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The historical books of the Old Testament are twelve in number, record five major events, and focus on several prominent characters, most notably King David. The twelve historical books are as follows: Joshua. Judges. Ruth. 1 Samuel. 2 Samuel. 1 Kings. 2 Kings.
There are 4 major divisions of the Old Testament: the Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Poetic and Wisdom Writings, and the Prophetic Books. These sections of the Old Testament group books of the Bible together according to their genres.
The historical books tell about God’s repeated in-breakings into human history, whether by dramatic accounts of miracles, by God’s speaking directly to people, or by his indirect presence, visible in the providential outworking of events.
As previously mentioned, the Old Testament can be divided into four basic sections with each providing a specific focus with regard to the person to Christ. With Joshua through Esther, we come to the second group of twelve books that deals with the history of the nation of Israel.
Christians traditionally divide the Old Testament into four sections: the first five books or Pentateuch (which corresponds to the Jewish Torah); the history books telling the history of the Israelites, from their conquest of Canaan to their defeat and exile in Babylon; the poetic and "Wisdom books" dealing, in various forms, with questions of ...
While this list focused on the Old Testament books in order from Genesis to Malachi, there are more ways to view the books of the Bible that make up the Old and New Testament Canons of Scripture. Browse through these additional guides to go beyond the Old Testament books in canonical order.
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS. Where the Hebrew Bible comprises three sections—Torah or Pentateuch; Prophetic Books, both the Former and the Latter Prophets; and the Writings, including everything else in the Hebrew Canon—the Christian Old Testament has traditionally been arranged along different lines.
The Historical Books cover almost an entire millennium of Israel's history. As we read these pages of the Bible, we relive incredible stories and meet fascinating leaders, prophets, heroes and villains.
The Old Testament historical books (Joshua to Esther) represent the development of the people of Israel from their entrance to Canaan to their exile to Babylon. They are essential for understanding the history and faith of God’s people.
The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books presents articles on numerous historical topics as well as major articles focused on the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah. Other articles focus on the Deuteronomistic History as well as the Chronicler's History, the narrative art of Israel's historians ...