The Old Testament Books Listed and Compared
Orthodox
Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel)
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel)
3 Kingdoms (1 Kings)
4 Kingdoms (2 Kings)
1Chronicles (1 Paraleipomenon)
2Chronicles (2 Paraleipomenon)*
1 Ezra**
2 Ezra** (Ezra)
Nehemiah
Tobit
Judith
Esther
1Maccabees
2Maccabees
3Maccabees
Psalms (151 in number)
Job
Proverbs of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Sirach
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch
Lamentation of Jeremiah
Epistle of Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel ***
* Includes the Prayer of Manasseh
**Also known as 1 & 2 Esdras
***“Susanna” is at the beginning of Daniel, “Bel and the Serpent” at the end. Also includes the
“Hymn of the Three Young Men.”
Roman Catholic. Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Kings
2 Kings
3 Kings
4 Kings
1Chronicles (1 Paraleipomenon)
2Chronicles (2 Paraleipomenon)
1 Esdras
2 Esdras (Nehemiah)
Tobit
Judith
Esther
1Maccabees
2Maccabees
Psalms (150 in number)
Job
Proverbs of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Canticle of Canticles
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Joel
Obadiah
Jonah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Baruch*
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
*Includes Epistle of Jeremiah
Protestant. Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1Chronicles
2Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther*
Job
Psalms (150 in number)
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel**
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
*Esther does not include those sections called “Additions to Esther.”
**Daniel here does not include those sections separately labeled as the “Hymn of the Three
Young Men,” “Susanna,” “Bel and the Serpent.”