BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (1)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Old Testament books in their inspired order* (Years are B.C.)

Book	Year(s)	Where Written?		Book	Year(s)	Where Written?
Genesis	1445 - 1405	Manuscripts written while children of Israel wandered the wilderness for forty years after the Exodus.		Nahum	711	Land of Israel
Exodus	1445 - 1405			Habakkuk	626	same as above
Leviticus	1445 - 1405			Zephaniah	626	same as above
Numbers	1445 - 1405			Haggai	520	same as above
Deuteronomy	1445 - 1405			Zechariah	520 to 518	same as above
Joshua	1067 - 1050	Land of Israel		Malachi	c. 400	same as above
Judges	1067 - 1050	same as above		Psalms	1010 - 585	same as above
1 Samuel	757 to 696	same as above		Proverbs	970 to 686	same as above
2 Samuel	757 to 696	same as above		Job	1660s	Edom
1 Kings	757 to 696	same as above		Song of Solomon	970 to 930	Land of Israel
2 Kings	809 to 757 626 to 585	same as above		Ruth	1060s	same as above
Isaiah	757 to 696	same as above		Lamentations	608 to 586	same as above
Jeremiah	626 to 585	same as above		Ecclesiastes	970 to 930	same as above
Ezekiel	597 to 570	Babylon		Esther	585 to 572	Persia
Hosea	796 to 719	Land of Israel		Daniel	605 to 530	Babylon
Joel	595 to 585	same as above		Ezra	586 to 513	Land of Israel
Amos	796	same as above		Nehemiah	565 to 513	same as above
Obadiah	590	Edom		1 Chronicles	586 to 513	same as above
Jonah	798	Land of Israel		2 Chronicles	586 to 513	same as above
Micah	740 to 711	same as above

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