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Chronology of Prophets, High Priests, & Rulers

 

All dates are approximate

Creation to Joseph

PROPHETS & PATRIARCHS/MATRIARCHS

≈ 4000 BC Adam & Eve

≈ 3370 BC Enoch

≈ 2940 BC Noah

≈ 2450 BC Shem

≈ 2100 BC Brother of Jared

≈ 2000 BC Melchizedek

≈ 1900 BC Abraham & Sarah

≈ 1800 BC Isaac & Rebekah

≈ 1740 BC Jacob/Israel

≈ 1660 BC Job

≈ 1650 BC Joseph

PRIESTS

≈ 2000 BC Melchizedek | Great High Priest

≈ 1660 BC Levi

≈ 1600 BC Gershon, Kohath, Merari

KINGS

≈ 2000 BC Melchizedek | King of Salem

Moses to Judges
PROPHETS & PROPHETESSES
≈ 1500 BC Moses
≈ 1500 BC Miriam
≈ 1400 BC Joshua
 

 
≈ 1250 BC Deborah

 
 

≈ 1050 BC Samuel
HIGH PRIESTS
≈ 1500 BC Aaron
≈ 1500 BC Jethro (Midian)
≈ 1400 BC Eleazar
≈ 1350 BC Phinehas
≈ 1320 BC Abishua
≈ 1280 BC Bukki
≈ 1250 BC Uzzi



≈ 1080 BC Eli
≈ 1050 BC Phinehas II

JUDGES OF ISRAEL

 

 

≈ 1400 BC Joshua

≈ 1360 BC Othniel

≈ 1300 BC Ehud

≈ 1270 BC Shamgar

≈ 1250 BC Deborah & Barak

≈ 1200 BC Gideon

≈ 1170 BC Abimelech (King)

≈ 1150 BC Tola then Jair

≈ 1130 BC Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, then Abdon

≈ 1060 BC Samson

United Monarchy
PROPHETS


≈ 1012 BC Gad
≈ 1000 BC Nathan



≈   946 BC Ahijah
HIGH PRIESTS
≈ 1040 BC Ahitub
≈ 1020 BC Ahiah
≈ 1012 BC Ahimelech
≈ 1000 BC Abiathar
≈   990 BC Zadok
≈   980 BC Ahimaaz
≈   967 BC Azariah I

KINGS OF ISRAEL

≈ 1040 BC Saul

≈ 1020 BC Ishbosheth

≈ 1010 BC David

≈   970 BC Solomon

Divided Monarchy

PROPHETS

≈ 930 BC Iddo

≈ 925 BC Jehu

≈ 910 BC Azariah

≈ 875 BC Hanani

≈ 863 BC Elijah

≈ 858 BC Elisha

≈ 855 BC Micaiah

≈ 850 BC Eliezer

≈ 835 BC Joel

≈ 790 BC Jonah

≈ 783 BC Zechariah

≈ 766 BC Amos

≈ 753 BC Hosea

≈ 750 BC Isaiah

≈ 735 BC Micah

HIGH PRIESTS

 900 BC Johanah

≈ 870 BC Amariah I

≈ 842 BC Jehoiada

≈ 780 BC Azariah II

≈ 732 BC Uriah

≈ 730 BC Azariah III

KINGS OF JUDAH

 931 BC Rehoboam

≈ 914 BC Abijah

≈ 912 BC Asa

≈ 871 BC Jehoshaphat

≈ 849 BC Jehoram

≈ 842 BC Ahaziah

≈ 841 BC Athaliah (Queen)

≈ 835 BC Joash

≈ 796 BC Amaziah

≈ 776 BC Uzziah

≈ 750 BC Jotham

≈ 732 BC Ahaz

 729 BC Hezekiah

KINGS OF ISRAEL

 931 BC Jeroboam I

≈ 910 BC Nadab

≈ 909 BC Baasha

≈ 886 BC Elah

≈ 885 BC Zimri, Tibni, then Omri

≈ 874 BC Ahab

≈ 852 BC Ahaziah

≈ 851 BC Jehoram

 

≈ 841 BC Jehu

≈ 814 BC Jehoahaz

≈ 806 BC Jehoash

≈ 790 BC Jeroboam II

≈ 750 BC Zechariah

≈ 749 BC Shallum then Manehem

≈ 738 BC Pekahiah

≈ 737 BC Pekah

≈ 732 BC Hoshea

Scattering

PROPHETS

≈ 650 BC Ether 

≈ 627 BC Jeremiah 

≈ 623 BC Huldah 

≈ 613 BC Nahum 

≈ 611 BC Habakkuk 

≈ 606 BC Lehi 

≈ 605 BC Uriah 

≈ 605 BC Daniel 

≈ 600 BC Nephi

≈ 593 BC Ezekiel 

≈ 584 BC Obadiah 

≈ 570 BC Jacob

≈ 520 BC Haggai & Zechariah

≈ 458 BC Ezra

≈ 450 BC Enos 

≈ 430 BC Malachi 

HIGH PRIESTS

≈ 700 BC Zadok II 

≈ 670 BC Shallum 

≈ 641 BC Hilkiah 

≈ 620 BC Azariah IV 

≈ 600 BC Seraiah 

≈ 587 BC Jehozadak 

≈ 515 BC Joshua 

≈ 490 BC Joiakim 

≈ 470 BC Eliashib 

≈ 458 BC Ezra

≈ 433 BC Joiada 

≈ 410 BC Johanan 

≈ 371 BC Jaddua

KINGS & RULERS OF JUDAH/JUDEA

≈ 687 BC Manasseh

≈ 643 BC Amon

≈ 640 BC Josiah

≈ 609 BC Jehoahaz then Jehoiakim 

≈ 598 BC Jehoiachin 

≈ 597 BC Zedekiah 

≈ 550 BC Zerubbabel (Governor) 

≈ 480 BC Nehemiah (Governor)

Intertestamental/Americas

PROPHETS

 

 

 

 

≈ 150 BC Abinadi

≈ 148 BC Alma the Elder

≈ 130 BC Benjamin

≈ 124 BC Mosiah
≈   90 BC Alma the Younger

≈   70 BC Helaman 

HIGH PRIESTS

≈ 320 BC Onias I

≈ 280 BC Simon I

≈ 260 BC Eleazar

≈ 245 BC Manasseh

≈ 240 BC Onias II

≈ 218 BC Simon II

≈ 185 BC Onias III

≈ 175 BC Jason

≈ 172 BC Menelaus

≈ 165 BC Judas Maccabeus

≈ 153 BC Jonathan Apphus

≈ 142 BC Simon Thassi

≈ 134 BC John Hyrcanus I

≈ 104 BC Aristobulus I

≈ 103 BC Alexander Jannaeus

≈   76 BC John Hyrcanus II

≈   66 BC Aristobulus II

≈   63 BC John Hyrcanus II 

≈   40 BC Antigonus

≈   37 BC Aristobulus III then Ananelus 

≈   30 BC Joshua

≈   23 BC Simon

RULERS OF JUDEA

≈ 170 BC Mattithias Maccabeus | Leader of Maccabees

≈ 165 BC Judas Maccabeus | Leader of Maccabees

≈ 153 BC Jonathan Apphus | Prince of Judea

≈ 142 BC Simon Thassi | Prince of Judea

≈ 134 BC John Hyrcanus I | Prince of Judea

≈ 104 BC Aristobulus I | King of Judea

≈ 103 BC Alexander Jannaeus | King of Judea

≈   76 BC Salome Alexandra | Queen of Judea

≈   67 BC John Hyrcanus II | King of Judea

≈   66 BC Aristobulus II | King of Judea

≈   40 BC Antigonus II Mattathias | King of Judea

≈   37 BC Herod the Great | Roman Client King of Judea

Life of Christ & Apostolic

PROPHETS & APOSTLES

≈   6 BC Samuel the Lamanite

≈   5 BC Jesus Christ | Messiah

≈   5 BC Anna

≈ 29 AD John the Baptist

≈ 30 AD Peter

≈ 30 AD John the Beloved

≈ 34 AD Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

≈ 320 AD Mormon

≈ 400 AD Moroni

HIGH PRIESTS

≈   6 BC Zacharias (Priest)

≈   5 BC Matthias

≈   5 BC Jesus Christ | Great High Priest

≈   4 BC Joazar 

 

 

≈   6 AD Annas

≈ 15 AD Ishmael

≈ 16 AD Eleazar

≈ 17 AD Simon

≈ 18 AD Caiaphas

≈ 36 AD Jonathan

≈ 37 AD Theophilus

≈ 41 AD Simon Cantatheras

≈ 43 AD Matthias

≈ 44 AD Josephus

≈ 46 AD Ananias

≈ 58 AD Jonathan then Ishmael 

≈ 62 AD Joseph Cabi 

≈ 63 AD Ananus & Jesus

≈ 64 AD Joshua

≈ 65 AD Mattathias

≈ 67 AD Phannias

RULERS OF JUDEA

 

≈   5 BC Jesus Christ | King of Kings

≈   4 BC Herod Archelaus | Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, & Idumea

≈   4 BC Herod Antipas | Tetrarch of Galilee & Perea

≈   4 BC Philip | Tetratch of Iturea & Trachonitis

≈   4 BC Salome I | Ruler of Iamnia, Azotus, & Phasaelis

≈   6 AD Coponius | Roman Prefect

≈   9 AD Marcus Ambivulus | Roman Prefect

≈ 12 AD Annius Rufus | Roman Prefect

≈ 15 AD Valerius Gratus | Roman Prefect

 

≈ 26 AD Pontius Pilate | Roman Prefect

≈ 36 AD Marcellus then Marullus | Roman Prefects

≈ 41 AD Herod Agrippa I | King of Judea

 

≈ 44 AD Cuspius Fadus | Roman Procurator

≈ 46 AD Tiberius Julius Alexander | Roman Procurator

≈ 48 AD Ventidius Cumanus | Roman Procurator

≈ 52 AD Marcus Antonius Felix | Roman Procurator

≈ 53 AD Herod Agrippa II | King Over Parts of Judea

≈ 60 AD Porcius Festus | Roman Procurator

≈ 62 AD Lucceius Albinus | Roman Procurator

≈ 64 AD Gessius Florus | Roman Procurator

≈ 66 AD Marcus Antionus Julianus | Roman Procurator




List of People in the Scriptures

 

AA-AC
AM-AN
AP-AZ
AD-Al

Aaron I | Son of Amram | High Priest ≈ 1500 BC

 

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

Abed-nego/Azariah | Friend of Daniel | Prince of Judah ≈ 605 BC

        

Abiathar | Son of Ahijah or Ahimelech | High Priest ≈ 1012 BC

        

Abigail | Wife of Nabal | Wife of David | Queen of Israel ≈ 1011 BC

          

Abijah | Son of Rehoboam & Maachah | King of Judah ≈ 913 BC

         

Abimelech I | King of Gerar ≈ 1920 BC

Abimelech II | Son of Gideon | King of Israel/Shechem ≈ 1169 BC

         

Abinadi | Prophet ≈ 150 BC

 

Abishua | Son of Phinehas I | High Priest ≈ 1370 BC

         

Abraham/Abram | Son of Terah | Prophet ≈ 1992 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 | Prophet ≈ 4000 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)

Ahab | Son of Omri | King of Israel ≈ 874 BC

         

Ahaz | Son of Jotham | King of Judah ≈ 732 BC

          

Ahasuerus (see Artaxerxes II or Xerses I)

Ahaziah I | Son of Ahab | King of Israel ≈ 852 BC

          

Ahaziah/Jehoahaz II | Son of Jehoram & Athaliah | King of Judah ≈ 842 BC

         

Ahiah/Ahijah | Son of Ahitub | High Priest ≈ 1043 BC

         

Ahijah | the Shilonite | Prophet ≈ 946 BC

         

Ahimaaz | Son of Zadok | High Priest ≈ 990 BC

        

Ahimelech | Son of Ahitub | High Priest ≈ 1012 BC

        

Ahitub | Son of Phinehas | High Priest ≈ 1070 BC

Alma I | the Elder | Priest of Noah | Prophet ≈ 170 BC

Alma II | son of Alma | Chief Judge | Prophet ≈ 100 BC

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

 

Amaleki | Son of Abinadom & Descendant of Nephi I | Record Keeper ≈ 270 BC

 

Amaziah | Son of Joash & Jehoaddan | King of Judah ≈ 796 BC

         

Amel-marduk/Evil-Merodach | King of Neo-Babylonian Empire ≈ 562 BC

         

Ammon | Son of Mosiah | Prince of Nephites | Missionary ≈ 100 BC

 

Ammonites | Tribe/group descended from Ben-Ammi & Lot ≈ 1800 BC

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

         

Amon | Son of Manasseh | King of Judah ≈ 643 BC

         

Amos | Prophet ≈ 766 BC

         

Amram | Son of Kohath | Grandson of Levi | Priest ≈ 1550 BC

Amulek | Missionary ≈ 80 BC

Ananias I | of Damascus | Baptizer of Paul ≈ 35 AD

         

Ananias II | Son of Nedebeus | High Priest ≈ 47 AD

           

Andrew | Son of Jona | Apostle ≈ 30 AD

         

Anna | Daughter of Phanuel | Prophetess ≈ 1 BC

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

         

Antipas (see Herod Antipas)

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

        

Archelaus (see Herod Archelaus)

Artaxerxes I | Son of Xerxes I | King of Persia ≈ 465 BC

         

Artaxerxes II/Ahasuerus? | Son of Darius II | King of Persia ≈ 404 BC

Asa | Son of Abijah | King of Judah ≈ 911 BC

         

Asaph | Son of Berachiah | Levite Musician ≈ 1000 BC

Asenath | Daughter of Poti-pherah | Wife of Joseph | Matriarch ≈ 1740 BC

 

Asher | Son of Jacob & Zilpah | Patriarch ≈ 1743 BC

         

Athaliah | Daughter of Omri | Queen of Judah ≈ 841 BC

         

Augustus | Son of Gaius OctaviusEmperor of Rome ≈ 27 BC

         

Azariah I | Son of Ahimaaz | High Priest ≈ 960 BC

 

Azariah | Son of Oded | Prophet ≈ 910 BC

 

Azariah II | Descendant of Johanan | High Priest ≈ 750 BC

Azariah IV | Son of Hilkiah | High Priest ≈ 620 BC

BA-BD
BE-BZ


B
 

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

Baasha | Son of Ahijah | King of Israel ≈ 909 BC

         

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

         

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

 

Barak | Son of Abinoam | Judge ≈ 1180 BC

         

Barnabas | Companion of Paul ≈ 33 AD

         

Bartholomew/Nathanael | Apostle ≈ 31 AD

         

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

Bathsheba | Wife of David | Queen of Israel ≈ 993 BC

Belshazzar | Son of Nabonidus | Prince of Babylon ≈ 539 BC

         

Ben-Ammi/Ammon | Son of Lot | Father of Ammonites ≈ 865 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 ≈ 1733 BC

        

Benjamin II | Son of Mosiah I | King of Nephites ≈ 154 BC

 

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

Bilhah | Wife of Jacob | Matriarch ≈ 1773 BC

         

Boaz | Son of Salmon & Rachab | Husband of Ruth ≈ 1200 BC

         

Brother of Jared/Mahonri Moriancumer | Leader of Jaredites ≈ 2100 BC

       

Bukki | Son of Abishua | High Priest ≈ 1340 BC

CA-CZ


C
 

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

Caiaphas/Joseph | Son-in-law of Annas | High Priest ≈ 18 AD

      

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

         

Cyrenius (see Quirinius)

Cyrus the Great | Son of CambysesKing of Persia/Achaemenid Empire ≈ 550 BC

DA-DZ


D
 

Dan | Son of Jacob & Bilhah | Patriarch ≈ 1745 BC

        

Daniel/Belteshazzar | Prince of Judah | Prophet ≈ 605 BC

        

Darius the Mede | King of Babylon ≈ 539 BC

Darius I the Great | King of Persia/Achaemenid Empire ≈ 522 BC

Darius IIIKing of Persia/Achaemenid Empire ≈ 336 BC

David | Son of Jesse | King of Israel ≈ 1040 BC

Deborah | Wife of Lapidoth | Judge | Prophetess ≈ 1200 BC

        

Dinah | Daughter of Jacob & Leah ≈ 1740 BC

EA-EM


E
 

EN-EZ

Edomites | Tribe/group descended from Esau ≈ 1800 BC

Ehud | Son of Gera | Judge ≈ 1200 BC

         

Elah | Son of Baasha | King of Israel ≈ 886 BC

         

Eleazar | Son of Aaron | High Priest ≈ 1400 BC

          

Eli | Father of Hophni & Phinehas | High Priest ≈ 970 BC

          

Eliakim (see Jehoiakim)

Eliashib | Son of Joiakim | High Priest ≈ 453 BC

         

Eliezer | Son of Dodavah | Prophet ≈ 850 BC

         

Elijah | the Tishbite | Prophet ≈ 863 BC

          

Elisabeth | wife of Zacharias | Mother of John the Baptist ≈ 2 BC

          

Elisha | Son of Shaphat | Prophet ≈ 858 BC

Enoch | Son of Jared | Patriarch | Prophet ≈ 3378 BC

          

Enos | Son of Jacob | Prophet ≈ 420 BC

Ephraim | Son of Joseph & Asenath | Patriarch ≈ 1707 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 or Artaxerxes II | Queen of Persia ≈ 479 BC

         

Ethbaal (see Ithobaal I)

Ether | Son of Coriantor | Prophet ≈ 650 BC

        

Eve | Wife of Adam | Matriarch ≈ 4000 BC

 

Ezekiel | Son of Buzi | Prophet ≈ 593 BC

Ezra | Descendant of Seraiah | High Priest | Prophet ≈ 458 BC


F
 

F

Felix Antonius | Procurator of Judea ≈ 52 AD

Festus Porcius | Procurator of Judea ≈ 59 AD


G
 

GA-GZ

Gad I | Son of Jacob & Zilpah | Patriarch ≈ 1744 BC

     

Gad II | Friend of DavidProphet ≈ 1005 BC

 

Gamaliel | the Pharisee | Teacher of Paul ≈ 33 AD

Gedaliah | Son of Ahikam | Governor of Judea/Yehud Province ≈ 585 BC

Gershon | Son of Levi | Father of Gershonites ≈ 1700 BC

 

Gideon I | Son of Joash | Judge ≈ 1169 BC

         

Gideon II | Nephite Leader ≈ 145 BC

God the Father | Heavenly Father  

 

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

HA-HD


H
 

HE-HH

Habakkuk | Prophet ≈ 611 BC

          

Hadad (see Baal)

Hadadezer (see Benhadad II)

Hagar | Wife of Abraham | Matriarch ≈ 1907 BC

         

Haggai | Prophet ≈ 520 BC

         

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

         

Hanani | Father of JehuProphet ≈ 875 BC

          

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

         

Hasmonean (see Maccabees)

Hazael | King of Syria/Aram Damascus ≈ 842 BC

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

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

Herod Agrippa I | Son of Aristobulus IV | King of Judea ≈ 41 AD

Herod Agrippa II | Son of Herod Agrippa I | King of Judea ≈ 53 AD

Herod Antipas | Son of Herod the GreatTetrarch ≈ 4 AD

 

Herod Archelaus | Son of Herod the Great | Ethnarch of Judea ≈ 4 BC

Herod II/Herod Philip | Son of Herod the Great | Prince of Judea ≈ 4 BC

Herod the Great | Son of Antipater | King of Judea ≈ 37 BC

         

Herodias | Wife of Herod II & Herod AntipasPrincess of Judea ≈ 32 AD

          

Hezekiah | Son of Ahaz | King of Judah ≈ 728 BC

         

Hilkiah | Son of Shallum | High Priest ≈ 641 BC

         

Hiram I | Son of AbibaalKing of Tyre ≈ 980 BC

         

Hophra (see Apries)

Hosea | Son of Beeri | Prophet ≈ 750 BC

         

Hoshea | Son of Elah | King of Israel ≈ 732 BC

         

Huldah | Wife of Shallum | Prophetess ≈ 623 BC

HI-HZ
I


I
 

Iddo | Prophet ≈ 970 BC

Isaac | Son of Abraham & Sarah | Prophet ≈ 1892 BC

          

Isaiah | Son of Amoz | Prophet ≈ 739 BC

        

Ish-bosheth | Son of Saul | King of Israel ≈ 1040 BC

Ishmael | Son of Abraham & Hagar | Patriarch ≈ 1906 BC

     

Ishmael | Father-in-Law of Nephi ≈ 650 BC

Israel (see Jacob)

Issachar | Son of Jacob & Leah | Patriarch ≈ 1743 BC

         

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


J
 

JA-JD
JO-JT

Jacob/Israel I | Son of Isaac & Rebekah | Patriarch ≈ 1831 BC

         

Jacob II | Son of Lehi & Sariah | Prophet ≈ 603 BC

 

Jaddua | Son of Johanan | High Priest ≈ 400 BC

                

James I | Son of Zebedee | Apostle ≈ 30 AD

      

James II | Son of Alphaeus | Apostle ≈ 31 AD

James III | Brother of Jesus | Bishop of Jerusalem ≈ 32 AD

Japheth | Son of Noah | Patriarch ≈ 2494 BC

          

Jarom | Son of Enos | Prophet ≈ 400 BC

Jeconiah (see Jehoiachin)

      

Jehoahaz I (see Ahaziah)

Jehoahaz II | Son of Jehu | King of Israel ≈ 814 BC

      

Jehoahaz III/Shallum | Son of Josiah | King of Judah ≈ 609 BC

 

Jehoash/Joash I | Son of Ahaziah & Zibiah | King of Judah ≈ 836 BC

 

Jehoash II | Son of Jehoahaz | King of Israel ≈ 801 BC

              

Jehoiada | Brother-in-law of Ahaziah | High Priest ≈ 842 BC

       

Jehoiachin/Jeconiah | Son of Jehoiakim | King of Judah ≈ 598 BC

Jehoiakim/Eliakim | Son of Josiah | King of Judah ≈ 609 BC

       

Jehoram/Joram I | Son of Ahab | King of Israel ≈ 852 BC

       

Jehoram/Joram II | Son of Jehoshaphat | King of Judah ≈ 849 BC

       

Jehoshaphat | Son of Asa & Azubah | King of Judah ≈ 870 BC

       

Jehozadak | Son of Seraiah | High Priest ≈ 587 BC

Jehu I | Son of Hanani | Prophet ≈ 925 BC

        

Jehu II | Son of Jehoshaphat | King of Israel ≈ 841 BC

       

Jephthah | Son of Gilead | Judge ≈ -1129 BC

Jeremiah | Son of Hilkiah | Prophet ≈ 627 BC

       

Jeroboam I | Son of Nebat & Zeruah | King of Israel ≈ 931 BC

       

Jeroboam II | Son of Jehoash | King of Israel ≈ 793 BC

 

Jeshua (see Joshua)

Jesus Christ | Son of God | Messiah ≈ 1 BC

 

Jethro/Reuel | Father of Zipporah | High Priest of Midian ≈ 1400 BC

 

Jezebel | Daughter of Ithobaal | Queen of Israel ≈ 909 BC

JU-JZ
JE-JN

Joash (see Jehoash)

Job | of Uz | Prophet ≈ 1760 BC

Jochebed | Daughter of Levi | Mother of AaronMoses ≈ 1550 BC

Joel | Son of Pethuel | Prophet ≈ 835 BC

 

Johanan | Son of Joiada | High Priest ≈ 410 BC

 

John I | the Baptist | Son of Zacharias & Elizabeth | Prophet ≈ 2 BC

 

John II | Son of Zebedee | Apostle ≈ 31 AD

 

Joiada | Son of Eliashib | High Priest ≈ 433 BC

 

Joiakim | Son of Joshua/Jeshua | High Priest ≈ 490 BC

 

Jonah | Son of Amittai | Prophet ≈ 790 BC

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

Jonathan/John II | Son of Annas/Ananus | High Priest ≈ 36 AD

Joram (see Jehoram)

Joseph I | Son of Jacob & Rachel | Patriarch | Prophet ≈ 1741 BC

 

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

Joseph III | of Arimathea | Pharisee of Sanhedrin ≈ 33 AD

Josephus | Roman-Jewish Historian ≈ 37 AD

Joshua I | Son of Nun | Prophet ≈ 1400 BC

Joshua/Jeshua II | Son of Jehozadak | High Priest ≈ 536 BC

 

Josiah | Son of Amon | King of Judah ≈ 640 BC

 

Jotham | Son of Uzziah & Jerushah | King of Judah ≈ 750 BC

 

Judah | Son of Jacob & Leah | Patriarch ≈1745 BC

 

Judas Iscariot | Son of Simon | Apostle ≈ 30 AD

 

Judas Maccabaeus | Priest | Leader of Maccabees ≈ 167 BC

 

Jude/Judas | Brother of Jesus ≈ 6 AD

Jupiter (see Baal)


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K

Keturah | Wife of Abraham | Mother of Midian ≈ 1900 BC

Kohath | Son of Levi | Grandfather of Aaron & Moses ≈ 1700 BC

LA-LZ


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Laban I | Son of Bethuel | Brother of Rebekah | Patriarch ≈ 1930 BC

Laban II | Keeper of Brass Plates ≈ 605 BC

Laman | Son of Lehi | Father of Lamanites ≈ 610 BC

 

Lamoni | King of Lamanites ≈ 626 BC

Lazarus | brother of Martha & Mary | Disciple ≈ 33 AD

Leah | daughter of Laban | Mother of Levi & JudahMatriarch ≈ 1775 BC

Lehi | Husband of Sariah | Father of Nephi | Prophet ≈ 630 BC

Lemuel | Son of Lehi ≈ 608 BC

 

Levi | Son of Jacob & Leah | Patriarch ≈ 1746 BC

 

Limhi | Son of Noah | King of Nephites ≈ 130 BC

Lot | Son of Haran | Nephew of Abraham | Patriarch ≈ 1956 BC

 

Luke | the Physician | Companion of Paul | Writer of Gospel 40 AD

 

Lysanias | Son of Ptolemy | Tetrarch of Abilene ≈ 40 BC

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MI-MZ

Maccabees | Founders of Hasmonean Dynasty ≈ 167 BC

Mahonri Moriancumer (see Brother of Jared)

Malachi | Prophet ≈ 430 BC

 

Manasseh I | Son of Joseph & Asenath | Patriarch ≈ 1709 BC

Manasseh II | Son of Hezekiah | King of Judah ≈ 687 BC

Marduk-apla-iddina II/Berodach-Baladan | King of Babylon ≈ 722 BC

 

Mark | Son of Mary | Companion of Paul | Writer of Gospel ≈ 43 AD

 

Martha | Sister of Mary & Lazarus | Disciple ≈ 32 AD

 

Mary I | Wife of Joseph | Mother of Jesus ≈ 20 BC

Mary II | Sister of Martha & Lazarus | Disciple ≈ 32 AD

 

Mary Magdalene | Disciple ≈ 31 AD

 

Matthew | Tax Collector | Son of Alphaeus | Apostle ≈ 31 AD

 

Matthias | Apostle ≈ 33 AD

Melchizedek/Shem? | King of Salem | Prophet ≈ 1908 BC

 

Menahem | Son of Gadi | King of Israel ≈ 751 BC

 

Mephibosheth | Son of Jonathan | Prince of Israel ≈ 1010 BC

Merari | Son of Levi | Father of Merarites ≈ 1700 BC

Mesha | Son of Chemosh-yat | King of Moab ≈ 870 BC

 

Meshach/Mishael | Friend of Daniel</