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Jashobeam
Jashobeam, also called Josheb-Basshebeth, is a warrior of King David's reign in the Bible, first of his mighty men and commander of the first army division of 24,000 men.
Jedidah
Jedidah (Hebrew Yedidah) was a 7th-century BC queen consort of Judah, wife of King Amon and mother of King Josiah, named in 2 Kings 22:1.
Jehoiada
Jehoiada (Hebrew: Yehoyada) was the chief priest of the Temple in Jerusalem who organized the coup that overthrew Queen Athaliah and enthroned the boy king Joash of Judah.
Jehozadak
Jehozadak, also spelled Jozadak, is a priest of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, son of Seraiah and father of the high priest Joshua, exiled to Babylon.
Jehucal son of Shelemiah
Jehucal, also called Jucal, son of Shelemiah was a court official of King Zedekiah of Judah, named twice in the Book of Jeremiah around 588 BC.
Jerahmeel (king's son)
Jerahmeel (Hebrew ירחמאל), styled "the king's son," was an official of King Jehoiakim of Judah sent to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch, as told in Jeremiah 36:26.
Joab
Joab, Hebrew יוֹאָב (Yoab), son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, was commander of King David's army around 1000 BC, capturing Jerusalem and later executed on Solomon's orders.
Joah (son of Asaph)
Joah, son of Asaph, was the royal recorder of Judah under King Hezekiah, named in 2 Kings 18 as meeting the Assyrian commander about 701 BC.
Mibtahiah
Mibtahiah, also read Miptahiah, was a Judaean landholder at the Jewish garrison of Elephantine in fifth-century BC Egypt, known from an archive of eleven Aramaic legal papyri.
Micaiah son of Imlah
Micaiah son of Imlah, also known as Micaiah ben Imlah, was an Israelite prophet of the 9th century BCE who foretold King Ahab's death at Ramoth-gilead.
Nathan-melech
Nathan-melech was a royal official at the court of King Josiah of Judah, named in 2 Kings 23:11, whose seal impression was found in Jerusalem in 2019.
Nebat
Nebat is an Ephraimite of the 10th century BC in the Hebrew Bible, known as the father of Jeroboam I, first king of northern Israel.
Pashhur son of Immer
Pashhur, also spelled Pashur, was a Jerusalem priest of the house of Immer who had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and confined in the temple stocks under King Jehoiakim.
Remaliah
Remaliah (Hebrew Remalyahu) was an 8th-century BC Israelite known only as the father of Pekah, the next-to-last king of Israel; he never appears acting in any narrative.
Sanballat II
Sanballat II was a governor of Samaria in the early-to-mid fourth century BCE, a member of the Sanballatid line known from the Wadi Daliyeh papyri.
Shaphan
Shaphan (Hebrew שפן) was the royal scribe of Judah under King Josiah in the late 7th century BC, who reported the law book found in the Temple.
Sheba son of Bichri
Sheba son of Bichri, also known as Sheba ben Bichri, is a Benjaminite in 2 Samuel 20 who led a revolt against King David after Absalom's rebellion.
Shebna
Shebna, also Shebnayahu, was the royal steward of Judah under King Hezekiah in the late eighth century BC, whom Isaiah condemned and foretold would be replaced by Eliakim.
Shema (servant of Jeroboam)
Shema was an official of the kingdom of Israel known only from his jasper seal, excavated at Megiddo in 1904 and inscribed "Belonging to Shema, servant of Jeroboam".
Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar was a Judean leader of the early Persian period, appointed governor by Cyrus, who led the first returnees from the Babylonian Exile around 538 BC.
Tattenai
Tattenai (Tatnai) was the Persian governor of Beyond the River under Darius I, who inquired into the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple around 520 BC.
Uriah (high priest)
Uriah (also spelled Urijah) was the high priest of the Jerusalem temple during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, best known for building a new altar on the model of one Ahaz saw in Damascus.
Yaush
Yaush (Ya'ush) was a Judahite army commander stationed at Lachish in the late 7th century BCE, known only as the addressee of the Lachish letters.
Yedaniah
Yedaniah, also spelled Jedaniah or Yedanyah, son of Gemariah, led the Judean garrison at Elephantine, Egypt, petitioning in 407 BC to rebuild its destroyed temple of YHW.
Zechariah (prophet)
Zechariah, son of Berechiah, was a Judean prophet active in Persian-period Yehud under Darius I, whose dated oracles of 520 to 518 BC pressed for rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple alongside the prophet Haggai.
Ziba (biblical figure)
Ziba (Hebrew: צִיבָא) is a servant of the house of Saul in 2 Samuel, appointed by David to manage Saul's estate, which he later gained by accusing his master Mephibosheth of treason.