The Books of Chronicles (Hebrew Dibh're Hayyamim, דברי הימים, Greek Paralipomenon, Παραλειπομένων) are part of the Hebrew Bible. In the Masoretic Text, it appears as a single work, either the first or last book of the Ketuvim (the latter arrangement also making it the final book of the Jewish Bible). Chronicles largely parallels the Davidic narratives in the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings. In all Christian editions of the Old Testament (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant), it is divided into two books, 1 & 2 Chronicles—immediately following 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings—as a summary of them with minor details sometimes added. The division of Chronicles and its place in the Christian bibles are based upon the division of books in the ancient Greek Septuagint.
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