Search the encyclopedia

Search the Bible

370 articles found for “prophets and priests”

• Wise Woman of Tekoa

  [People]

  The wise woman of Tekoa is an unnamed woman who appears in 2 Samuel 14. At Joab's request, she told King David a fabricated story to persuade him, helping to bring the exiled Absalom back to Jerusalem.

• False Prophet

  [Bible]

  A false prophet, in biblical usage, is a prophet who claims to speak the word of God without having been sent by God, or who leads people away from God.

• Haggai (Prophet)

  [People]

  Haggai was a prophet active after the return from the Babylonian exile, during the reign of the Persian king Darius. He urged the people to resume the stalled rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. The Old Testament Book of Haggai bears his name.

• Balaam

  [People]

  Balaam was a prophet from Mesopotamia who was hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse Israel but instead blessed it. He is widely known for the story of the talking donkey.

• Amoz (Father of Isaiah)

  [People]

  Amoz was the father of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. Scripture names him only in the phrase "Isaiah the son of Amoz." He is a different person from the prophet Amos, with whom he is sometimes confused.

• Jaazaniah (Son of Azzur)

  [People]

  Jaazaniah the son of Azzur was one of the twenty-five men whom the prophet Ezekiel saw in a vision at the east gate of the Jerusalem temple. He is described as one of the "princes of the people" who gave wicked counsel (Ezekiel 11:1).

• Naaman

  [People]

  Naaman was the commander of the army of Aram described in 2 Kings 5. Afflicted with leprosy, he was healed after washing seven times in the Jordan River as the prophet Elisha instructed. Jesus refers to him in Luke 4:27.

• Gath-hepher

  [Bible]

  Gath-hepher was a town in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun in southern Galilee. Second Kings 14:25 identifies it as the hometown of the prophet Jonah. It is distinct from Gath, the Philistine city.

• Hilkiah

  [People]

  Hilkiah is the name of several people in the Old Testament. The best known is the high priest who found the Book of the Law in the temple during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The priest of Anathoth who was the father of the prophet Jeremiah bore the same name.

• Azur

  [People]

  Azur is a Gibeonite mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah as the father of Hananiah, a false prophet active during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.