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Aa-Ab / Ac-Ag / Ah-Ak / Al / Am / An-Ao / Ap-Ar / As-At / Au-Az
 

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Am
An-Ao

Aaron I: Son of Amram | High Priest1500 BC

 

Aaron II: Son of Mosiah II | Prince of Nephites | Missionary ≈ 100 BC

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Abed-nego / Azariah VII: Friend of Daniel | Prince of Judah605 BC

        

Abel: Son of Adam & Eve ≈ 3800 BC

Abiathar: Son of Ahijah or Ahimelech | High Priest1000 BC

        

Abigail*: Wife of Nabal & David | Queen of Israel ≈ 1011 BC

          

Abijah: Son of Rehoboam & Maachah | King of Judah914 BC

         

Abimelech I: King of Gerar ≈ 1920 BC

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Abimelech II: Son of Gideon | King of Israel/Shechem1170 BC

         

Abinadi: Nephite Prophet150 BC

 

Abishua: Son of Phinehas I | High Priest1320 BC

         

Abraham / Abram: Son of Terah | Prophet1900 BC

         

Absalom: Son of David & Maacah | Prince of Israel ≈ 1010 BC

        

Achish: Son of Maoch | King of Gath ≈ 1012 BC

         

Adam: Husband of Eve | Patriarch | Prophet4000 BC

         

Adonijah: Son of David & Haggith | Prince of Israel ≈ 1010 BC

         

Agag: King of Amalekites ≈ 1024 BC

         

Agrippa I & II: see Herod Agrippa I & II

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Ahab: Son of Omri | King of Israel874 BC

         

Ahasuerus: see Artaxerxes II or Xerses I

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Ahaz: Son of Jotham | King of Judah732 BC

          

Ahaziah I: Son of Ahab | King of Israel852 BC

          

Ahaziah II / Jehoahaz I: Son of Jehoram II & Athaliah | King of Judah842 BC

         

Ahiah / Ahijah: Son of Ahitub | High Priest1020 BC

         

Ahijah the Shilonite | Prophet946 BC

         

Ahimaaz: Son of Zadok | High Priest970 BC

        

Ahimelech: Son of Ahitub | High Priest1012 BC

        

Ahitub: Son of Phinehas II | High Priest1040 BC

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Alexander Jannaeus: Son of John Hyrcanus | High Priest | King of Judea ≈ 103 BC

Alexander the Great: Son of Philip II | King of Macedonia ≈ 336 BC

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Alcimus: High Priest163 BC

Alma the Elder | Priest of Noah II | Prophet ≈ 148 BC

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Alma the Younger: son of Alma I | Chief Judge | Prophet ≈ 90 BC

Amalek: Grandson of Esau | Father of Amalekites ≈ 1600 BC

 

Amaleki: Son of Abinadom | Record Keeper ≈ 270 BC

Amalekites: Tribe in the Negev/Sinai | Descended from Esau ≈ 1500 BC

 

Amaziah: Son of Jehoash I & Jehoaddan | King of Judah796 BC

Amel-marduk / Evil-Merodach: King of Neo-Babylonian Empire562 BC

​​Ammaron: Brother of Amos II | Prophet ≈ 300 AD

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Ammon I: see Ben-Ammi

Ammon II: Descendant of Zarahemla | Freed Limhi's people ≈ 121 BC

Ammon III: Son of Mosiah II | Prince of Nephites | Missionary ≈ 100 BC

 

Ammonites: Tribe from east of Jordan River | Descended from Ben-Ammi & Lot ≈ 1800 BC

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Amnon: Son of David & Ahinoam | Prince of Israel ≈ 1010 BC

         

Amon: Son of Manasseh | King of Judah642 BC

         

Amos: Biblical Prophet766 BC

         

Amram: Son of Kohath | Grandson of Levi | Father of Aaron, Miriam, & Moses ≈ 1550 BC

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Amulek: Missionary ≈ 80 BC

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Ananias: Son of Nedebeus | High Priest47 AD

Ananias of Damascus | Baptizer of Paul ≈ 35 AD

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Andrew: Son of Jona | Fisherman | Apostle30 AD

         

Anna*: Daughter of Phanuel | Prophetess1 BC

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Annas / Ananus / Ananias: Son of Seth | High Priest  ≈ 6 AD

         

Antigonus II Mattathias: Son of Aristobulus II | High Priest | King of Judea40 BC

Antiochus IV Epiphanes: Son of Antiochus III | King of Seleucids ≈ 175 BC

Anti-Nephi-Lehies: Lamanites who converted ≈ 80 BC

Antipas: see Herod Antipas

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Apries / Hophra: Son of Psamtik II | Pharaoh of Egypt ≈ 589 BC

        

Archelaus: see Herod Archelaus

 

Aristobulus I: Son of John Hyrcanus | High Priest | King of Judea104 BC

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Aristobulus II: Son of Alexander Jannaeus | High Priest | King of Judea66 BC

Aristobulus IV: Son of Herod the Great & Mariamne I | Prince of Judea30 BC

Artaxerxes I: Son of Xerxes I | King of Persia465 BC

         

Artaxerxes II / Ahasuerus?: Son of Darius II | King of Persia405 BC

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Asa: Son of Abijah | King of Judah912 BC

         

Asaph: Son of Berachiah | Levite Musician ≈ 1000 BC

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Asenath*: Daughter of Poti-pherah | Wife of Joseph | Matriarch ≈ 1650 BC

 

Asher: Son of Jacob & Zilpah | Patriarch ≈ 1670 BC

         

Ashurbanipal / Asnappar: Son of Esarhaddon | King of Assyria ≈ 668 BC

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Athaliah*: Daughter of Omri | Wife of Jehoram IIQueen of Judah841 BC

         

Augustus: Son of Gaius OctaviusEmperor of Rome27 BC

         

Azariah I: Son of Ahimaaz | High Priest960 BC

 

Azariah II: Son of Oded | Prophet910 BC

 

Azariah III: see Uzziah

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Azariah IV: Descendant of Johanan | High Priest780 BC

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Azariah VI: Son of Hilkiah | High Priest620 BC

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Azariah VII: see Abed-nego
Ac-Ag
Ah-Ak
As-At
Al
Au-Az
Ap-Ar
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B
Ba-Bd / Be-Bh / Bi-Bz
 

Bi-Bz
Be-Bh

Baal / Bel / Hadad / Jupiter / Set / Zeus: Storm God From Many Religions

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Baasha: Son of Ahijah | King of Israel909 BC

         

Balaam: Son of Beor | Prophet from Pethor ≈ 1371 BC

         

Balak: Son of Zippor | King of Moab ≈ 1371 BC

 

Barak: Son of Abinoam | Judge ≈ 1250 BC

         

Barnabas: Companion of Paul ≈ 34 AD

         

Bartholomew / Nathanael: | Apostle31 AD

         

Baruch: Son of Neriah | Scribe of Jeremiah ≈ 993 BC

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Bathsheba*: Wife of UriahDavid | Queen of Israel ≈ 993 BC

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Beelzebub / Baalzebub: God of Philistines | Chief Demon

Belshazzar: Son of Nabonidus | Prince of Babylon539 BC

Belteshazzar: see Daniel

         

Ben-Ammi / Ammon: Son of Lot | Father of Ammonites ≈ 1750 BC

Benhadad I: Son of TabrimmonKing of Syria/Aram Damascus ≈ 885 BC

         

Benhadad II / Hadadezer: King of Syria/Aram Damascus ≈ 865 BC

          

Benhadad III: Son of Hazael | King of Syria/Aram Damascus ≈ 796 BC

         

Benjamin I: Son of Jacob & Rachel | Patriarch ≈ 1640 BC

        

Benjamin II: Son of Mosiah I | King of Nephites ≈ 130 BC

Berodach-Baladan: see Marduk-apla-iddina II

Bethuel: Son of Nahor & Milcah | Father of Laban I & Rebekah ≈ 1800 BC

 

Bernice*: Daughter of Herod Agrippa I | Princess of Judea ≈ 30 AD

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Bilhah*: Handmaid of Rachel | Wife of Jacob | Matriarch ≈ 1700 BC

         

Boaz: Son of Salmon & Rahab | Husband of Ruth ≈ 1200 BC

         

Brigham Young: Latter-day Prophet = 1847 AD

Brother of Jared / Mahonri Moriancumer: Leader of Jaredites2100 BC

       

Bukki: Son of Abishua | High Priest ≈ 1280 BC

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C

 

Canaan: Son of Ham | Father of Canaanites ≈ 2300 BC

Canaanites: Tribes in the Levant | Descended from Canaan ≈ 2200 BC

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Caiaphas / Joseph ben Caiaphas: Son-in-law of Annas | High Priest18 AD

      

Cain: Son of Adam & Eve ≈ 3800 BC

Caleb: Son of Jephunneh | Prince/Head of Judah ≈ 1400 BC

Claudius: Son of Nero Claudius Drusus | Emperor of Rome ≈ 41 AD

 

Cornelius: Roman Centurion ≈ 39 AD

Cush: Son of Ham | Father of Nimrod ≈ 2200 BC

         

Cyrenius: see Quirinius

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Cyrus the Great: Son of Cambyses I | King of Achaemenid Empire550 BC

D




D

 

Dan: Son of Jacob & Bilhah | Patriarch ≈ 1670 BC

         

Daniel / Belteshazzar: Prince of Judah | Prophet605 BC

        

Darius the Mede: King of Babylon ≈ 539 BC

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Darius I the Great: Son of Hystaspes |  King of Persian Empire522 BC

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Darius III: Son of Arsames | King of Persian Empire336 BC

David: Son of Jesse | King of Israel1010 BC

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David Whitmer: One of Three Witnesses = 1829 AD

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Deborah*: Wife of Lapidoth | Judge | Prophetess1250 BC

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Delilah*: Temptress of Samson ≈ 1060 BC

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Dinah*: Daughter of Jacob & Leah ≈ 1740 BC

Drusilla*: Daughter of Herod Agrippa I | Wife of Felix ≈ 52 AD

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E
Ea-Em / En-Ez
 

En-Ez

Edomites: Tribe from south of Dead Sea | Descended from Esau ≈ 1800 BC

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Egyptus*: Wife of Ham ≈ 2300 BC

Ehud: Son of Gera | Judge1300 BC

         

Elah: Son of Baasha | King of Israel886 BC

         

Eleazar: Son of Aaron | High Priest1400 BC

          

Eli: Father of Hophni & Phinehas | High Priest1080 BC

          

Eliakim: see Jehoiakim

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Elias: Title of a "forerunner" | see also Elijah or John the Baptist

Eliashib: Son of Joiakim | High Priest 470 BC

         

Eliezer: Son of Dodavah | Prophet850 BC

         

Elijah / Elias: the Tishbite | Prophet863 BC

          

Elisabeth*: Wife of Zacharias | Mother of John the Baptist ≈ 2 BC

          

Elisha: Son of Shaphat | Prophet858 BC

Elohim: see God the Father

Enoch: Son of Jared | Patriarch | Prophet3370 BC

          

Enos: Son of Jacob II | Prophet450 BC

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Ephraim: Son of Joseph & Asenath | Patriarch ≈ 1640 BC

          

Esarhaddon: Son of Sennacherib | King of Assyria ≈ 681 BC

         

Esau: Son of Isaac & Rebekah | Father of Edomites ≈ 1830 BC

         

Esther / Hadassah*: Wife of Xerxes I/Artaxerxes II? | Queen of Persia479 BC

         

Ethbaal: see Ithobaal I

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Ether: Son of Coriantor | Prophet550 BC

        

Evangelist: Title of one who preaches gospel | Patriarch ≈ 33 AD

Eve*: Wife of Adam | Matriarch ≈ 4000 BC

 

Ezekiel: Son of Buzi | Prophet593 BC

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Ezra: Descendant of Seraiah | High Priest | Prophet458 BC




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G

 

G

Gabriel: Angel of God | see also Noah

Gad I: Son of Jacob & Zilpah | Patriarch ≈ 1670 BC

     

Gad II: Friend of DavidProphet1012 BC

Gadianton Robers: Secret society of Nephite robbers ≈ 50 BC

 

Gamaliel: Pharisee | Teacher of Paul31 AD

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Gedaliah: Son of Ahikam | Governor of Judea/Yehud Province ≈ 582 BC

Gershon: Son of Levi | Father of Gershonites1500 BC

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Gershonites: Tribe descended from Gershon | Priestly Family ≈ 1400 BC

​​​Gideon I: Son of Joash | Judge1200 BC

         

Gideon II: Nephite Leader ≈ 145 BC

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God the Father: Heavenly Father | Elohim 

 

Gog: King of Magog ≈ Future AD

Goliath: of Gath | Giant Warrior of the Philistines ≈ 1024 BC

Greecians / Hellenists: Jews who spoke Greek ≈ 300 BC

Greeks: Decended from Javan | People from Greece ≈ 2200 BC

  • Gen. 10:2 | Wikipedia

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H
Ha-Hd / He-Hh / Hi-Hz

 

He-Hh

Habakkuk: Prophet611 BC

          

Hadad: see Baal

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Hadadezer: see Benhadad II

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Hadassah*: see Esther

Hagar*: Wife of Abraham | Matriarch ≈ 1907 BC

         

Haggai: Biblical Prophet520 BC

         

Ham: Son of Noah | Father of Canaan | Patriarch ≈ 2444 BC

         

Hanani: Father of JehuProphet ≈ 909 BC

          

Hananiah: see Shadrach

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Hannah*: Wife of Elkanah | Mother of Samuel ≈ 1100 BC

Haran: Son of Terah | Father of Lot and Milcah ≈ 1900 BC

         

Hasmonean: see Maccabees

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Hazael: King of Syria/Aram Damascus ≈ 842 BC

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Helaman I: son of Alma II | Military Leader | Prophet ≈ 74 BC

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Helaman II: son of Helaman I | Prophet ≈ 50 BC

Hellenists: see Grecians

Herod I the Great: Son of Antipater | King of Judea37 BC

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Herod II / Herod Philip: Son of Herod the Great & Mariamne II | Prince ≈ 4 BC

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Herod Agrippa I: Son of Aristobulus IV | King of Judea41 AD

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Herod Agrippa II: Son of Herod Agrippa I | King of Judea53 AD

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Herod Antipas: Son of Herod the Great & MalthasTetrarch ≈ 4 BC

 

Herod Archelaus: Son of Herod the Great & MalthasEthnarch ≈ 4 BC

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Herodias*: Dau. of Aristobulus IV | Wife of Herod II & Herod AntipasPrincess ≈ 32 AD

          

Hezekiah: Son of Ahaz | King of Judah729 BC

         

High Priest: Descendants of Aaron | Head of Israelite Priesthood ≈ 1500 BC

Hilkiah: Son of Shallum | High Priest641 BC

         

Hiram I: Son of AbibaalKing of Tyre ≈ 980 BC

         

Hittites: Group from northern Levant | Descended from Heth/Canaan ≈ 980 BC

Hophra: see Apries

Hosea / Hoshea: Son of Beeri | Prophet750 BC

         

Hoshea: Son of Elah | Last King of Israel732 BC

         

Huldah*: Wife of Shallum | Prophetess623 BC

Hyrcanus II: Son of Alexander Jannaeus | High Priest | King of Judea ≈ 76 BC

Hi-Hz
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I

 

Iddo: Biblical Prophet930 BC

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Isaac: Son of Abraham & Sarah | Prophet1800 BC

          

Isaiah: Son of Amoz | Prophet750 BC

        

Ish-bosheth: Son of Saul | King of Israel1020 BC

Ishmael I: Son of Abraham & Hagar | Patriarch ≈ 1820 BC

     

Ishmael II: Father-in-Law of Nephi I ≈ 650 BC

​​​​Israel: see Jacob

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Israelites: Descendants of Jacob/Israel & 12 sons ≈ 1600 BC

Issachar: Son of Jacob & Leah | Patriarch ≈ 1660 BC

         

Ithobaal / Ethbaal I: Father of Jezebel | King of Tyre ≈ 896 BC

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Joa-Joo

Jacob I / Israel: Son of Isaac & Rebekah | Patriarch1740 BC

         

Jacob II: Son of Lehi & Sariah | Prophet591 BC

 

Jaddua: Son of Johanan | High Priest371 BC

                

James I: Son of Zebedee | Fisherman | Apostle30 AD

      

James II: Son of Alphaeus | Apostle31 AD

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James III: Brother of Jesus | Bishop of Jerusalem32 AD

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Japheth: Son of Noah I | Patriarch ≈ 2494 BC

          

Jaredites: Group descended from Jared & Brother ≈ 2200 BC

Jarom: Son of Enos | Prophet ≈ 400 BC

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Jason: Son of Simon II | Brother of Onias III | High Priest175 BC

Jeconiah: see Jehoiachin

      

Jehoahaz I: see Ahaziah

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Jehoahaz II: Son of Jehu II | King of Israel814 BC

      

Jehoahaz III / Shallum III: Son of Josiah | King of Judah609 BC

 

Jehoash I / Joash I: Son of Ahaziah & Zibiah | King of Judah835 BC

 

Jehoash II / Joash II: Son of Jehoahaz II | King of Israel806 BC

              

Jehoiada: Brother-in-law of Ahaziah | High Priest842 BC

       

Jehoiachin / Jeconiah: Son of Jehoiakim | King of Judah598 BC

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Jehoiakim / Eliakim: Son of Josiah | King of Judah609 BC

       

Jehoram I / Joram I: Son of Ahab | King of Israel851 BC

       

Jehoram II / Joram II: | Son of Jehoshaphat | King of Judah849 BC

       

Jehoshaphat I: Son of Asa & Azubah | King of Judah871 BC

Jehosheba*: Daughter of Jehoram II | Wife of Jehoiada | Princess of Judah ≈ 871 BC

       

Jehozadak: Son of Seraiah | High Priest587 BC

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Jehu I: Son of Hanani | Prophet909 BC

        

Jehu II: Son of Jehoshaphat II | King of Israel841 BC

       

Jephthah: Son of Gilead | Judge ≈ -1130 BC

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Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah | Prophet627 BC

       

Jeroboam I: Son of Nebat & Zeruah | King of Israel931 BC

       

Jeroboam II: Son of Jehoash II | King of Israel782 BC

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Jeshua: see Joshua I or II or Jesus

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Jesse: Son of Obed | Father of David ≈ 1100 BC

Jesus Christ / Jeshua / Yeshua: Son of God | Messiah1 BC

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Jethro / Reuel: Father of Zipporah | High Priest of Midian1500 BC

Jews: Tribe/group from Kingdom of Judah ≈ 900 BC

Jezebel*: Daughter of Ithobaal | Queen of Israel874 BC

Joash I & II: see Jehoash I & II

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Job: of Uz | Biblical Prophet1660 BC

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Jochebed*: Daughter of Levi | Mother of Aaron, Miriam, & Moses ≈ 1550 BC

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Joel: Son of Pethuel | Prophet800 BC

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Johanan: Son of Joiada | High Priest410 BC

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John: Son of Zebedee | Apostle31 AD

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John Hyrcanus: Son of Simon Thassi | High Priest | Prince of Judea ≈ 134 BC

John the Baptist: Son of Zacharias & Elizabeth | Prophet29 AD

 

Joiada: Son of Eliashib | High Priest433 BC

Joiakim: Son of Joshua II | High Priest490 BC

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Jonah: Son of Amittai | Prophet790 BC

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Jonathan I: Son of Saul | Friend of DavidPrince of Israel ≈ 1043 BC

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Jonathan / John II: Son of Annas | High Priest36 AD

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Jonathan Apphus: Son of MattathiasHigh Priest | Prince of Judea ≈ 153 BC

Joram I & II: see Jehoram I & II

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Joseph I: Son of Jacob & Rachel | Patriarch | Prophet1650 BC

 

Joseph II: Son of Jacob | Husband of Mary ≈ 20 BC

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Joseph ben Caiaphas: see Caiaphas 

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Joseph of Arimathea: Pharisee of Sanhedrin ≈ 33 AD

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Joseph Smith: Son of Joseph | Latter-day Prophet = 1820 AD

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Josephus: Roman-Jewish Historian ≈ 37 AD

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Joshua I: Son of Nun | Prophet1400 BC