I Chronicles - the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BCbook - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" Paralipomenon - (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible |