Scholars generally agree that the Chronicler also had access to sources that did not become part of the Bible, but their nature and extent are disputed. Given that Chronicles borrows from earlier biblical writings, most prominently an older and shorter version of Samuel‐Kings (with many additions, deletions, and changes), readers may find it helpful to read Chronicles on its own terms as a distinctive literary work, but also to compare its presentation with that of the biblical texts from which it draws.
