Historical (47% of the Old Testament)

• Genesis - 50 chapters, Moses
• Exodus - 40 chapters, Moses
• Leviticus - 27 chapters, Moses
• Numbers - 36 chapters, Moses
• Deuteronomy - 34 chapters, Moses
• Joshua - 24 chapters, author not identified
• Judges - 21 chapters, author not identified
• Ruth - 4 chapters, author not identified
• 1 Samuel - 31 chapters, author not identified
• 2 Samuel - 24 chapters, author not identified
• 1 Kings - 22 chapters, author not identified
• 2 Kings - 25 chapters, author not identified
• 1 Chronicles - 29 chapters, author not identified, possibly Ezra
• 2 Chronicles - 36 chapters, author not identified, possibly Ezra
• Ezra - 10 chapters, Ezra
• Nehemiah - 13 chapters, author not identified, possibly Nehemiah or Ezra
• Esther - 10 chapters, author not identified

Poetic (22% of the Old Testament)

• Job - 42 chapters, author not identified
• Psalms - 150 chapters, various authors including David, Asaph, Solomon, the sons of Korah, and Ethan
• Proverbs - 31 chapters, at least partly by Solomon
• Ecclesiastes - 12 chapters, Solomon
• Song Of Songs - 8 chapters, Solomon

Prophetic (31% of the Old Testament)

• Isaiah - 66 chapters, Isaiah
• Jeremiah - 52 chapters, Jeremiah
• Lamentations - 5 chapters, Jeremiah
• Ezekiel - 48 chapters, Ezekiel
• Daniel - 12 chapters, Daniel
• Hosea - 14 chapters, Hosea
• Joel - 3 chapters, Joel
• Amos - 9 chapters, Amos
• Obadiah - 1 chapter, Obadiah
• Jonah - 4 chapters, Jonah
• Micah - 7 chapters, Micah
• Nahum - 3 chapters, Nahum
• Habakkuk - 3 chapters, Habakkuk
• Zephaniah - 3 chapters, Zephaniah
• Haggai - 2 chapters, Haggai
• Zechariah - 14 chapters, Zechariah
• Malachi - 4 chapters, Malachi

Fact Finder: What are the first 5 books of the Old Testament known as?
See The Pentateuch

This Week's Bible Quiz

Male or female?

1. Bathsheba?

2. Boaz?

3. Hadassah?

4. Absalom?

5. Hagar?

6. Haman?

7. Herodias?

8. Keturah?

9. Omri?

10. Rahab?

For the answers to this December 24 2002 quiz, see the Bible Quiz Answers Page

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