9 Introduction In accordance w ith the Chronicler’s custom to ascertain the validity of his sources, he ascribed to the prophets of the period the recording of the long period of David, his life and reign . This refer - ence points to three ancient discrete books that contain the earlier and later stories about David ( cf . also S . Japhet 1993 : 516 - 517 ) . The context implies that the Chronicler is not referring to the traditional Book of Samuel, as known to us, for the following reasons ( cf . also Garsiel 2010 : 3 - 4 ) : ( 1 ) The author of Chronicles and his audience were familiar with the Book of Samuel . From this book, the Chronicler took many segments of material integrating them in his later book, and making various changes . There is no point, then, in a reference to the Book of Samuel, since it was well - known to the Chronicler’s contemporaries . ( 2 ) The Chronicler defines the ancient sources as containing David’s first and last acts . The latter presumably included t...
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