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