The following table, showing one hundred and eleven parallel passages between the books of Samuel and Kings on the one hand, and the books of Chronicles on the other, will be useful.

1.    It will show the mutual relation of the sections, and will enable the reader to find at a glance the corresponding portions, and thus serve the purpose of ordinary and ready reference.

2.    It will help to exhibit the special design of the two great principles governing the whole of these books. In the former (Samuel and Kings) we have the history from the exoteric point of view; in the latter (Chronicles) we have, for the most part, the same history, but from the esoteric point of view.

      In the former we have the events viewed from the human standpoint, as they would be seen by the natural eye; in the latter we have the same events viewed from the Divine standpoint, and as seen and understood by the spiritual mind.

      Consequently, while in the former we have the event in its historical aspect; in the latter we have it in its moral aspect. In the former we have the historic record; in the latter we have the Divine reason for it, or the Divine "words" and judgment on it. (Compare Saul's death, 1 Samuel 31:6, and 1 Chronicles 10:13, 14).

      It is this principle which determines the amount of literary space accorded to the same historic event. For example: in the former books we have three chapters (or 88 verses) given to the secular events of Hezekiah's reign (2 Kings 18, 19, and 20), and only three verses (2 Kings 18:4-6) given to his great religious reformation. In Chronicles this is exactly reversed. Three chapters (or 84 verses) are devoted to his reformation (2Chronicles 29-31), while one chapter (or 32 verses) suffices for the secular events of his reign.

      In the same way Jehoshaphat's three alliances with Ahab can be spiritually and morally understood only from 2 Chronicles 17, of which there is not a word in Kings.

3.    This principle determines also the order in which the events are treated. In the books of Kings the events are recorded in chronological order; while in Chronicles this order is sometimes ignored, in order to bring the moral causes or consequences of the two events together, for the purposes of comparison or contrast. (Compare the list of David's mighty men; David's numbering the People, and the account of the plague).

4.    The object of these two great principles is further seen in the fact that in the design of the former is to give the whole history of Israel's kingdom complete; while the design of the latter is to give only that which pertains to the house of David and the tribe of Judah, as being founded on Jehovah's covenant in 2 Samuel 7 and 1 Chronicles 17.

5.    The conclusion is that the book of Chronicles is entirely independent of the books of Samuel and Kings; and that the differences between them are independent and designed. The critics create their own difficulties by first assuming that the books ought to be alike; and then, because they are not what they are assumed to be, treating the variations as "discrepancies," or "corruptions of the text", instead of as being full of Divine instruction "written for our learning".

   The following is the table:

1 Samuel 27.	1 Chronicles 12:1-7.
1 Samuel 29:1-3.	1 Chronicles 12:19-22.
1 Samuel 31.	1 Chronicles 10.
2 Samuel 5:1-5.	1 Chronicles 11:1-3.
2 Samuel 5:6-10.	1 Chronicles 11:4-9.
2 Samuel 5:11-16.	1 Chronicles 14:1-7.
2 Samuel 5:17-25.	1 Chronicles 14:8-17.
2 Samuel 6:1-11.	1 Chronicles 13.
2 Samuel 6:12-23.	1 Chronicles 15 and 16.
2 Samuel 7.	1 Chronicles 17.
2 Samuel 8.	1 Chronicles 18.
2 Samuel 10.	1 Chronicles 19.
2 Samuel 11:1-27.	1 Chronicles 20:1.
2 Samuel 12:29-31.	1 Chronicles 20:1-3.
2 Samuel 23:8-39.	1 Chronicles 11:10-47.
2 Samuel 24:1-9.	1 Chronicles 21:1-6.
2 Samuel 24:1-9,	1 Chronicles 27:23, 24.
2 Samuel 24:10-17.	1 Chronicles 21:7-17.
2 Samuel 24:18-24.	1 Chronicles 21:18-22:1.
1 Kings 2:1.	1 Chronicles 23:1.
1 Kings 2:1-4.	1 Chronicles 28:20, 21.
1 Kings 2:10-12.	1 Chronicles 29:23-30.
1 Kings 2:46.	2 Chronicles 1:1.
1 Kings 3:4-15.	2 Chronicles 1:2-13.
1 Kings 5.	2 Chronicles 2.
1 Kings 6.	2 Chronicles 3:1-14; 4:9.
1 Kings 7:15-21.	2 Chronicles 3:15-17.
1 Kings 7:23-26.	2 Chronicles 4:2-5.
1 Kings 7:38-46.	2 Chronicles 4:6, 10, 17.
1 Kings 7:47-50.	2 Chronicles 4:18-22.
1 Kings 7:51.	2 Chronicles 5:1.
1 Kings 8.	2 Chronicles 5:2-7:10.
1 Kings 9:1-9.	2 Chronicles 7:11-22.
1 Kings 9:10-28.	2 Chronicles 8.
1 Kings 10:1-13.	2 Chronicles 9:1-12.
1 Kings 10:14-25.	2 Chronicles 9:13-24.
1 Kings 10:26-29.	2 Chronicles 9:25-28; 1:14-17.
1 Kings 11:41-43.	2 Chronicles 9:29-31.
1 Kings 12:1-19.	2 Chronicles 10.
1 Kings 12:21-24.	2 Chronicles 11:1-4.
1 Kings 12:25.	2 Chronicles 11:5-12.
1 Kings 12:26-31.	2 Chronicles 11:13-17.
1 Kings 14:22-24.	2 Chronicles 12:1.
1 Kings 14:25-28.	2 Chronicles 12:2-12.
1 Kings 14:21, 29-31.	2 Chronicles 12:13-16.
1 Kings 15:1.	2 Chronicles 13:1, 2.
1 Kings 15:6.	2 Chronicles 13:2-21.
1 Kings 15:7, 8.	2 Chronicles 13:22; 14:1.
1 Kings 15:11, 12.	2 Chronicles 14:1-5.
1 Kings 15:13-15.	2 Chronicles 15:16-18.
1 Kings 15:16-22.	2 Chronicles 16:1-6.
1 Kings 15:23, 24.	2 Chronicles 16:11-14.
1 Kings 22:1-40, 44.	2 Chronicles 18.
1 Kings 22:41-43.	2 Chronicles 17:1; 20:31-33.
1 Kings 22:45.	2 Chronicles 20:34.
1 Kings 22:47-49.	2 Chronicles 20:35-37.
1 Kings 22:50.	2 Chronicles 21:1.
2 Kings 1:1; 3:4, 5.	2 Chronicles 20:1-3.
2 Kings 8:16-19.	2 Chronicles 21:2-7.
2 Kings 8:20-22.	2 Chronicles 21:8-15.
2 Kings 8:23, 24.	2 Chronicles 21:18-20.
2 Kings 8:25-27.	2 Chronicles 22:1-4.
2 Kings 8:28, 29; 9:1-28.	2 Chronicles 22:5-7, 9.
2 Kings 10:11-14.	2 Chronicles 22:8.
2 Kings 11:1-3.	2 Chronicles 22:10-12.
2 Kings 11:4-20.	2 Chronicles 23.
2 Kings 11:21; 12:1-3.	2 Chronicles 24:1-3.
2 Kings 12:6-16.	2 Chronicles 24:4-14.
2 Kings 12:17, 18.	2 Chronicles 24:23, 24.
2 Kings 12:19-21.	2 Chronicles 24:25-27.
2 Kings 14:1-6.	2 Chronicles 25:1-4.
2 Kings 14:7.	2 Chronicles 25:11-16.
2 Kings 14:8-14.	2 Chronicles 25:17-24.
2 Kings 14:17-20.	2 Chronicles 25:25-28.
2 Kings 14:21, 22; 15:1-4.	2 Chronicles 26:1-15.
2 Kings 15:6, 7, 27, 28.	2 Chronicles 26:22, 23.
2 Kings 15:32-35.	2 Chronicles 27:1-8.
2 Kings 15:38.	2 Chronicles 27:9.
2 Kings 16:1, 2.	2 Chronicles 28:1, 2.
2 Kings 16:3, 4, 6.	2 Chronicles 28:3-8.
2 Kings 16:7.	2 Chronicles 28:16-19.
2 Kings 15:29.	2 Chronicles 28:20.
2 Kings 16:8-18.	2 Chronicles 28:21-25.
2 Kings 16:19, 20.	2 Chronicles 28:26, 27.
2 Kings 18:1-3.	2 Chronicles 29:1, 2.
2 Kings 18:13.	Isaiah 36:1.
2 Kings 18:14-16.	2 Chronicles 32:2-8.
2 Kings 20:1-11.	2 Chronicles 32:24; Isaiah 38.
2 Kings 20:12-19.	Isaiah 39:1-8.
2 Kings 18:17-37.	2 Chronicles 32:9-19. Isaiah 36:2-22.
2 Kings 19:1-5.	2 Chronicles 32:20. Isaiah 37:1-4.
2 Kings 19:6,7.	Isaiah 37:6,7.
2 Kings 19:8-19.	2 Chronicles 32:17. Isaiah 37:8-20.
2 Kings 19:20-37.	2 Chronicles 32:21. Isaiah 37:21-38.
2 Kings 20:20,21.	2 Chronicles 32:32, 33.
2 Kings 21:1-16.	2 Chronicles 33:1-9.
2 Kings 21:17, 18.	2 Chronicles 33:18-20.
2 Kings 21:19-26.	2 Chronicles 33:21-25.
2 Kings 22:1, 2.	2 Chronicles 34:1-7.
2 Kings 22:3-20.	2 Chronicles 34:8-28.
2 Kings 23:1-3.	2 Chronicles 34:29-32.
2 Kings 23:21-23.	2 Chronicles 35:1-19.
2 Kings 23:24-26.	2 Chronicles 34:33.
2 Kings 23:28-30.	2 Chronicles 35:20-27.
2 Kings 23:30-33.	2 Chronicles 36:1-3.
2 Kings 23:34-37.	2 Chronicles 36:4, 5.
2 Kings 24:8, 9.	2 Chronicles 36:9.
2 Kings 24:15-17.	2 Chronicles 36:10.
2 Kings 24:18, 19.	2 Chronicles 36:11, 12.
2 Kings 24:20.	2 Chronicles 36:13-16.
2 Kings 25:8-21.	2 Chronicles 36:18-21.