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In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Historical Books, (12), from Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st, 2nd Samuel, 1st, 2nd Kings, 1st, 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther.

13. 1st Chronicles, Chapters 1-29.
14. 2nd Chronicles, Chapters 1-36.
In the Hebrew Canon these books formed a single volume called "Things of the days" (i.e., annals). The translators of the Greek Septuagint Version gave them the title, Paraleipomena, meaning "things left over," implying their use as a supplement to Samuel and Kings. Jerome (C. A.D. 340-420) called them "a chronicle of the whole and sacred history" from Adam to Cyrus (538 B.C.) hence their English name. Actually, Chronicles is a summary of Hebrew history that duplicates much of Samuel and Kings.

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