1 Chronicles 9:1
1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
What happened to the missing “Book of Kings”?
PROBLEM: The Books of Chronicles often refer to other missing books on which the inspired record in Chronicles is based in part (cf. 1 Chronicles 9:1; 1 Chronicles 27:24; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 13:22; 2 Chronicles 16:11; 2 Chronicles 25:26; 2 Chronicles 27:7; 2 Chronicles 28:26; 2 Chronicles 32:32; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 2 Chronicles 35:27; 2 Chronicles 36:8). Some of these books were written by prophets (1 Chronicles 29:29). How could books that were written by prophets of God, or were the basis of prophetic books, perish? Why did not God preserve His Word?
SOLUTION: Prophets as a class were usually an educated group able to read and write. Samuel even led a “group of prophets” (1 Samuel 19:20, NIV). It was only natural that as moral educators in Israel they would keep a record of events in addition to whatever prophecies God may have given them. Thus, the records of Iddo the Seer may have been normal (uninspired) records which he kept (1 Chronicles 29:29). It is noteworthy that they are not referred to as “visions” or “prophecies.”
Further, it is not unusual for inspired books of the Bible to cite uninspired ones. The Apostle Paul even cited pagan poets (Acts 17:28; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Titus 1:12). This does not mean that they were inspired, but simply that they uttered a truth on that occasion which a prophet or apostle incorporated into his inspired book.