The Strand Study Bible
SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
BOOK’S AUTHOR
BOOK COVERS (2,368 yrs.) (146 yrs.) (1 mo.) (38 yrs.) (2 mos.) (52 yrs.) (325 yrs.) (10 yrs.)
BOOK FOLLOWS
MAIN CHARACTER
O.T. BOOK
BOOK TOOK PLACE
Genesis
From 4000-1632 BC
Moses
Abraham
Job
Around 1625 BC
Unknown
Gen 50:26
Job
Exodus Leviticus Numbers
From 1632-1486 BC
Moses Moses Moses Moses
Moses Moses Moses Moses Joshua Samson
1486 BC
From 1486-1448 BC
Deuteronomy
1448 BC
Joshua Judges
From 1447-1395 BC From 1425-1100 BC From c. 1275-1265 BC
Ruth
Judges 3:31
Ruth
Samuel, Saul, David
I Samuel II Samuel
From 1135-1050 BC
(85 yrs.)
From 1050-1010 BC
(40 yrs.)
King David
David/ Others
Psalms
From c. 1485-536 BC
(c. 924 yrs.)
David
From 1043-1010 BC (S/A I Sam 31 & II Sam 5-24)
I Chronicles 1-22 I Chronicles 23-29
1010 BC (S/A - I Ki 1-2)
I Kings Proverbs
From 1010-886 BC Around 1007 BC Around 1007 BC
(124 yrs.)
Solomon & Elijah
Solomon Solomon Solomon
I Ki 4:32 I Ki 4:32 I Ki 11:25
Solomon Solomon Solomon
Song of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Around 970 BC
II Chronicles 1-20
From 1010 -c. 870 BC (I Ki 3-22)
II Kings
From 892-560 BC
(332 yrs.)
Elisha
II Chronicles 21-36 From 864-536 BC (S/A - II Ki 8-25) Joel Around 865 BC
Joel
II Ki 12:3
Judah Jonah Amos Hosea Isaiah Israel
Jonah Amos Hosea Isaiah Micah Nahum
Around 780 BC Around 765 BC
Jonah Amos Hosea Isaiah Micah Nahum
II Ki 14:25-27
II Ki 14:28
From around 765-723 BC From around 748-700 BC From around 747-704 BC
(42 years) (48 years) (43 years)
II Ki 14:28-17:5 II Ki 15:7-20:20 II Ki 15:35-20:11
Around 628 BC Around 628 BC From 627-561 BC Around 607 BC From 605-534 BC From 592-570 BC
II Kings 22:2 II Kings 22:2
Ninevah
Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk
Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk
Judah
(66 yrs.)
II Ki 22:2-25:30 II Kings 23:37 II Ki 24:1-25:30 II Ki 24:10-25:26
Jeremiah
Judah
Daniel Ezekiel
Daniel Ezekiel
(72 yrs.) (22 yrs.)
Jeremiah
Daniel
Lamentations
586 BC
Jeremiah Obadiah
II Kings 25:22 II Kings 25:26
Jerusalem
Obadiah Ezra 1-6 Haggai Zechariah Ezra 7-10 Nehemiah Esther
Around 585 BC From 536-515 BC
Edom
Ezra
(21 yrs.) (4 mos.) (2 yrs.) (10 yrs.)
Zerubbabel
520 BC
Haggai
Ezra 5:1 Ezra 5:1 Ezra 6:22
Haggai
From 520-518 BC From 483-473 BC From 458-457 BC From 445-432 BC Around 425 BC
Zechariah
Zechariah
Esther
Ezra
(1 yr.)
Ezra
Nehemiah (13 yrs.)
Nehemiah
Malachi
Malachi
Israel
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