The Old Testament Structural Chapter Reading Chart Page 2
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1
2P
1 2
E
SALMS
ZEKIEL
c. 590
BC
Book 1: David the outlaw
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Judgments against Israel
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Departing the temple
8 9 10
11 12
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Allegories and parables
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Judgments against foreign nations
25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32
Book 2: Reign of David
42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Comfort for Israel
33 34 35 36 37 38 39
51
52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Jerusalem and the temple restored
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
61
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71
72
D
ANIEL
c. 600
BC
Book 3: The Assyrian crisis
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
History
1 2 3 4 5 6
81
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
Prophecies
7 8 9 10 11 12
Book 4: The Babylonian captivity
90
91
92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Minor prophets
100
H
1 2 3
101 102 103 104 105 106
OSEA
Book 5: The return
Judgments and prophecies
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
107 108 109 110
111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
J
1 2 3
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
OEL
A
1 2
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
MOS
Judgments and prophecies
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
P
O
1
ROVERBS
BADIAH
Lady Wisdom
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
J
1 2 3 4
ONAH
Proverbs of Solomon
10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21
M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ICAH
Words of the wise
22
23 24
N
1 2 3
AHUM
Hezekiah’s collection
25 26 27 28 29
H
1 2 3
ABBAKUK
Sayings of Agur and Lemuel
30 31
Z
1 2 3
EPHANIAH
E
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
H
1 2
c. 520
CCLESIASTES
AGGAI
BC
S
S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Z
ONG OF
OLOMON
ECHARIAH
c. 520
BC
T
P
Visions
1 2 3 4 5 6
HE
ROPHETS
Major prophets
Messages and prophecies
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
I
1
M
1 2 3 4
SAIAH
c. 740
ALACHI
c. 400
BC
BC
Judgment
To Judah and Jerusalem
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Burdens of foreign nations
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21
22 23
Judgment and promise
24
25 26 27
Woes
28 29 30 31 32 33
34 35
Historical interlude
36 37 38 39
Comfort
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Deliverance and restoration of Israel
40 41
42 43 44 45 46 47 48
The Old Testament has 929 chapters, so:
The suffering servant
49 50
51
52 53 54 55 56 57
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Then you’ll finish the book in about …
Future peace
58 59 60
61
62 63 64 65 66
8 chapters/day
= 4 months
J
1
c. 620
EREMIAH
BC
4 chapters/day
= 8 months
Wickedness of the Jews
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12
3 chapters/day
= 10 months
Coming judgments on the Jews
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
2½ chapters/day
= 1 year
Coming restoration of the Jews
26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35
1 chapter/day
= 2½ years
Historical interlude
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Years are very rough estimates based on generally accepted scholarship. Outlines are
Judgments against foreign nations
46 47 48 49 50
51
52
based in part on outlines from , , and . They are
L
1 2 3 4 5
c. 586
AMENTATIONS
BC
related to the Structured Edition of the standard works, which you can download for free
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