'Records' in the Bible
These are the records of the universe at its creation. Onthe day that the LORD God made the earth and skies,
These are the family records of Noah: Noah was a righteous man. Blameless during his times, Noah communed with God.
These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood.
These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.
These are the family records of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Now these are the family records of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.
Joseph stored up so much grain like sand on the seashore in so much abundance! that he stopped keeping records because it was proving to be impossible to measure how much they were gathering.
Now the rest of Solomon's accomplishments, including everything else he did, as well as records of his wisdom, are recorded in the Book of the Acts of Solomon, are they not?
Jokim, the men who lived in Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph (who married Moabite families), and Jashubi-lehem. (The records are ancient.)
In addition to them, according to their ancestral records were 36,000 members of their trained army by their generations, because they had many wives and children.
Zeruiah's son Joab began the census, but never completed it. Nevertheless, God became angry with Israel because of this, so the number was never entered into the official records of the Annals of King David.
Now the rest of Solomon's accomplishments, from first to last, are written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer pertaining to Nebat's son Jeroboam, are they not?
Now Rehoboam's accomplishments, from first to last, are written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, enrolled by genealogy, are they not?
Records concerning his sons, the various prophetic statements rebuking him, and records of the reconstruction work on God's Temple are written in the Midrash of the Book of the Kings. Joash's son Amaziah reigned in his place.
The rest of his accomplishments, and records of everything he did from first to last are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Then King Darius issued an order to search the Hall of Records where the Babylonian archives were stored.
These people searched for their ancestral records, but they couldn't be located. Accordingly, they were considered disqualified from the priesthood.
That night the king could not sleep, so he gave instructions to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read to the king.