The Old Testament Structural Chapter Reading Chart
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ESTAMENT
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1 2 3 4
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Structural Chapter Reading Chart
1 S
AMUEL
Samuel, the last judge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Seminary Selected Readings, 2015
Reign of Saul
9 10
11 12 13 14 15
M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
David in Saul’s court
16 17 18 19 20
OSES (Pearl of Great Price)
T
L
David the outlaw
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
HE
AW (or, Torah, Pentateuch, books of Moses)
G
2 S
—Reign of David
1 2 3 4
c. 1000
ENESIS
AMUEL
BC
Primeval history
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11
Reign over united Israel
5 6 7 8 9 10
A
1 2 3 4 5
David’s sin, Absalom’s rebellion
11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
BRAHAM (Pearl of Great Price)
Abraham and Isaac
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
Final years
20
21 22 23 24
c. 1800
BC
Jacob
25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36
1
2 K
*
1
AND
INGS
Joseph
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
United Israel under Solomon
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
c. 970
BC
E
1 2
Divided kingdoms
c. 1400
c. 930
XODUS
BC
BC
Plagues and passover
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13
House of Jeroboam: Calf worship
12 13 14 15
Traveling to Sinai
14 15 16 17 18
House of Omri: Elijah versus Baal
16 17 18 19 20
21 22
1 2
Covenant at Sinai
19 20
21 22 23 24
House of Omri: Elisha versus Syria
3 4 5 6 7 8
Tabernacle and priests
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
House of Jehu: Elisha versus Syria
9 10 11 12 13 14
Golden calf rebellion
32 33 34
Assyrian crisis
15 16 17
Tabernacle furnishings
35 36
37 38 39 40
Southern kingdom alone
18 19 20
21 22 23
c. 720
BC
L
Babylonian crisis
24 25
EVITICUS
Types of offerings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 C
HRONICLES
Ceremonial cleanness
11 12 13 14 15
Genealogies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Various laws
16 17 18 19 20
21 22
Reign of David
10
c. 1000
BC
Holy days and times; Promises
23 24 25
26 27
Reign over united Israel
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21
N
Preparing for the temple
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
UMBERS
Order and laws
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 C
HRONICLES
Rebellion at Canaan
10
11 12 13 14
United Israel under Solomon
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
c. 970
BC
Levite authority
15 16 17 18 19
Divided kingdoms
c. 930
BC
Fighting Edom and Moab
20
21 22 23 24 25
Time of the house of Jeroboam
10
11 12 13 14 15 16
Laws and feasts
26 27 28 29 30
Time of the house of Omri
17 18 19 20
21
Tribal territories
31 32 33 34 35 36
Time of the house of Jehu
22 23 24 25 26
D
Assyrian crisis
27 28 29 30
31 32
EUTERONOMY
Historical review
1 2 3 4
Southern kingdom alone
33 34 35 36
c. 720
BC
Law review
5 6 7 8 9 10
11
E
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
c. 540
ZRA
BC
Worship laws
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
N
1 2 3 4 5 6
c. 445
EHEMIAH
BC
Societal laws
20
21 22 23 24 25
26
Dedicating the walls
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Promised blessings and curses
27 28 29 30
E
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
c. 400
STHER
BC
Leadership changes
31 32 33 34
W
ISDOM (or, poetry)
H
J
1 2 3
ISTORY
OB
J
First cycle of speeches
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14
c. 1300
OSHUA
BC
Conquest of Canaan
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12
Second cycle of speeches
15 16 17 18 19 20
21
Territorial divisions
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
Third cycle of speeches
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
J
1 2
Elihu’s response
32 33 34 35 36 37
UDGES
Cycles of captivity and deliverance
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
The Lord’s response
38 39 40 41 42
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Samson
13 14 15 16
*The books of 1 and 2 Kings were originally one book that was later divided. The same is
Wickedness
17 18 19 20
21
true of 1 and 2 Chronicles, and 1 and 2 Samuel.
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