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Genesis

Genesis means "In the beginning" in Hebrew and are the first words of the Bible.

50 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
621,530 searches a month
Exodus

The Book of Exodus derives it’s name from the "exit" of the the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

40 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
232,650 searches a month
Leviticus

The Book of Leviticus refers to the Levite priesthood made up of members from the tribe of Levi including Moses' older brother Aaron.

27 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
160,840 searches a month
Numbers

The Book of Numbers refers to two censuses Moses took to count the Isrealites.

36 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
69,440 searches a month
Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy means "second law" and refers to Moses’ rehearsal of God's law delivered to the Israelites on the plains of Moab.

34 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
232,880 searches a month
Joshua

The Book of Joshua is named after the Israelite leader who succeeds Moses and conquers the Promised Land.

24 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
125,370 searches a month
Judges

The Book of Judges covers 14 judges of biblical law who lead the Israelites through continuous cycles of prosperity, unfaithfulness, falling and repentance.

21 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
35,990 searches a month
Ruth

Ruth is a woman from Moab who serves Naomi, a Jew in Bethlehem and converts to Judaism.

4 Chapters: 1 2 3 4
16,340 searches a month
1 Samuel

First Samuel covers the first part of the lifetime of the last biblical judge Samuel.

31 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
95,840 searches a month
2 Samuel

Second Samuel covers David's reign over Judah and eventually all the land of a united Israel.

24 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
51,670 searches a month
1 Kings

First Kings covers the end of king David's life with the House of David continuing its reign with Solomon and then Rehoboam and his successors only retaining control of Judah while Jereboam and a succession of dynasties control Israel in the north.

22 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
31,240 searches a month
2 Kings

Second Kings continues covering a succession of kings in Judah in the south and Israel in the north.

25 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
29,830 searches a month
1 Chronicles

First Chronicles lists the geneologies of Adam to king Saul.

29 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
19,140 searches a month
2 Chronicles

Second Chonicles continues the story of First Chonicles with king David dying and Solomon taking over as a prosperous king.

36 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
42,210 searches a month
Ezra

Ezra marks the end of the Israelites captivity in Babylon and return of the exiles to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple after its destruction by king Nebuchadnezzar and purify themselves.

10 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
9,540 searches a month
Nehemiah

Nehemiah is a Jewish high official of the Persian court who helps rebuild the walls of Jerusalem anew and rededicate the city and it's people to God's laws after its destruction by king Nebuchadnezzar.

13 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
26,480 searches a month
Esther

Esther is a Jewish woman who becomes the queen of Persia and prevents a genocide of her people.

10 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
15,610 searches a month
Job

Job is a poetic book which seeks to answer "Why do the righteous suffer?" It presents a variety of perspectives to deal with a complex topic of suffering.

42 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
146,190 searches a month
Psalms

Psalms means "praises" in Hebrew and the book is made up of 150 individual hymns accompanied by musical instruments as prayers and praise to God.

150 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
2,091,580 searches a month
Proverbs

Proverbs is a book of wisdom which discusses values, moral behaviour, the meaning of life and proper conduct.

31 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
850,410 searches a month
Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiates tells the story of a king who relates his life experiences and draws profound, often self-critical, lessons from them.

12 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
107,970 searches a month
Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon is a poetic celebration of romantic love.

8 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
17,980 searches a month
Isaiah

Prophet Isaiah describes God's judgement and restoration of Judah and Jerusalem before and after the Exile of the Israelites to Babylon.

66 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
629,720 searches a month
Jeremiah

Prophet Jeremiah addresses the Jews in Babylonian exile holding them responsible due to pagan worship.

52 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
315,970 searches a month
Lamentations

Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem by king Nebuchadnezzar and the Jew's subsequent exile to Babylon.

5 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5
13,060 searches a month
Ezekiel

Ezekiel describes 7 visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, which center around God's judgement of Israel, nations and the future of Israel.

48 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
138,770 searches a month
Daniel

Daniel is an account of the legendary stories and prophetic visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled in Babylon.

12 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
123,620 searches a month
Hosea

Hosea is the first of 12 minor prophets and the book tells of the Northern Kingdom of Israel's decline and fall.

14 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
28,960 searches a month
Joel

Joel is one of the 12 minor prophets and the book laments a plague of locusts and drought, promises future blessings and foretells coming judgement by God on Israel.

3 Chapters: 1 2 3
44,750 searches a month
Amos

Amos is one of 12 minor prophets and a shepherd the who speaks against the injustice of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and about God's omnipotence and divine judgement.

9 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
35,380 searches a month
Obadiah

Obadiah is one of 12 minor prophets who foretells the divine judgment of Edom, a kingdom south of Judah that plundered Jerusalem, and the restoration of Israel.
1,610 searches a month
Jonah

Jonah is commanded by God to prophesy the destruction of the Assyrian city of Nineveh but he avoids this mission and is swallowed by a great fish.

4 Chapters: 1 2 3 4
9,330 searches a month
Micah

Micah is the sixth of 12 minor prophets who confronts the leaders of Israel and Judah regarding their injustices and prophesizes that one day God will rule in perfect justice.

7 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
38,510 searches a month
Nahum

Nahum is the seventh of 12 minor prophets who foretells God’s judgment of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

3 Chapters: 1 2 3
9,300 searches a month
Habakkuk

Habakkuk is the eighth of the 12 minor prophets who asks God to stop the injustice and violence in Judah and later learns that God will use the even more violent Babylonians to do so.

3 Chapters: 1 2 3
21,580 searches a month
Zephaniah

Zephaniah, whose name means "God is hidden", is the ninth of the 12 minor prophets and speaks of God's judgement of nations and also His restoration to peace and justice.

3 Chapters: 1 2 3
14,850 searches a month
Haggai

Haggai is the tenth of the 12 minor prophets who urges the rebuilding of the second Jerusalem temple after they have abandoned the work and predicts the downfall of kingdoms.

2 Chapters: 1 2
7,500 searches a month
Zechariah

Zechariah is one of the 12 minor prophets and the book discusses the return from exile, the quality of life God desires and two prophetic oracles of the future.

14 Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
24,610 searches a month
Malachi

Malachi is the final of the 12 minor prophets who calls upon the Israelites to reconnect with God who they have fallen away from. The book describes his prophecies in four chapters.

4 Chapters: 1 2 3 4
34,080 searches a month

External Links:

• Wikipedia article on the Bible

• Wikipedia article listing Major biblical figures

Sources:

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