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