BSN: Ussher’s Order of Old Testament Books

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

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