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The Old Testament books in Chronological order

January 30, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

The Old Testament books in Chronological Order | WednesdayintheWord.com

The Bible is divided between the Old and New Testaments. Books written before the time of Jesus make up the Old Testament. Book written after Jesus’ ministry on earth comprise the New Testament.

The Old Testament is organized by genre rather than historical timeline. Here’s a list of the Old Testament books in chronological order with the traditional (approximate) dates.

HistoryLaw & ProphetsDate
GenesisJob2000 BC
Patriarchs
1720 BC
Captivity
Exodus 1-19Exodus 20-Numbers 91280 BC
Wilderness
Numbers 10-26Deuteronomy
JoshuaRuth
Judges1240 BC
1 Samuel
2 SamuelPsalms of David1050 BC
United Monarchy
1 Kings & 1 ChroniclesProverbs, Ecclesiastes,
Song of Solomon
2 Kings & 2 ChroniclesObadiah, Joel, Jonah, Hosea
Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum,
Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Lamentations,
Habakkuk
930 BC
Divided
Monarchy
722 BC Assyria
(exile)Ezekiel, Daniel, Esther586 BC Babylon
Ezra, NehemiahHaggai, Zechariah, Malachi538 BC Cyrus

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