Just to keep our heads on straight.
I have been attempting to go through the Bible in chronological order, for better or worse.
The colour coded books are the ones that coincide with each other. If I had been smart, I would have explained this plan at the beginning when I was laying out the ground rules. Never the less, here it is.
Here’s where we have been so far.
- Genesis 1:1-Genesis 6:5
- The whole book of Job
- The rest of Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Dueteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- The Whole Book of Psalms which technically could have been sprinkled throughout Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, but I went ahead with the whole thing becuse it feels like quite a task to know exactly where each Psalm fits in.
This is the beginning of Israel and Judah’s wild spiral. If it was bad before, buckle up.
Where we have yet to go, in just the Old Testament.
- 1 Chronicles
- 1 Kings
- 2 Chronicles
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon
- 2 Kings
- Joel
- Jonah
- Amos
- Hosea
- Isaiah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Zephaniah
- Habakuk
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Obadiah
- Daniel
- Ezekiel
- Ezra
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Esther
- Nehemiah
- Malachi
Bible Timeline
Because the books of the Bible are arranged in sections according to the style of literature (law, history, wisdom, etc.), it can sometimes be confusing to fit the Bible events into chronological (time) order. The following table gives the books in rough chronological order.
Early history
(before 1500 B.C.) Genesis, Job
Israel from Egypt to the promised land
(1500 – 1400 B.C.) Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
The time of the Judges to King David
(1400 – 1000 B.C.) Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Psalms
King Solomon and the divided kingdom
(1000 – 605 B.C.) 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, 2 Kings, Joel, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah
The captivity in Babylon
(605 – 540 B.C.) Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Obadiah, Daniel, Ezekiel
The return to Jerusalem
(540 – 430 B.C.) Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, Nehemiah, Malachi
That is the order that can be expected. Though, in the colour coded books, especially with the minor prophets after Amos there may be some jumping around. You’ll see. It’s me trying to keep the story going in one direction. If that’s even possible. It’s all part of the adventure. Let’s keep going. I’ll do another one of these charts when the time is right, for the New Testament.
IIWAC PAUSE: We Really Need One Right Now
I have been attempting to go through the Bible in chronological order, for better or worse.
The colour coded books are the ones that coincide with each other. If I had been smart, I would have explained this plan at the beginning when I was laying out the ground rules. Never the less, here it is.
Here’s where we have been so far.
This is the beginning of Israel and Judah’s wild spiral. If it was bad before, buckle up.
Where we have yet to go, in just the Old Testament.
Bible Timeline
Early history
(before 1500 B.C.) Genesis, Job
Israel from Egypt to the promised land
(1500 – 1400 B.C.) Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
The time of the Judges to King David
(1400 – 1000 B.C.) Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Psalms
King Solomon and the divided kingdom
(1000 – 605 B.C.) 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, 2 Kings, Joel, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah
The captivity in Babylon
(605 – 540 B.C.) Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Obadiah, Daniel, Ezekiel
The return to Jerusalem
(540 – 430 B.C.) Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, Nehemiah, Malachi
That is the order that can be expected. Though, in the colour coded books, especially with the minor prophets after Amos there may be some jumping around. You’ll see. It’s me trying to keep the story going in one direction. If that’s even possible. It’s all part of the adventure. Let’s keep going. I’ll do another one of these charts when the time is right, for the New Testament.