Chapter I: Front Matter

The Books of Chronicles

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_THE CAMBRIDGE BIBLE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES_

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THE BOOKS OF
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THE BOOKS OF
CHRONICLES

With Maps, Notes and Introduction

by

W. A. L. ELMSLIE, M.A.
Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge

Cambridge:
at the University Press
1916

_First Edition 1899_
_Second Edition 1916_