Date of composition

• Second century BC

Type of book

• Only some Orthodox accept this as deuterocanonical. (means "secondary or less sacred scripture")
• All other Christians view it as Apocrypha.

Summary

• For the most part, it reproduces II Chronicles 35-36, Ezra, and Nehemiah 7:38-8:12. In those Orthodox Bibles in which it is used, it is used in place of Ezra.