Prophets Of The Bible Study Tool
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Prophets Of The Bible (Old Testament) :
- 1. Jonah, during the reign of Jeroboam III, king of Israel, which commenced 825 B.C.; or perhaps as early as Joash, the predecessor of Jeroboam.
- 2. Joel, under Uzziah king of Judah, nearly 800 B.C., before Amos and Hosea came upon the stage.
- 3. Amos, under Uzziah king of Judah, and during the latter years of Jeroboam II, king of Israel. About 787 B.C.
- 4. Hosea, under Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and under Jeroboam II And his successors, kings of Israel. From about 785 to 725 B.C.
- 5. Isaiah, near the death of Uzziah king of Judah, and the beginning of the reign of Jotham, B.C. 758, to the reign of Manasseh, B.C. 697.
- 6. Micah, under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Jotham began to reign B.C. 758, and Hezekiah died B.C. 697. Thus Micah was contemporary with Isaiah.
- 7. Nahum, in the latter part of the reign of Hezekiah, and after the expedition of Sennacherib. Between 710 and 700 B.C.
- 8. Zephaniah, soon after the beginning of the reign of Josiah, and before the destruction of Nineveh. About B.C. 630.
- 9. Jeremiah, in the thirteenth year of Josiah king of Judah, B.C. 628. Jeremiah continued to prophesy under Shallum, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, to the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, B.C. 588. It is supposed he died two years afterwards in Egypt.
- 10. Habakkuk, in Judah, near the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, about 610 B.C., and before the coming of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 11. Obadiah, near the fall and captivity of Jerusalem, B.C. 588, and before the desolation of Idumaea.
- 12. Ezekiel, carried captive to Babylon with Jeconiah king of Judah, 598 B.C. He began to prophesy about B.C. 590; and continued, under Nebuchadnezzar, till fourteen years, after the final capture of Jerusalem B.C. 588.
- 13. Daniel, taken into Chaldea while young, B.C. 606, the fourth year of Jehoiadim king of Judah. He prophesied in Babylon to the end of the captivity and probably finished about 534 B.C.
- 14. Haggai, returned from the captivity B.C. 536, and prophesied in the second year of Darius son of Hystaspes, B.C. 520.
- 15. Zechariah, prophesied in Judea at the same time as Haggai, B.C. 520, and seems to have continued after him.
- 16. Malachi, supposed to have prophesied about 416 B.C., in the latter part of the administration of Nehemiah at Jerusalem.
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