The Prophets of Yahweh and their Missions from 931/930-517/516 BC
Prophets | Prophetic Mission |
Shemaiah | Mission to Rehoboam of Judah |
Ahijah | From Judah but mission to Jeroboam of Israel |
Iddo | Recorded his visions concerning Rehoboam and Abijah of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel |
Azariah | Mission to King Asa of Judah |
Micaiah | Mission to Ahab of Israel |
Elijah | Mission to Israel |
Elisha | Mission to Israel |
Jonah | From the Galilee in Israel but mission to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh |
Isaiah* | From Judah but mission to Israel and Judah |
Jeremiah* | Mission to Judah |
Ezekiel* | To Judean exiles |
Daniel* | From Judah but mission to Babylon |
Hosea | To Israel |
Joel | To Judah |
Amos | To Israel |
Obadiah | From Judah but mission was about the fate of Edom |
Micah | To Judah |
Nahum | From Judah but mission concerning Nineveh |
Habakkuk | To Judah |
Zephaniah | To Judah |
Haggai | To Judah |
Zechariah | To Judah |
Malachi | To Judah; last authentic prophet after the return from exile |
The prophets in bold are the "literary prophets", meaning those prophets who wrote inspired Bible books. * = the four "major prophets"; the others in bold are the 12 "minor prophets." They are "minor" because their books are shorter, not less important. There were also 2 women prophets in Judah during this period: Huldah, the wife of the keeper of the royal wardrobe during the reign of King Josiah (2 Kng 22:14), and Isaiah's wife, during the reigns of kings Ahaz and Hezekiah, is called a prophetess (Is 8:3).
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