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three sections—Torah or Pentateuch; Prophetic Books, both the
Former and the Latter Prophets; and the Writings, including
everything else in the Hebrew Canon—the Christian Old Testament
has traditionally been arranged along different lines. After the
Pentateuch comes a series of books that continue, in roughly
chronological order, the history of Israel. The Book of Joshua
depicts Israel taking possession of the land of Canaan. Judges
collects stories about the leaders of early Israel in the two
hundred years before the emergence of the monarchy. After the
tale of Ruth, a sort of interlude in the narrative sweep of
these books, 1 and 2 Samuel tell of the rise and fall of Saul,
Israel’s first king, and the succession and successes of David.
The Books of Kings take us from the death of David and the
enthronement of Solomon, through the division of the people into
the two kingdoms of I