Ordering the Books

Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)

Torah (Pentateuch)

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Prophets (Nevi’im)

Former Prophets

Joshua

Judges

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

Latter Prophets

Major Prophets

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Twelve Minor Prophets

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

Writings (Ketuvim)

Psalms

Proverbs

Job

The Five Megillot (Scrolls)

Song of Songs

Ruth

Lamentations

Ecclesiastes

Esther

Daniel

Ezra and Nehemiah

1 & 2 Chronicles

Old Testament (First Testament)

Pentateuch

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Historical Books

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

1 & 2 Chronicles

Ezra and Nehemiah

Esther

Apocrypha/Deuterocanonicals

Tobit

Judith

Wisdom of Solomon

Ecclesiasticus

Baruch

1–2 Maccabees

Other Writings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Literary Prophets

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Twelve Minor Prophets

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi