Jonah His name means: “A Dove” His work: He was a northern kingdom prophet. His character: Jonah must have been a gifted communicator. Why else would God choose him to preach repentance and grace to the pagan city of Nineveh? But Jonah was a proud man, a rebellious prophet, andRead More …

Hosea His name means: “Yahweh Has Delivered” His work: Hosea was a prophet in Israel. Like other prophets, his charge was to call the people to repentance. However, he was also called to show them by his own life what it felt like to be a forgotten and yet mercifulRead More …

Daniel His name means: “God Is My Judge” His work: He was a Jew who became a governor in Babylon. His character: Daniel was an exile who exhibited great discipline and faithfulness to his God in adverse circumstances. His sorrow: Daniel experienced the tearing of his people from their homelandRead More …

Jeremiah His name may mean: “Yahweh Has Exalted” or “Yahweh Has Established” His work: Though Jeremiah’s prophecies were primarily directed toward Judah, the Lord also gave him prophetic messages for other nations of the world. His ministry took place during the last forty years of Judah’s existence, from 627-586 BC.Read More …

Isaiah His name means: “The Lord Has Saved” His work: An eighth-century BC prophet, Isaiah’s message was primarily directed toward Judah and Jerusalem, warning God’s people of coming judgment on their sins. His character: He was a learned man of principle and integrity and of deep humility. His sorrow: IsaiahRead More …

Job His work: Job was a wealthy farmer, herdsman, and landowner. His character: Next to Jesus Christ, no one in the Bible carries a more remarkable résumé. “This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil…. He was the greatest man among all the peoples of theRead More …

Nehemiah His name means: “God Is Consolation” His work: Nehemiah was a Jew living in Babylon. He and his people had been defeated by the Assyrians and taken as slaves to a foreign land. The Persians had conquered the Assyrians and were now in power. Nehemiah served Artaxerxes, the kingRead More …

Ezra His name probably means: “Helps” His work: A priest living in exile in Babylon. His character: Courageous to face any foe, diligent in his study of the law, skilled in leadership, and humble before the Lord. His sorrow: His own sinfulness and need of forgiveness and the sinfulness andRead More …

Josiah His name means: “Yahweh Supports Him” His work: Josiah was the last good king of Judah, reigning from about 640-609 BC. Like his great-grandfather Hezekiah, he instituted sweeping religious reforms in Judah. Because of his faithfulness, the prophetess Huldah assured him he would not see the destruction that wouldRead More …

Hezekiah His name means: “Yahweh Has Strengthened” His work: He became coregent of Judah with his father, Ahaz, in 729 BC, six years before the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians. He reigned on his own for twenty-nine years, during which time he reopened the temple and restored Jerusalem asRead More …