The Protestant Bible contains 66 books, because it is a collection of books written over 6 centuries some of the books fit chronologically into the time of others. Our Bibles today are laid out by literary genre and there are various opinions as to what fits where, although there is general consensus around much of this as presented here. Some stories are told more than once for example Samuel-Kings and Chronicles cover much of the same time period although they each have different perspectives, similarly there are four books referred to as Gospels. (See Parallel Passages in the Historical Books and The Fourfold Gospel.) The book of Isaiah is shown here during the time of the kingdom of Judah, there are those who divide Isaiah into as many a four sections (more commonly three) and place the first part in the last days of Judah, some of it during the exile and other parts after the return. Psalms and Proverbs are also collections. Some of the psalms fit clearly into David's life but not all of the Psalms are from David, one, Psalm 90 is attributed to Moses so is clearly older than the time of David. Here the book of Psalms is put in the time of David as he is the author 75 of the 150 psalms. Proverbs begins "The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: (Proverbs 1.1)." The whole book is attributed to him although he likely was more the collector. In I Kings 4.32 we learn that "[Solomon] spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five." The book of Proverbs we have is an edited collection. The bulk of Paul's epistles fit into the time of the book of Acts, as do some of the general epistles. Acts ends rather abruptly but the Church continues and there is a collection of epistles that were written after the time covered in the book of Acts. 

BEGINNINGS 

• Creation - Genesis 1–2 
• A Fallen World - Genesis 3–11
• The Story of Job - Job 

THE PATRIARCHS

• Abraham and Sarah - Genesis 12–24
• Isaac and Jacob - Genesis 25–36
• Joseph - Genesis 37–50

THE EXODUS

• Moses - Exodus 1–4
• The Exodus - Exodus 5–18
• At Mount Sinai
  • Exodus19–40
  • Leviticus 
  • Numbers 1–9
• In the Wilderness - Numbers 10–36
• Moses's Final Sermons - Deuteronomy, the second law. 

IN THE PROMISED LAND

• Conquest of Canaan - Joshua 
• No central Government - The Judges  - Judges is likely not chronological.
• Story of Ruth - Ruth 

THE KINGDOM

• Formation of the Kingdom from Samuel through Saul
  • 1 Samuel 1–31
  • 1 Chronicles 1–10
• UNITED KINGDOM
  • King David
    • 2 Samuel 1–24
    • 1 Chronicles 11–29
    • 1 Kings 1–2
  • Psalms of Israel - Psalms 1–150
  • King Solomon
    • 1 Kings 3–11
    • 2 Chronicles 1–9
  • Wisdom and Poetry
    • Proverbs 
    • Song of Songs 
    • Ecclesiastes
• DIVIDED KINGDOM
  • Kings of Israel & Judah
    • 1 Kings 12–22
    • 2 Kings 1–16
    • 2 Chronicles 10–28
  • Prophetic books of the Divided Kingdom
    • Jonah - Niniva - the Assyrias
    • Amos - Northern Kingdom
    • Hosea - Northern Kingdom
    • Micah - Judah - The Southern Kingdom
    • Isaiah 
  • Fall of Israel - 2 Kings 17
  • Final Kings of Judah
    • 2 Kings 18–24
    • 2 Chron. 29–35
  • Prophetic books during the last days of Judah 
    • Nahum - Ninivah one century after Jonah
    • Zephaniah - Judah (During the days of Menassa)
    • Jeremiah - Judah
    • Habakkuk - Judah
    • Obadiah - Edomites (desendants of Easu)
  • Fall of Judah
    • 2 Kings 25
    • 2 Chronicles 36
    • Lamentations [of Jeremiah]

EXILE AND RETURN

• Prophets of the Exile
  • Daniel 
  • Ezekiel
• 1st Return Ezra 1–6
• Prophets during the return
  • Haggai 
  • Zechariah 
• Story of Esther - Esther
• 2nd Return - Ezra 7–10
• 3rd Return Nehemiah 
• Prophets of the Return
  • Malachi 
  • Joel 

LIFE OF JESUS - THE GOSPELS

• Birth of Christ
  • Matt. 1–2
  • Luke 1–2
• Early Ministry
  • Matt. 3–4
  • Mark 1
  • Luke 3–4
  • John 1–4
• Teachings
  • Matt. 5–20
  • Mark 2–10
  • Luke 5–18
  • John 5–11
• Journey to the Cross
  • Matt. 21–27
  • Mark 11–15
  • Luke 19–23
  • John 12–19
• Resurrection and Ascension
  • Matt. 28
  • Mark 16
  • Luke 24
  • John 20–21
  • Acts 1

THE APOSTLES

• Pentecost - Acts 2–3
• First Christians - Acts 4–8
• Paul's Conversion - Acts 9
• Peter's Mission - Acts 10–12
• James's Epistle - James 
• Paul's 1st Missionary Journey - Acts 13–14
  • Galatians 
• Paul's 2nd Missionary Journey - Acts 15–18
  • 1 Thessalonians 
  • 2 Thessalonians 
• Paul's 3rd Missionary Journey - Acts 19–21
  • 1 Corinthians
  • 2 Corinthians
  • Romans
• Paul's Journey to Rome - Acts 22–28
• Epistles from Rome
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • Philemon

AFTER ACTS

• Paul's Latter Epistles
  • 1 Timothy 
  • Titus
  • 2 Timothy
• Other Epistles
  • 1 Peter 
  • 2 Peter 
  • Hebrews 
  • Jude
• John's Writings
  • 1 John 
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Revelation 

Chronological Reading Guide of the Bible https://static.hendricksonrose.com/echarts/Rose_Bible_eCharts_BC_ME_Chronological_Reading_Guide_of_the_Bible.pdf 9/3/22

Read Bible History Timeline Online: https://amazingbibletimeline.com/timeline_online/ 9/3/22

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