The history books or also called “anterior prophets.“
Why?: Because it’s less about chronology but about the (dis)obedience of the people. The history books: Joshua to 2 Kings were originally probably one book. Their content is the history from entering the land to leaving it in exile, their center is the emergence of kingship with the kingdom of David.
In the history books, two lines go parallel throughout:
They also reflect the disputes about the establishment of a kingship in Israel:
As well as the dispute about the building of a temple: e.g., 2.Sam.7 (Nathan corrects himself). After the division of the kingdom there is a chronistic – synoptic presentation of both kingdoms.
The clear center is David, later also Solomon. Half of the work refers only to these two kings, the other half to the 42 other kings. The focus on David makes this part of the bible more significant for us Christians through the David-Christ typology.
It is typical of all historiography that it focuses particularly on accounts of armed conflict. This leads also in the history books to the appearance of a constant state of war. The settling of the 12 tribes, however, probably took place more peacefully than one suspects from reading. The history books of the OT also clearly depict the time before Christ.
The work of Chronicles including 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther…
Chronicles differs from Kings in the following:
Ezra and Nehemiah:
Offer a chronicle of the 100 years after the return from exile
Centered Upon: The Temple and faithfulness to the law
Ezra is in Ezra 7,12 the “Teacher of the law of the God of Heaven” many assume in it the source “P”: priestly writing.