty as the agents of his will. According to the author of Chronicles, the three great events of David's reign were his bringing the <a href="/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a> to Jerusalem, his founding of an eternal royal dynasty, and his preparations for the construction of the Temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>God chose a site in Jerusalem as the location for the Temple, the place where God should be worshiped. More time and space are spent on the construction of the Temple and its rituals of worship than on any other subject. By stressing the central role of the Temple in pre-exilic Judah, the author also stresses the importance of the newly rebuilt Persian-era <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a> to his own readers.</li> <li>God remains active in Israel. The past is used to legitimize the author's present: this is seen most clearly in the detailed attention he gives to the Temple built by Solomon, but also in the genealogy and lineages, which connect his own generation to the distant past and thus make the claim that the present is a continuation of that past.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-10_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-10-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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Vol. 11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Books+of+Paralipomenon&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Bechtel&rft.aufirst=Florentine+Stanislaus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaphet19931-2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaphet19931-2_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaphet1993">Japhet 1993</a>, p. 1-2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a01.htm#1">1 Chronicles 1:1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barnes, W. E. (1899), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/1_chronicles/">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on 1 Chronicles, accessed 29 January 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1 Chronicles 11–29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2 Chronicles 1–9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoggins2003282-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoggins2003282_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoggins2003">Coggins 2003</a>, p. 282.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaphet19932-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaphet19932_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaphet1993">Japhet 1993</a>, p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcKenzie2004_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcKenzie2004">McKenzie 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ball, C., J. (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/1.htm">The Second Book of the Chronicles</a> in <i>Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BB15a-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BB15a_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BB15a_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.15a.2?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&vhe=William_Davidson_Edition_-_Vocalized_Aramaic&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">"Bava Batra 15a:2"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bava+Batra+15a%3A2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sefaria.org%2FBava_Batra.15a.2%3Fven%3DWilliam_Davidson_Edition_-_English%26vhe%3DWilliam_Davidson_Edition_-_Vocalized_Aramaic%26lang%3Dbi%26with%3Dall%26lang2%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baslibrary.org/authors/menahem-haran">"Menahem Haran"</a>. <i>The BAS Library</i>. 2004-05-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-11-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+BAS+Library&rft.atitle=Menahem+Haran&rft.date=2004-05-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baslibrary.org%2Fauthors%2Fmenahem-haran&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catchline#English">catchline</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMenahem_Haran2015" class="citation web cs1">Menahem Haran (2015-08-24). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baslibrary.org/bible-review/2/3/6">"Explaining the Identical Lines at the End of Chronicles and the Beginning of Ezra"</a>. <i>The BAS Library</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-11-05</span></span>. <q>These repeated verses at the end of Chronicles are called "catch-lines." In ancient times, catch-lines were often placed at the end of a scroll to facilitate the reader's passing on to the correct second book-scroll after completing the first. This scribal device was employed in works that exceeded the scope of a single scroll and had to be continued on another scroll.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+BAS+Library&rft.atitle=Explaining+the+Identical+Lines+at+the+End+of+Chronicles+and+the+Beginning+of+Ezra&rft.date=2015-08-24&rft.au=Menahem+Haran&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baslibrary.org%2Fbible-review%2F2%2F3%2F6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20083-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20083_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeentjes2008">Beentjes 2008</a>, p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalimi200561–64-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalimi200561–64_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKalimi2005">Kalimi 2005</a>, pp. 61–64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoggins2003283-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoggins2003283_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoggins2003">Coggins 2003</a>, p. 283.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frankel-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Frankel_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrankel2015" class="citation web cs1">Frankel, David (April 8, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240207090032/https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-book-of-chronicles-and-the-ephraimites-that-never-went-to-egypt">"The Book of Chronicles and the Ephraimites that Never Went to Egypt"</a>. <i>TheTorah.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-book-of-chronicles-and-the-ephraimites-that-never-went-to-egypt">the original</a> on February 7, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TheTorah.com&rft.atitle=The+Book+of+Chronicles+and+the+Ephraimites+that+Never+Went+to+Egypt&rft.date=2015-04-08&rft.aulast=Frankel&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetorah.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-book-of-chronicles-and-the-ephraimites-that-never-went-to-egypt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20084–6-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeentjes20084–6_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeentjes2008">Beentjes 2008</a>, p. 4–6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20006_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHooker2000">Hooker 2000</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">chapters 1–9 of 1 Chronicles</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20007-8_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHooker2000">Hooker 2000</a>, p. 7-8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-10-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHooker20006-10_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHooker2000">Hooker 2000</a>, p. 6-10.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Books_of_Chronicles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeentjes2008" class="citation book cs1">Beentjes, Pancratius C. (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rLFXnQ6b9v4C&pg=PR3"><i>Tradition and Transformation in the Book of Chronicles</i></a>. Brill. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789004170445" title="Special:BookSources/9789004170445"><bdi>9789004170445</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tradition+and+Transformation+in+the+Book+of+Chronicles&rft.pub=Brill&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9789004170445&rft.aulast=Beentjes&rft.aufirst=Pancratius+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrLFXnQ6b9v4C%26pg%3DPR3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoggins2003" class="citation book cs1">Coggins, Richard J. (2003). "1 and 2 Chronicles". In Dunn, James D. G.; Rogerson, John William (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC"><i>Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible</i></a>. Eerdmans. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780802837110" title="Special:BookSources/9780802837110"><bdi>9780802837110</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1+and+2+Chronicles&rft.btitle=Eerdmans+Commentary+on+the+Bible&rft.pub=Eerdmans&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9780802837110&rft.aulast=Coggins&rft.aufirst=Richard+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2Vo-11umIZQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHooker2000" class="citation book cs1">Hooker, Paul K. (2000). ANONYMUS ABSOLUTUS, Adam G. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QDwEOzTXvb8C&pg=PA12"><i>First and Second Chronicles</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780664255916" title="Special:BookSources/9780664255916"><bdi>9780664255916</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=First+and+Second+Chronicles&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9780664255916&rft.aulast=Hooker&rft.aufirst=Paul+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQDwEOzTXvb8C%26pg%3DPA12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJaphet1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sara_Japhet" title="Sara Japhet">Japhet, Sara</a> (1993). ANONYMUS, Adam G. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=V0WjzZB2V7cC"><i>I and II Chronicles: A Commentary</i></a>. SCM Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780664226411" title="Special:BookSources/9780664226411"><bdi>9780664226411</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=I+and+II+Chronicles%3A+A+Commentary&rft.pub=SCM+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780664226411&rft.aulast=Japhet&rft.aufirst=Sara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DV0WjzZB2V7cC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKalimi2005" class="citation book cs1">Kalimi, Isaac (January 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kmk5CDRsbwMC&pg=PA62"><i>An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, His Time, Place and Writing</i></a>. Uitgeverij Van Gorcum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-232-4071-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-232-4071-6"><bdi>978-90-232-4071-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Ancient+Israelite+Historian%3A+Studies+in+the+Chronicler%2C+His+Time%2C+Place+and+Writing&rft.pub=Uitgeverij+Van+Gorcum&rft.date=2005-01&rft.isbn=978-90-232-4071-6&rft.aulast=Kalimi&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dkmk5CDRsbwMC%26pg%3DPA62&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKelly1996" class="citation book cs1">Kelly, Brian E. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p7ui2JwhdzEC"><i>Retribution and Eschatology in Chronicles</i></a>. Sheffield Academic Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780567637796" title="Special:BookSources/9780567637796"><bdi>9780567637796</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Retribution+and+Eschatology+in+Chronicles&rft.pub=Sheffield+Academic+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9780567637796&rft.aulast=Kelly&rft.aufirst=Brian+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp7ui2JwhdzEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlein2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_W._Klein" title="Ralph W. Klein">Klein, Ralph W.</a> (2006). <i>1 Chronicles: A Commentary</i>. Fortress Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1+Chronicles%3A+A+Commentary&rft.pub=Fortress+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Klein&rft.aufirst=Ralph+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKnoppers2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gary_N._Knoppers" title="Gary N. Knoppers">Knoppers, Gary N.</a> (2004). <i>1 Chronicles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary</i>. Doubleday.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1+Chronicles%3A+A+New+Translation+with+Introduction+and+Commentary&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Knoppers&rft.aufirst=Gary+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABooks+of+Chronicles" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKenzie2004" class="citation book cs1">McKenzie, Steven L. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s3weTW7ylToC"><i>1–2 Chronicles</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chabad.org/library/archive/LibraryArchive2.asp?AID=15777">Divrei Hayamim II – Chronicles II (Judaica Press)</a> translation [with <a href="/wiki/Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Chronicles+1&version=NIV">1 Chronicles at Biblegateway</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%201&version=NIV">2 Chronicles at Biblegateway</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible-book.org/en/historical-books/1-chronicles">1 Chronicles at Bible-Book.org</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bible-book.org/en/historical-books/2-chronicles">2 Chronicles at Bible-Book.org</a></li></ul> <p><b>Introductions</b> </p> 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanun" title="Hanun">Hanun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_I" title="Hiram I">Hiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahash_of_Ammon" title="Nahash of Ammon">Nahash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases/events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Authorship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">The Chronicler</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw" title="wikisource:he:דברי הימים א ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%27" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Α'">Septuagint</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/1 Chronicles">Wycliffe Bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/1 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/1 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Second_Book_of_Chronicles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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and verses of the Bible">chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_1" title="2 Chronicles 1">2 Chronicles 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_2" title="2 Chronicles 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_3" title="2 Chronicles 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_4" title="2 Chronicles 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_5" title="2 Chronicles 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_6" title="2 Chronicles 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_7" title="2 Chronicles 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_8" title="2 Chronicles 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_9" title="2 Chronicles 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_10" title="2 Chronicles 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_11" title="2 Chronicles 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_12" title="2 Chronicles 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_13" title="2 Chronicles 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_14" title="2 Chronicles 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_15" title="2 Chronicles 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_16" title="2 Chronicles 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_17" title="2 Chronicles 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_18" title="2 Chronicles 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_19" title="2 Chronicles 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_20" title="2 Chronicles 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_21" title="2 Chronicles 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_22" title="2 Chronicles 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_23" title="2 Chronicles 23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_24" title="2 Chronicles 24">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_25" title="2 Chronicles 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_26" title="2 Chronicles 26">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_27" title="2 Chronicles 27">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_28" title="2 Chronicles 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_29" title="2 Chronicles 29">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_30" title="2 Chronicles 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_31" title="2 Chronicles 31">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_32" title="2 Chronicles 32">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_33" title="2 Chronicles 33">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_34" title="2 Chronicles 34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_35" title="2 Chronicles 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_36" title="2 Chronicles 36">36</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aram_(region)" title="Aram (region)">Aram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethel" title="Bethel">Bethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edom" title="Edom">Edom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekron" title="Ekron">Ekron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachish" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachish">Lachish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moab" title="Moab">Moab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramoth-Gilead" title="Ramoth-Gilead">Ramoth-Gilead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Sea of the Arabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahpenes" title="Tahpenes">Tahpenes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Persons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers of Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abijah_of_Judah" title="Abijah of Judah">Abijah (king)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abijah_(queen)" title="Abijah (queen)">Abijah (queen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">Ahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaz" title="Ahaz">Ahaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Israel" title="Ahaziah of Israel">Ahaziah of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Judah" title="Ahaziah of Judah">Ahaziah of Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaziah" title="Amaziah">Amaziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amon_of_Judah" title="Amon of Judah">Amon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athaliah" title="Athaliah">Athaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gedaliah" title="Gedaliah">Gedaliah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hezekiah" title="Hezekiah">Hezekiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeconiah" title="Jeconiah">Jeconiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah" title="Jehoahaz of Judah">Jehoahaz of Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoakim" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehoakim">Jehoakim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Israel" title="Jehoash of Israel">Jehoash of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah" title="Jehoash of Judah">Jehoash of Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Israel" title="Jehoram of Israel">Jehoram of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoram_of_Judah" title="Jehoram of Judah">Jehoram of Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoshaphat" title="Jehoshaphat">Jehoshaphat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehu" title="Jehu">Jehu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeroboam_II" title="Jeroboam II">Jeroboam II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah" title="Josiah">Josiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jotham" title="Jotham">Jotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_of_Judah" title="Manasseh of Judah">Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekah" title="Pekah">Pekah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehoboam" title="Rehoboam">Rehoboam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzziah" title="Uzziah">Uzziah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">Zedekiah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers outside Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evil-Merodach" class="mw-redirect" title="Evil-Merodach">Evil-Merodach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazael" title="Hazael">Hazael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II" title="Nebuchadnezzar II">Nebuchadnezzar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rezin" title="Rezin">Rezin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_V" title="Shalmaneser V">Shalmaneser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sennacherib" title="Sennacherib">Sennacherib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiglath-Pileser_III" title="Tiglath-Pileser III">Tiglath-Pileser III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prophets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gad_(prophet)" title="Gad (prophet)">Gad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah" title="Isaiah">Isaiah</a></li> <li><a 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title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Β'">Septuagint</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/2_Paralipomenon" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/2 Paralipomenon">Wycliffe Bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/2 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/2 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/2_Chronicles" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/2 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Book_of_Obadiah" title="Book of Obadiah">Obadiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jonah" title="Book of Jonah">Jonah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Micah" title="Book of Micah">Micah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nahum" title="Book of Nahum">Nahum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Habakkuk" title="Book of Habakkuk">Habakkuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Zephaniah" title="Book of Zephaniah">Zephaniah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Haggai" title="Book of Haggai">Haggai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Zechariah" title="Book of Zechariah">Zechariah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Malachi" title="Book of Malachi">Malachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deuterocanonical_books" title="Deuterocanonical books">Deuterocanon</a><br /> or <a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">apocrypha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> & others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Tobit" title="Book of Tobit">Tobit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Judith" title="Book of Judith">Judith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Esther#Additions_to_Esther" title="Book of Esther">Additions to Esther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_Maccabees" title="1 Maccabees">1 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Maccabees" title="2 Maccabees">2 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Wisdom" title="Book of Wisdom">Wisdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Sirach" title="Book of Sirach">Sirach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Baruch" title="Book of Baruch">Baruch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_Jeremiah" title="Letter of Jeremiah">Letter of Jeremiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additions_to_Daniel" title="Additions to Daniel">Additions to Daniel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_(Book_of_Daniel)" title="Susanna (Book of Daniel)">Susanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prayer_of_Azariah_and_Song_of_the_Three_Holy_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children">Song of the Three Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bel_and_the_Dragon" title="Bel and the Dragon">Bel and the Dragon</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Eastern Orthodox & others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Esdras" title="1 Esdras">1 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Esdras" title="2 Esdras">2 Esdras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_of_Manasseh" title="Prayer of Manasseh">Prayer of Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psalm_151" title="Psalm 151">Psalm 151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Maccabees" title="3 Maccabees">3 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_Maccabees" title="4 Maccabees">4 Maccabees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Odes_(Bible)" title="Book of Odes (Bible)">Odes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo" title="Orthodox Tewahedo">Orthodox Tewahedo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Enoch" title="Book of Enoch">Enoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jubilees" title="Book of Jubilees">Jubilees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meqabyan" title="Meqabyan">1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rest_of_the_Words_of_Baruch" title="Rest of the Words of Baruch">Paralipomena of Baruch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo_biblical_canon#Broader_canon" title="Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon">Broader canon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Syriac <a href="/wiki/Peshitta" title="Peshitta">Peshitta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Psalms_152%E2%80%93155" title="Psalms 152–155">Psalms 152–155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Baruch" title="2 Baruch">2 Baruch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Israel" title="Beta Israel">Beta Israel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Testaments_of_the_Three_Patriarchs" title="Testaments of the Three Patriarchs">Testaments of the Three Patriarchs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Abraham" title="Testament of Abraham">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Isaac" title="Testament of Isaac">Isaac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Jacob" title="Testament of Jacob">Jacob</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_canon" class="mw-redirect" title="New Testament canon">Canon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="First Epistle to the Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Ephesians" title="Epistle to the Ephesians">Ephesians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Philippians" title="Epistle to the Philippians">Philippians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians" title="Epistle to the Colossians">Colossians</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Laodiceans" title="Epistle to the Laodiceans">Laodiceans</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians" title="First Epistle to the Thessalonians">1 Thessalonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Thessalonians" title="Second Epistle to the Thessalonians">2 Thessalonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="First Epistle to Timothy">1 Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="Second Epistle to Timothy">2 Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus" title="Epistle to Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_Philemon" title="Epistle to Philemon">Philemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Hebrews" title="Epistle to the Hebrews">Hebrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">1 Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Peter" title="Second Epistle of Peter">2 Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John" title="First Epistle of John">1 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_John" title="Second Epistle of John">2 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Epistle_of_John" title="Third Epistle of John">3 John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_Jude" title="Epistle of Jude">Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Antilegomena" title="Antilegomena">Antilegomena</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Paul" title="Acts of Paul">Acts of Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter" title="Apocalypse of Peter">Apocalypse of Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didache" title="Didache">Didache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews" title="Gospel of the Hebrews">Gospel of the Hebrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_Barnabas" title="Epistle of Barnabas">Epistle of Barnabas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Clement" title="First Epistle of Clement">1 Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_of_Clement" title="Second Epistle of Clement">2 Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Third Epistle to the Corinthians">3 Corinthians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_of_Hermas" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherd of Hermas">Shepherd of Hermas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subdivisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">Chapters and verses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torah#Pentateuch" title="Torah">Pentateuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_books" title="Historical books">Historical books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisdom_literature#Sapiential_Books" title="Wisdom literature">Wisdom books</a> (<a href="/wiki/Poetic_Books" title="Poetic Books">Poetic Books</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophetic_books" title="Prophetic books">Prophetic books</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_prophet" title="Major prophet">Major prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Minor_Prophets" title="Twelve Minor Prophets">Minor prophets</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Gospels">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">Synoptic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_epistles" title="Pauline epistles">Pauline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_epistles" title="Johannine epistles">Johannine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastoral_epistles" title="Pastoral epistles">Pastoral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_epistles" title="Catholic epistles">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocalyptic_literature" title="Apocalyptic literature">Apocalyptic literature</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible" title="Authorship of the Bible">Authorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Hebrew_Bible_canon" title="Development of the Hebrew Bible canon">Jewish canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intertestamental_period" title="Intertestamental period">Intertestamental period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Christian_biblical_canon" class="mw-redirect" title="Development of the Christian biblical canon">Christian canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon" title="Development of the Old Testament canon">Old Testament canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon" title="Development of the New Testament canon">New Testament canon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antilegomena" title="Antilegomena">Antilegomena</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Apocrypha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_apocrypha" title="Jewish apocrypha">Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha" title="Biblical apocrypha">Old 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