Chronicles
Old Testament books
Chronicles are detailed historical accounts or records of events arranged in time order.
The word suggests comprehensive documentation: the chronicles of ancient Rome, a chronicle of the civil rights movement.
To chronicle is to record events systematically over time.
A chronicler is one who keeps such records.
The term often implies narrative rather than mere listing—history told as story.
Name meaning "God heard"
- KingsBiblical history books
- EzraHebrew name meaning helper
- NehemiahPost-exile Jewish governor
- RuthName meaning friend
Judges · Joshua · Deuteronomy · Numbers · Leviticus · Exodus · Genesis · Esther
Year-by-year historical account
- archivesStored historical documents
- historyRecord of past events
- accountRecord of dealings
- narrativeAccount of events
documentation · register · log · diary · journal · manuscript · scroll · record-keeping
Extended heroic narrative
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
realm · quest · tale · series · worldbuilding · mythology · anthology · compendium
Samuel
Name meaning "God heard"
Ruth · Judges · Joshua · Deuteronomy · Numbers · Leviticus · Exodus · Genesis · Esther · Maccabees
annals
Year-by-year historical account
narrative · documentation · register · log · diary · journal · manuscript · scroll · record-keeping · historiography
saga
Extended heroic narrative
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- legendUnverified traditional tale
tome · realm · quest · tale · series · worldbuilding · mythology · anthology · compendium
Lewis
Common British surname
newspaper
Printed periodical of current events
coverage · correspondent · editorial · headline · gazette · tribune · herald · daily · press · newsroom
- KetuvimPsalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs
- Compilation AlbumsGreatest Hits
Chroniclesprophecies
Proclaimed future events
Revelation · Isaiah · Ezekiel · Daniel · Jeremiah
Chroniclesfiction
Imagined narrative work
fabrications · fables · myths · inventions · fantasies
- medieval chroniclesHistorical records from feudal era
- chronicles of narnia
- ancient chroniclesOld written event records
- Anglo-Saxon ChronicleMedieval English historical annals
- Primary ChronicleMedieval Kyivan historical record
- family chroniclesRecords of ancestral history