As I’ve noted, we have three different selections of the books of the Bible, and even their order of appearance can differ. Here they are for comparison:
HEBREW BIBLE, 24 books
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Samuel
- Kings
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- The Twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obediah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zepaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi)
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Job
- Song of Songs
- Ruth
- Lamentations
- Ecclesiastes
- Esther
- Daniel
- Ezra / Nehemiah
- Chronicles
- No Maccabees! And, of course, no New Testament.
VULGATE/ROMAN CATHOLIC, 46 books in Old Testament.
Also, with slight variation, used by EASTERN ORTHODOX.
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- First Samuel
- Second Samuel
- First Kings
- Second Kings
- First Chronicles
- Second Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Tobit
- Judith
- Esther
- First Maccabees
- Second Maccabees
- Job
- The Psalms
- The Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- The Song of Songs
- The Book of Wisdom
- Ecclesiasticus
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Baruch
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obediah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zepaniah
- Haggai
- Zachariah
- Malachi
Plus New Testament
And, for further complications, the books of the Apocrypha are sometimes placed between the Old Testament and the New Testaments. The order above is the one I followed in my straight-through reading.
PROTESTANT, 36 books in Old Testament.
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
- Judges
- Ruth
- First and Second Samuel
- First and Second Kings
- First and Second Chronicles
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Esther
- Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obediah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zepaniah
- Haggai
- Zachariah
- Malachi
Plus New Testament
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Hope this helps.
