-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | BOOKS ILLUSTRATING | CONTEMPORARY PERIOD | HISTORY | SAME PERIOD | PROPHETS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creation | Genesis, | I. Chron. i. to x. | To | Exodus. | (geneaologies). | Settlement| Numbers. | Leviticus. | In | Deuteronomy.| | Canaan. | Joshua. | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judges. | Judges. | Ruth. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kings. | I. Samuel. \| I. Chron. x. to xxix. 22; Psalms | | II. Samuel./| of David,Asaph, Ethan, and | | | Sons of Korah. | | I. Kings | | Ecclesiastes, Canticles, and | Jonah (time of Jehu). | \| Proverbs, (time of Solomon). | | II. Kings /| I. Chron. xxix. 22, to end of II. | Amos | | Chron. | Hosea | From Uzziah | | | Isaiah \ to end of | | | Joel / Hezekiah. | | | Micah | | | | Nahum | | | | | | | Zephaniah\ Time of | | | Jeremiah / Josiah. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Esther. | Psalm cxxxvii. | Habakkuk, Daniel, | | Obadiah, Ezekiel. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ezra. | Psalms cxx. to cxxxiv. (probably sung | Haggai, Zechariah, | on the way back). | Malachi. Nehemiah. | Psalms cxiii. to xcviii. at consecration of | | Temple. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------