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( ãִּáְãֵé äִéָּîִéí , dibrey' hay-yamim', words [or acts] of the days, 1Ki_14:19, Sept. ῥήìáôá ôώí ἡìåñῶí , Vulg. verba dierum; 1Ch_27:24, âéâëßïí ëüãùí , fasti; Est_6:1, ìíçìüóõíá , annales; 1Es_2:12, ὑðïìíçìáôéóìïß ; 1Ma_16:24, âéâëßïí ἡìåñῶí ), journals or diaries, i.e. the record of the daily occurrences; the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, usually called more simply "book of the kings of Israel and Judah" (1Ch_9:1); so also of separate sovereigns, e.g. Solomon (1Ki_11:41), Jehu (2Ch_20:34), etc. SEE HISTORY.