The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books The Apocrypha contains history that sheds additional light on the Old and New Testaments. Tobit Judith Esther (Greek) Wisdom Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) Baruch Letter of Jeremiah Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews Susanna Bel and the Dragon 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees 1 Esdras 2 Esdras Prayer of Manassah And it came to pass, when the forty days were filled, that the Highest spake, saying, The first that thou hast written publish openly, that the worthy and unworthy may read it: But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them only to such as be wise among the people: For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge. And I did so. 2 Esdras 14: 45-48 And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying, These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide. 2 Esdras 14:5-6