First and Second Chronicles where originally one book and originally they were the end of the Hebrew Scriptures. But in the Greek version it got separated into two books and put with Samuel and Kings.
Chronicles is not actually a continuation of the story begun in 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings. It is a retelling of the story of Israel from Adam through to the rise of the Persian empire.
This week's portion is mostly a series of genealogies which trace the line from Adam to King Saul. If you feel like all that you were reading this week was a lot of Hebrew names, you are right.
Beginning in Chapter 10 (and if you just can't take the genealogies, you can skip to chapter 10) we get the story of King David's reign. The story of David's reign is 19 chapters, and most of the second half of First Chronicles, so I will talk more about that next week.
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