One title used for these books (1 and 2 Chronicles) indicates that the books contained details left out of the books of Samuel and Kings, however the Hebrew title was "events of the days" and it seems to be kind of a court journal. The likely author was Ezra, and his perspective and purpose is that of a preacher, not just narrating events, but preaching.
My favorite passage of 1 Chronicles is 21:1-4, where Satan moves David to number Israel. If you compare that with 2 Samuel 24, where the Lord moves David, we must conclude that the Lord allowed Satan to tempt, but ultimately the choice was David's.
A great story in 2 Chronicles is when the choir went out to battle before the army, in chapter 20. There are three great lines in that story: verse 12 where King Jehoshaphat prays, 'We don't know what to do, "but our eyes are upon You."' Jahaziel is a prophet, although no one remembers his name. He has a great line in verse 15: "the battle is not yours, but God's." He goes on to say, "You will not need to fight in this battle.... Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you" (verse 17).
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