All the years shown below are, of course, BC (Before Christ).
Bold print means the book is moved either up or down from its normal placement.
- Chronological Order (oldest first)
- Genesis 4004-1689
- Job 1520-1520
- Exodus 1706-1490
- Leviticus 1490-1491
- Numbers 1490-1451
- Deuteronomy 1451-1451
- Joshua 1451-1420
- Judges 1425-1406
- Ruth 1322-1312
- 1 Samuel 1171-1056
- 2 Samuel 1056-1017
- 1 Kings 1015-914
- 2 Kings 896-588
- 1 Chronicles 4004-1015 (I’m keeping 1 & 2 Chronicles hooked with 1 & 2 Kings)
- 2 Chronicles 1015-536
- Psalms (Ussher gives no dates; understandably so)
- Song of Solomon 1014-1014
- Proverbs 1000-700
- Ecclesiastes 977-977
- Jonah 862-862
- Joel 800-800
- Amos 787-787
- Hosea 785-725
- Isaiah 760-698
- Micah 750-710
- Nahum 713-713
- Zephaniah 630-630
- Jeremiah 629-562
- Lamentations 588-588 (I’m keeping Lamentations hooked with Jeremiah)
- Habakkuk 626-626
- Daniel 607-534
- Ezekiel 595-574
- Obadiah 587-587
- Ezra 536-456
- Esther 521-509
- Zechariah 520-587
- Haggai 520-520
- Nehemiah 446-434
- Malachi 397-397