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The poetic books of The Bible are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.

The Hebrew Scriptures (OT) can be loosely divided into three sections:

**Poetic books described God's qualities (Job, Psalms ,Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon) - many of these were also prophetic.

**Historical accounts told of God's dealings with nations and peoples (Joshua, Judges,Ruth ,First Samuel ,Second Samuel , First and Second Kings ,First and Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther .)

**Prophetic books foretold the future outworking of God's will(mainly the large books Isaiah, Jeremiah (also Lamentations), Ezekiel and Daniel and the twelve shorter books Hosea to Malachi)

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