This is a list of Jewish biblical figures.
Hebrew Bible Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David Abishai, one of King David's generals and relative Abner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, assassinated by Yoav Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs" Absalom, rebellious son of King David Al-Walid ibn Mus'ab Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David Daniel, prophet famous for surviving the lion's den Ezra, Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, prophets and leaders of the Babylonian captivity and Return to Zion Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the judge and prophet Samuel Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her cousin, saviors of the Jews on Purim Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated) Gershom and Eliezer, Moses and Zipporah's sons Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (fellow exiles with and friends of Daniel) were thrown into a furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, yet survived "without the smell of smoke" Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Twelve Minor Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Major Prophets Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel Jethro, a priest of Midian, Zipporah's father, and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt. Sinai Jonah, prophet during Kingdom of Israel Jonathan, son of King Saul and slain with him in battle, trusted friend of David Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli, Samuel, the Judges who ruled after Moses and before the kings Saul, David, and Solomon, the kings who ruled the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah Leah, wife of Jacob Melchizedek King of Salem at the time of Abraham Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron Moses, adopted by Pharaoh's daughter in Egypt, leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah or Law of Moses. Nathan, prophet in time of King David Neriah a prophet, and his son Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, the Twelve Tribes the Children of Israel, sons of Jacob called Israel. (Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's sons were also counted as part of the twelve tribes at times.)Dina is the 13th child of Jacob. Rachel, wife of Jacob Rebekah, wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, (Queen) Athaliah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, Zedekiah, the kings of the southern Kingdom of Judah Ruth, Moabite convert and ancestor of King David Samuel, last of the Judges and first of the Prophets Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, Judaism's Four Matriarchs Tamar, daughter-in-law, and then levirate wife, of Judah Tamar, daughter of David, raped by Amnon Yoav, relative of King David, impulsive military leader Zilpah and Bilhah, additional wives of Jacob, mothers of four of the twelve Tribes Zipporah, Moses' wife, daughter of Jethro, a convert
See also List of burial places of biblical figures List of Jews
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