1 Chronicles

Who

Anonymous; traditionally Ezra.

When

After the exile, probably the fourth century BC.

What it is

The same history as Samuel and Kings, retold for people who have come home and are rebuilding.

What to watch for

It opens with nine chapters of names, and it leaves out David's worst. Where it differs from Samuel, Told twice shows both.

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.1 Chronicles 29:11