The Chronological Order of the Bible Simplified

 

The story of the Bible flows chronologically from Genesis through 2 Kings.

After reading Genesis through 2 Kings, one should begin reading the books of the prophets, which are all the books from Isaiah to Malachi.

Reading the prophetic books following 2 Kings is effective and will increase the Understanding of the reader because the prophecies in the Old Testament were written during the reign of the Old Testament kings.

The order in which the prophets prophesied can be clearly seen mostly by noting the name of the king that reigned in the time of each prophecy. This information is usually located in the first verse of the first chapter of many of the prophetic books in the Bible.

By using this information, I have prepared a chart to help display the coordination between the books of the kings and the books of the prophets.

If you will look at the vertical side of the chart to the left, you will see here the names of prophets Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, Jonah and Micah. The names of the kings are listed horizontally at the top of the chart. The kings are Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Jeroboam. Included with the names of the kings are the books and chapters where the story of their reign can be found. The blue X indicates that the history of the king and prophet aligned with the blue X occurred in the same timeframe. The same formula is used for the second chart.

There are some books that work together and should be read concurrently with a reading regimen to get the clearest picture of Understanding. This chart completes the order of the rest of the Old Testament books that are beyond 2 Kings. They are numbered only for the purpose of being clear about the order

 

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	Uzziah   Son of Amaziah King of Judah   2 Kings 15 2 Chron 26	Jotham   Son of Uzziah King of Judah   2 Kings 15 2 Chron 27	Ahaz   Son of Jotham King of Judah   2 Kings 16 2 Chron 28	Hezekiah   Son of Ahaz King of Judah   2 Kings 18-20 2 Chron 29-32	Jeroboam   Son of Joash King of Israel   2 Kings 14:23-29
Isaiah Son of Amoz	x	x	x	x
Hosea Son of Beeri	x	x	x	x	x
Amos Among the Herdmen of Tekoa	x				x
Jonah Son of Amittai					x
Micah The Morasthite		x	x	x

 

 

	Josiah King of Judah   Son of Amon   2Kings 22-23	Jehoiakim (aka Eliakim)   Son of Josiah   2 Kings 23 2 Chron 36	Zedekiah (aka Mattaniah)   Son of Josiah   2 Kings 24-25 2 Chron 36	Jehoiachin   Son of Jehoiakim   2 Kings24 2 Chron 36	Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon   2 Kings 24-25 1 Chron 6 2 Chron 36 Ezra 5:12 Jer 25-52 Dan 1-5	Cyrus King of Persia   2 Chron 36:22-23 Ezra 1-5 Isaiah 44-45 Dan 10	Darius King over Realm of Chaldeans   Son of Ahasuerus   Ezra  4-7 Dan 6, 9,11-12
Jeremiah Son of Hilkiah	x	x	x
Ezekiel Son Of Buzi				x
Daniel Tribe of Judah  (captivity)		x			x	x	x
Zephaniah Son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, Amariah, Hizkiah	x
Haggai							x
Zechariah Son of Berechiah							x