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Old Testament Books
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Canon Order / Book Name
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Genesis
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2
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Exodus
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3
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Leviticus
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4
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Numbers
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5
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Dueteronomy
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6
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Joshua
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7
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Judges
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8
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Ruth
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9
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1 Samuel
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10
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2 Samuel
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11
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1 Kings
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12
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2 Kings
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13
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1 Chronicles
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14
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2 Chronicles
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15
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Ezra
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16
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Nehemiah
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17
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Esther
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18
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Job
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19
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Psalms
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20
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Proverbs
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21
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Ecclesiastes
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22
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Solomon
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23
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Isaiah
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24
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Jeremiah
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25
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Lamentations
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26
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Ezekiel
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27
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Daniel
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28
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Hosea
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29
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Joel
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30
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Amos
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31
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Obidiah
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32
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Jonah
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33
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Micah
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34
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Nahum
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35
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Habakkuk
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36
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Zephaniah
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37
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Haggai
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38
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Zechariah
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39
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Malachi
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 Summary of Old Testament History
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This chart adapted from Mike Penny’s book Approaching The Bible
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Creation, Adam Abel, Enoch, Noah, Babel
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Genesis 1-11
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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
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From UR of the Chaldees into Egypt.
Genesis 12-50
Also written at this time - Job
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Moses
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Out of Egypt into the wilderness. The giving of the Law.
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
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Joshua
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Into the promised land.
Joshua
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The Judges
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Othniel, Ehud, Barak, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Eli, Samuel.
Judges, 1 Samuel 1-8
Also written during this time - Ruth.
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The Kings of Israel
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Saul, David, Solomon
1 Samuel 9-31, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-11. (1 Chronicles 10-29, 2 Chronicles 1-9 cover much of the same period.)
Also written during this time - many of the Psalms and also Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
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The Northern Kingdom - Israel, the Ten Tribes
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Kings: Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah.
1 Kings 12-22, 2 Kings 1-18 (2 Chronicles 10-32 covers
much of the same period.)
Prophets: Jonah, Amos, Hosea
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The Southern Kingdom - Judah
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Kings: Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah.
1 Kings 12-22, 2 Kings 1-25. (2 Chronicles 10-36 covers
much of the same period.)
Prophets: Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Joel, Obadiah. Also written during this time: Lamentations
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Judah in Exile
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Prophets: Ezekiel, Daniel
Also written during this time - Esther
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Back in Jerusalem
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Prophets: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Also written during this time - Ezra, Nehemiah
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