(14) ? A genealogical register compiled in the time of Jotham and Jeroboam II (1 Chronicles v. 17). (15) A collection of “lamentations” (2 Chronicles xxxv. 25). B. _Those with general titles._ (1) A Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel (cited for the reigns of Asa, Amaziah, Ahaz, and Hezekiah; 2 Chronicles xvi. 11, xxv. 26, xxviii. 26, xxxii. 32). Compare (12) above. (2) A Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah (cited for Jotham, Josiah, and Jehoiakim; 2 Chronicles xxvii. 7, xxxv. 27, xxxvi. 8). (3) A Book of the Kings of Israel (cited for genealogies, 1 Chronicles xix. 1; for the reign of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles xx. 24; and for Manasseh, 2 Chronicles xxxiii. 18). (4) A _Midrash_¹ of the Book of Kings (for the reign of Joash, 2 Chronicles xxiv. 27). ¹ The noun _Midrash_ is derived from a verb meaning to _search out, explore_. The word occurs only in 2 Chronicles xiii. 22, xxiv. 27 in the Old Testament but is very common as a description of many works of later Jewish literature. A Midrash may be defined as an imaginative adaptation of an idea suggested by Scripture, especially a homiletic exposition or an edifying religious story. In midrashic writings “numbers are multiplied, all the details assume huger and more exalted proportions, right is always richly rewarded and wickedness signally punished, miracles are common, and prophets and kings deliver majestic, spiritual addresses, embodying the best doctrines of later Judaism” (Kent, _Student’s O.T._ II. p. 20). Several of the narratives in Chronicles partake of this character. For later and more obvious examples, compare the stories of Tobit and Susanna in the Apocrypha.