MAJOR OLD COVENANT PROPHETS
9th CENTURY BC – 1st CENTURY AD
(all dates
approximate)
|
PROPHET OF YAHWEH |
DATE OF MINISTRY (approximate) |
PRE/POST BABYLONIAN EXILE |
MINISTRY TO | WORLD POWER | SCRIPTURAL TEXT |
| ELIJAH | 873-853BC | Pre-Exile | Israel | Assyria | 1 Kings 17-2 Kings 2:15 |
| ELISHA | 853-793BC | Pre-Exile | Israel | Assyria | 1 Kings 19:1–2 Kings 13:21 |
| OBADIAH | ?848-841BC | Pre-Exile | Edom | Assyria |
2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-20; Book of Obadiah |
| JONAH | 782-753BC | Pre-Exile | Assyria | Assyria |
2 Kings 13:10-25; 14:23-29; Book of Jonah |
| AMOS | 783-743BC | Pre-Exile | Israel | Assyria |
2 Kings 14:23-15:7; Book of Amos |
| HOSEA | 783-732BC | Pre-Exile | Israel | Assyria |
2 Kings 14:23-18:12; Book of Hosea |
| ISAIAH | 740-680BC | Pre-Exile | Judah | Assyria |
2 Kings 15:1-20:21; 2 Chronicles 26:16-32:22; Book of Isaiah |
| MICAH | 735-700BC | Pre-Exile | Judah | Assyria |
2 Kings 15:32-19:37; 2 Chronicles 27:1-32:23; Book of Micah |
| ZEPHANIAH | 640-609BC | Pre-Exile | Judah | Assyria |
2 Kings 22:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:1-7; Book of Zephaniah |
| NAHUM | 614BC | Pre-Exile | Assyria | Assyria |
2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33:1-20; Book of Nahum |
| JEREMIAH | 626-605BC | Pre-Post Exile | Judah | Assyria/Babylon |
2 Kings 22:3-25:30; 2 Chronicles 34:1-36:21; Book of Jeremiah |
| HABAKKUK | 605-597BC | Pre-Exile | Judah | Babylon |
2 Kings 23:31-24:7; 2 Chronicles 36:1-8; Book of Habakkuk |
| BARUCH | 582BC | Exile | Judah | Babylon |
2 Kings 24:8-25:30; 2 Chronicles 36:9-21; Book of Baruch |
| DANIEL | 605-535BC | Exile | Exiles in Babylon & Persia | Babylon |
2 Kings 23:34-25:30; 2 Chronicles 36:4-23; Book of Daniel |
| EZEKIEL | 593-571BC | Exile | Exiles in Babylon | Babylon |
2 Kings 24:8-25:30; 2 Chronicles 36:9-21; Book of Ezekiel |
| HAGGAI | 520BC | Post-Exile | Judah | Persia |
Ezra 5:1-6:16; Book of Haggai |
| ZECHARIAH | 519-480BC | Post-Exile | Judah | Persia |
Ezra 5:1-6:15; Book of Zechariah |
| MALACHI | 450BC | Post-Exile | Judah | Persia |
Nehemiah 13:1-31; Book of Malachi |
| JOEL | ?400 | Post-Exile | Judah | Persia |
Book of Joel; Acts 2:16-21 |
|
YEHOHANAN ben Zechariahs (the Baptist) |
28AD -29AD | Post-Exile | Judah | Rome |
Matthew 3:1-14:12; Mark 1:4-6:28 Luke 1:5-9:9 |
Scripture mentions 11 Prophetesses of the Old and New Testaments: 10 true and 1 false
| Prophetess | Scripture Reference |
| Old Testament Prophetesses | |
| Miriam, sister of Moses | Exodus 15:20 |
| Deborah Judge and Prophetess | Judges 4:4 |
| Hulda | 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22 |
| Isaiah's wife | Isaiah 8:3 |
| Noadiah | Nehemiah 6:14 |
| New Testament Prophetesses | |
| Anna | Luke 2:36 |
| Philip's four daughters | Acts 21:9 |
| "Jezebel" the False Prophetess | Revelation 2:20 |
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