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The next set of books cover the history of Israel from the settlement in the promised land of Canaan to the first centuries before Christ. They include:* [[Book of Joshua | Joshua]]<br>(Jesus Navi)* [[Book of Judges | Judges]]<br>* [[Book of Ruth | Ruth]]<br>* [[Books of Samuel | 1 SamuelI Kingdoms]]<br>(I Samuel)* [[Books of Samuel| 2 SamuelII Kingdoms]]<br>(II Samuel)* [[Books of Kings | 1 KingsIII Kingdoms]]<br>(I Kings)* [[Books of Kings | 2 KingsIV Kingdoms]]<br>(II Kings)* [[Books of Chronicles | 1 ChroniclesI Paraleipomenon]]<br>(I Chronicles)* [[Books of Chronicles | 2 ChroniclesII Paraleipomenon]]<br>(II Chronicles)* [[Book of Ezra | Ezra]]<br>* [[Book of Nehemiah | Nehemiah]]<br>* [[Book of Esther Ester| Esther]]<br>*[[I Esdras]]*[[II Esdras]] *[[Tobit]] (Tobias)*[[Judith]]*[[I Maccabees]]*[[II Maccabees]]*[[III Maccabees]] (English Bible )In the canon of the Orthodox Church, which is generally that of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, 1 and 2 Samuel are called 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Kings are called 3 and 4 Kings. Also, the so-called apocryphal books, listed above after Esther, are considered by the Orthodox as genuine parts of the Bible. The Old Testament apocrypha is a body of writings considered by the non-Orthodox to be of close association with the Bible, but not actually part of its official canonical contents.  The historical books of the Bible were written well after the events described in them actually took place.