THe Iewes comprehend bothe theſe bokes in one, which the Grecians becauſe of the length deuide into two: and they are called Chronicles, becauſe they note briefly the hiſtories from Adám to the returne from their captiuitie in Babylón. But theſe are not thoſe bokes of Chronicles, which are ſo oft mencioned in the bokes of Kings of Iudáh and Iſraél, which did at large ſet forthe the ſtate of bothe the kingdomes, and afterward periſhed in the captiuitie: but an abridgement of the ſame, and were gathered by Eſra, as the Iewes write, after their returne frõ Babylon. This fyrſt boke conteineth a brief rehearſal of the children of Adám vnto Abrahám, Izhák, Iaakób, and the twelue Patriarches, chiefely of Iudáh and of the reigne of Dauid, becauſe Chriſt came of him according to the fleſh. And therefore it ſetteth forthe more amply his actes, bothe cõcerning ciuil gouernement, and alſo the adminiſtracion, and care of things concerning religion, for the good ſucceſſe whereof he reioyceth, and giueth thankes to the Lord.