Topical Bible: Annals

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The term "annals" refers to historical records or chronicles that document events in a sequential, year-by-year format. In the context of the Bible, annals are significant as they provide a historical framework for understanding the narrative and theological developments within the Scriptures. The concept of annals is closely related to the recording of history, which is a prominent feature in several books of the Old Testament.

Biblical References to Annals

The Bible itself makes reference to various annals or historical records, often as sources for additional information about the events described in the biblical text. For instance, the books of Kings and Chronicles frequently mention other sources, such as the "Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel" and the "Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah." These references suggest that the biblical authors had access to detailed historical records that were not included in the canonical text but were used to compile the narratives.

1. 1 Kings 14:19 : "As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel."

2. 1 Kings 15:31 : "As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?"

3. 2 Chronicles 16:11 : "Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel."

These references indicate that the biblical authors were concerned with providing an accurate historical account and that they relied on existing records to supplement their narratives.

Purpose and Importance

The annals mentioned in the Bible served several purposes. They were a means of preserving the history of the Israelite people, documenting the reigns of kings, significant events, and the fulfillment of prophetic words. These records were crucial for maintaining a sense of identity and continuity for the Israelites, especially during times of upheaval and exile.

From a theological perspective, the annals underscore the sovereignty of God in history. By recording the deeds of kings and nations, the biblical authors demonstrate how God's purposes are worked out through human history. The annals also serve as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people, highlighting both the blessings of obedience and the consequences of disobedience.

Relation to Other Historical Records

While the specific annals mentioned in the Bible have not been discovered, their existence is supported by the broader ancient Near Eastern practice of keeping detailed historical records. Many neighboring cultures, such as the Assyrians and Babylonians, maintained extensive annals that chronicled the reigns of their kings and significant events. These records often provide valuable historical context for the events described in the Bible.

Conclusion

The concept of annals in the Bible reflects the importance of historical documentation in the biblical narrative. By referencing these records, the biblical authors affirm the historical reliability of their accounts and emphasize the unfolding of God's plan throughout history. The annals serve as a testament to the enduring legacy of God's interaction with His people and the world.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A record of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year it occurred.

2. (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history.

3. (n. pl.) The record of a single event or item.

4. (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science.

Strong's Hebrew

1697. dabar -- speech, word
... speech, word NASB Word Usage account (2), account* (2), act (1), acts (52), advice
(3), affair (3), affairs (3), agreement (1), amount* (2), annals (1), answer ...
/hebrew/1697.htm - 8k

Library

Annals of the Saint's Life.
... Annals of the Saint's Life. By Don Vicente de la Fuente. These are
substantially the same with those drawn up by the Bollandists ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/annals of the saints life.htm

Missionary Annals.
... MISSIONARY ANNALS. Price per vol., cloth 30c., paper 18c. I. MEMOIR OF ROBERT MOFFAT
BY MRS. ML WILDER. II. LIFE OF ADONIRAM JUDSON BY MISS JULIA H. JOHNSTON. ...
/.../rhea/life of henry martyn missionary to india and persia/missionary annals.htm

Argument: that Even if God be Said to have Nothing Availed the ...
... Chapter XXXIII."Argument: That Even If God Be Said to Have Nothing Availed the Jews,
Certainly the Writers of the Jewish Annals are the Most Sufficient ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxxiii argument that even if.htm

Principal Authorities Referred To
... AA.SS. Acta Sanctorum. AFM Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters,
ed. J. O'Donovan, 1851. ... ii. ALC Annals of Loch Ce, ed. WM Hennessy (RS), 1871. ...
/.../principal authorities referred to.htm

Formation and History of the Hebrew Canon.
... of the book of the kings;" "the book of the kings of Israel." These last are probably
only different titles of the same collection of annals, embracing in its ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xv formation and history.htm

Editor's Preface
... Alike as a philologist, a historian, and an archaeologist, he occupies a foremost
place in the annals of modern knowledge and research. ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 1/editors preface.htm

The Transformation of Rome from a Pagan into a Christian City.
... and why should we overlook the fact that many great names in the annals of the empire
are those of members of the Church, especially when the knowledge of ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter i the transformation of.htm

Appendix.
... Aikin, Lucy, 'Life of Joseph Addison,' 1843. 'Annals of the Reign of George
III.,' 2 vols., 1816. ... 'Annals of England,' 3 vols., 1848. ...
/.../abbey/the english church in the eighteenth century/appendix.htm

Their High Antiquity, First of All, Claims Authority for These ...
... of your most ancient writings, even most nations and cities illustrious in the records
of the past and noted for their antiquity in books of annals,"the very ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xix their high antiquity.htm

Beth-Lehem
... The father of the ecclesiastical annals, citing these words of Eusebius, "But now,
when in the eighteenth year of the empire of Adrian, the war was more ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 51 beth-lehem.htm

Thesaurus

Annals (41 Occurrences)
... 4. (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions
of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science. ...Annals (41 Occurrences). ...
/a/annals.htm - 18k

Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 22, 24, 29, and 2 Chronicles 32:1-8). His own account of this invasion, as
given in the Assyrian annals, is in these words: "Because Hezekiah, king of ...
/s/sennacherib.htm - 18k

Roman (26 Occurrences)
... 2. The Legions: There were 25 legions in 23 AD (Tacitus Annals 4, 5), which had
been increased to 30 at the time of the reign of Marcus Aurelius, 160-180 AD ...
/r/roman.htm - 101k

Kings (350 Occurrences)
... They contain the annals of the Jewish commonwealth from the accession of Solomon
till the subjugation of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians ...
/k/kings.htm - 61k

Tiglathpileser (3 Occurrences)
... This king of Assyria, who reigned, as we learn from his annals, from 745 BC to 727
BC, was one of the greatest of Assyrian monarchs. See ASSYRIA. ...
/t/tiglathpileser.htm - 11k

Tiglath-pileser (6 Occurrences)
... This king of Assyria, who reigned, as we learn from his annals, from 745 BC to 727
BC, was one of the greatest of Assyrian monarchs. See ASSYRIA. ...
/t/tiglath-pileser.htm - 12k

Ashurbanipal (1 Occurrence)
... In the annals of Ashurbanipal there is a list of twenty tributary kings in which
Manasseh (written Minse) of the land of Judah is mentioned. ...
/a/ashurbanipal.htm - 12k

Shalmaneser (3 Occurrences)
... His reign was short, and, as no annals of it have come to light, we have
only the accounts contained in 2 Kings for his history. ...
/s/shalmaneser.htm - 9k

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)
... 1. Scripture Annals: The historical accounts in 2 Kings 18, 20 and 2 Chronicles
29, 32 are derived in the main from the same state annals, though the latter ...
/h/hezekiah.htm - 72k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)
... The empire of Assyria, rounded nearly 2000 BC, had a long history behind it when
its annals begin to take notice of the kingdom of Israel and Judah. ...
/c/captivity.htm - 79k

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Annals (41 Occurrences)

1 Kings 11:41
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren't they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 14:19
The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 14:29
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 15:7
The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 15:23
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 15:31
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 16:5
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 16:14
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 16:20
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 16:27
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 22:39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

1 Kings 22:45
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 1:18
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 8:23
The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 10:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 12:19
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 13:8
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 13:12
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 14:15
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 14:18
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 14:28
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:6
Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:11
Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:15
Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:21
Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:26
Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:31
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 15:36
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 16:19
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 20:20
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 21:17
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 21:25
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 23:28
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 24:5
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 27:24
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 33:18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
(See NIV)

Ezra 4:15
that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.
(DBY)

Nehemiah 12:23
The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
(See NIV)

Esther 2:23
When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king's presence.
(See NIV)

Esther 10:2
All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
(See NIV)

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