If you are interested in reading historically related sections of Old Covenant Scripture in chronological order, the following chart will be of great value to you. This chart will help you keep the prophets in their proper context with the rest of historical events.
| DATE (B.C.) | HISTORICAL & POETICAL BOOKS | PROPHETICAL BOOKS |
| 1500s | Genesis Job |
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| 1400s | Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy |
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| 1300s | Joshua Judges 1-3 |
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| 1200s | Judges 3-5 | |
| 1100s | Judges 5:31-10 Ruth |
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| 1000s | Judges 11-21 1 & 2 Samuel 1 Chronicles 10-22 |
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| 900s | 1 Kings 1-16 1 Chronicles 23 - 2 Chronicles 15 Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon |
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| 800s | 1 Kings 15 - 2 Kings 13 2 Chronicles 16-24 |
Obadiah Joel |
| 700s | 2 Kings 13-18 2 Chronicles 25-32 |
Jonah Amos Hosea Isaiah Micah |
| 600s | 2 Kings 19-24 2 Chronicles 33-36 |
Nahum Zephaniah Jeremiah Lamentations Habakkuk Daniel |
| 500s | 2 Kings 24-25 2 Chronicles 36 Ezra 1-6 |
Daniel Ezekiel Zechariah Haggai |
| 400s | Esther Ezra 7-10 Nehemiah |
Malachi |
Psalms was written over several centuries, so it does not matter where you place it. Perhaps a good place would be at the end of the Old Covenant.
