The Office of Prophet in the Old Testament
The following list of prophets is based on the Talmud
and
Rashi[1]. |
Abraham |
Genesis 11:26 - 25:10 |
Isaac |
Genesis 21:1 - 35:29 |
Jacob |
Genesis 25:21 - 49:33 |
Moses |
Exodus 2:1 – Deuteronomy 34:5 |
Aaron |
Exodus 4:14 - Numbers 33:39 |
Joshua |
Exodus 17:9 - 14, 24:13, 32:17 - 18,
33:11; Numbers 11:28 - 29, 13:4 - 14:38; 27:18 - 27:23,
Deuteronomy 1:38, 3:28, 31:3, 31:7 - Joshua 24:29 |
Pinchas |
Exodus 6:25; Numbers 25:7-25:11;
Numbers 31:6; Joshua 22:13 - Joshua 24:33; Judges 20:28 |
Elkanah |
I Samuel 1:1 - 2:20 |
Eli |
I Samuel 1:9 - 4:18 |
Samuel |
I Samuel 1:1 - I Samuel 25:1 |
Gad |
I Samuel 22:5; II Samuel 24:11-19; I
Chronicles 21:9-21:19, 29:29 |
Nathan |
II Samuel 7:2 - 17; 12:1 - 25. |
David |
I Samuel 16:1 - I Kings 2:11 |
Solomon |
II Samuel 12:24; 1 Kings 1:10 - 11:43 |
Iddo |
II Chronicles 9:29, 12:15, 13:22 |
Michaiah son of Imlah |
I Kings 22:8-28; II Chronicles 18:7-27 |
Obadiah |
I Kings 18; Obadiah |
Ahiyah the Shilonite |
I Kings 11:29-30; 12:15; 14:2-18; 15:29 |
Jehu son of Hanani |
I Kings 16:1 - 7; II Chronicles 19:2;
20:34 |
Azariah son of Oded |
II Chronicles 15 |
Jahaziel the Levite |
II Chronicles 20:14 |
Eliezer son of Dodavahu |
II Chronicles 20:37 |
Hosea |
Hosea |
Amos |
Amos |
Micah the Morashtite |
Micah |
Amoz |
(the father of Isaiah) |
Elijah |
I Kings 17:1 - 21:29; II Kings
1:10-2:15, 9:36-37, 10:10, 10:17 |
Elisha |
I Kings 19:16-19; II Kings 2:1-13:21 |
Jonah ben Amittai |
Jonah |
Isaiah |
Isaiah |
Joel |
Joel |
Nahum |
Nahum |
Habakkuk |
Habakkuk |
Zephaniah |
Zephaniah |
Uriah |
Jeremiah 26:20-23 |
Jeremiah |
Jeremiah |
Ezekiel |
Ezekiel |
Shemaiah |
I Kings 12:22-24; II Chronicles 11:2-4,
12:5-15 |
Barukh |
Jeremiah 32, 36, 43, 45 |
Neriah |
(father of Barukh) |
Seraiah |
Jeremiah 51:61-64 |
Mehseiah |
(father of Neriah) |
Haggai |
Haggai |
Zechariah |
Zechariah |
Malachi |
Malachi |
Mordecai Bilshan |
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Oded |
(father of Azariah) |
Hanani |
(father of Jehu) |
Sarah |
Genesis 11:29 - 23:20 |
Miriam |
Exodus 15:20-21; Numbers 12:1-12:15,
20:1 |
Deborah |
Judges 4:1 - 5:31 |
Hannah |
I Samuel 1:1 - 2:21 |
Abigail |
I Samuel 25:1 - 25:42 |
Huldah |
II Kings 22:14-20 |
Esther |
Esther |
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[1] Rashi (RAH-shee)
- Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, one of the
greatest medieval Jewish scholars.