List of Jewish Biblical figures
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List of Jewish figures from the Hebrew Bible.
See also: List of Jews.
- Aaron, brother of Moses and the first High Priest
- Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David
- Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs"
- Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
- Avishai, one of King David's generals and relative
- Avner, cousin of King Saul and army commander
- Avshalom, rebelious son of King David
- Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon
- Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David
- Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, prophets and leaders of the Exile and Return to Zion
- Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel
- Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the prophet Samuel
- Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her uncle, saviors of the Jews on Purim
- Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated)
- Gershom and Eliezer, Moses' and Zipporah's sons
- Gideon, general during the time of the Judges
- Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Twelve Minor Prophets
- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Major Prophets
- Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel
- Jethro, Zipporah's father and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt. Sinai
- Jonah, prophet during Kingdom of Israel
- Jonathan, son of King Saul and slain with him in battle
- Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli, the Judges who ruled after Moses and before the kings
- King Saul, King David, and King Solomon the first three major Jewish kings who ruled over a united kingdom of the 12 Tribes
- Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron
- Moses leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah, Mosaic Law
- Nathan, prophet in time of King David
- Neriah a prophet, and his son Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah
- Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, the Twelve Tribes the Children of Israel, sons of Jacob called Israel
- Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's sons (also counted as part of the 12 tribes at times)
- Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, (Queen) Athaliah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, Zedekiah, the kings of the southern Kingdom of Judah
- Ruth, Moabite convert and ancestor of King David
- Samuel, last of the Judges and first of the Prophets
- Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, Judaism's Four Matriarchs
- Tamar, daughter-in-law, and then levirate wife, of Judah
- Yoav, relative of King David, military leader
- Zerubbabel, lived in time of Ezra and Babylonian exile
- Zilpah and Bilhah, additional wives of Jacob, mothers of 4 of the 12 Tribes
- Zipporah, Moses' wife