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Meet the Prophets of Judah

Detail from 'The Prophet Jeremiah Mourning over the Destruction of Jerusalem,' Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn, c. 1630The Southern Kingdom of Judah had the longest list of prophets -- twenty-one in all. Working with good kings and bad, these prophets fought to save Judah from destruction.

In the end, though, the temple was destroyed, Jerusalem came under siege, and the Jews were carried away into captivity.

The Prophets of the Southern Kingdom are:
  • Oded the Exhorter (aka Obed, עֹדֵד)
  • Azariah ben Oded (aka Azaryah, Azaryohu, עֲזַרְיָה)
  • Hanani (aka Chanoni, Haroeh, חֲנָנִי)
  • Jehu ben Hanani (aka Yehu, Yeihu, יְהוּא)
  • Jahaziel ben Zechariah (aka Haziel, Yachziel, יַחֲזִיאֵל)
  • Eliezer ben Dodavah (aka Eliezar, Elozor, אֱלִיעֶזֶר)
  • Obadiah of Eliphaz (aka Abdy, Ovadiah, Ovadyah, עֹבַדְיָה)
  • Joel ben Pethuel (aka Ioel, Yo'el, יוֹאֵל)
  • Zechariah ben Jehoiada (aka Zekaryah, זְכַרְיָה)
  • Amoz ben Josiah I (aka Amotz, Omotz, אָמֹוץ)
  • Isaiah ben Amoz (aka Esaias, Esaye, Yeshayah, Yeshayahu, יְשַׁעְיָהוּ)
  • Zechariah ben Jeberechiah (aka Zekaryah, זְכַרְיָה)
  • Micah of Moresheth (aka Michah, Micheas, Mikha, Miykah מִיכָה)
  • Nahum (aka Naoum, Nachum, נַחוּם)
  • Maaseiah ben Zedekiah (aka Maaseas, Machseyosh, Mehseiah, Mechaseyah, מַחְסֵיָה)
  • Neriah ben Maaseiah (aka Neriyah, Neryah, נֵרִיָה)
  • Jeremiah ben Hilkiah (aka Yirmeyahu, Yirmiyah, Ieremye, יִרְמְיָהוּ)
  • Baruch ben Neriah (aka Barukh, בָרוּך)
  • Zephaniah ben Cushi (aka Tzefanyah, Sophonye, Sophoniah, צְפַנְיָה)
  • Habakkuk ben Bethtsohar (aka Abacuc, Chavakuk, Habbacuc, Havakuk, חֲבַקּוּק)
  • Urijah ben Shemaiah (aka Uriah, Ury'ah, 'Uriyah, אוּרִיָה)

Image: Detail from 'The Prophet Jeremiah Mourning over the Destruction of Jerusalem,' Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn, c. 1630

Comments

Anonymous said…
I wished togive comment that your list of 22 prophets of Judah fell short of 1. I have gone through the list and it has only 21 on your website.
LauraMaery said…

Forehead slap. You're right. Twenty-one is the correct number.