Bible - Books of the Old Testament by Topic

Write the name of the correct book beside the summary of its contents. All books are from the Protestant Bible.
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A proclamation of the coming "Day of the Lord"
Zephaniah
The Israelites go out from Egypt
Exodus
The reign of King David
2 Samuel
The Israelite census
Numbers
Israel in Canaan before the monarchy
Judges
The Israelite kings from Solomon to Ahab
1 Kings
Exhortation to rebuild the temple
Haggai
More of the Law of Moses
Deuteronomy
The Israelite kings from Jehoram to the Babylonian capitivity
2 Kings
The courtly history of Israel from Adam to David
1 Chronicles
The Israelites rebuild Jerusalem's wall
Nehemiah
The reign of King Saul
1 Samuel
The conquest of Canaan
Joshua
The beginning of the world and civilization
Genesis
Prophecies that Israel's enemy, Assyria, will be destroyed
Nahum
The Israelites return from exile and rebuild the temple
Ezra
The story of one of King David's female ancestors
Ruth
A righteous man suffers and doesn't understand why
Job
A collection of sacred songs and poems, mostly composed by King David
Psalms
Rules for the Levite priests
Leviticus
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A poem about the meaninglessness of life
Ecclesiastes
A comparison between Israel and an unfaithful wife
Hosea
Poetic prophecies concerning Jerusalem's destruction and liberation, with affirmations of monotheism
Isaiah
God shows mercy to a man swallowed by a giant fish and to Ninevah
Jonah
Prophecies that Israel's enemy, Edom, will be destroyed
Obadiah
Post-exilic Israel is exhorted to repent
Malachi
Poetic laments regarding Jerusalem's destruction
Lamentations
A man complains to God about his handling of injustice
Habakkuk
Visions concerning Judah's destruction, exile, and eventually restoration
Ezekiel
Symbolic visions and exhortation to rebuild Jerusalem
Zechariah
A collection of wise sayings, mostly composed by King Solomon
Proverbs
Jews in Babylon interact with the king and have apocalyptic visions
Daniel
The courtly history of Israel from Solomon to the return from exile
2 Chronicles
Visions and prophecies of divine retribution for the social injustices committed by Israel
Amos
A poetic celebration of erotic love
Song of Solomon
An affirmation that God will bless the Israelites, if and only if, they repent
Joel
A Jewish queen saves her people from slaughter
Esther
A distressed proclamation of Jerusalem's imminent and inevitable fall
Jeremiah
Prophecies of both Israel's fall and its eventual theocratic kingdom
Micah
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