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Also Known As Elisaios • Eliseus
Flourished c.900 BCE - c.801 BCE
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Samuel
Samuel
Hebrew prophet
Elijah
Elijah
Hebrew prophet
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph
Deborah
biblical figure
Zephaniah
Hebrew prophet
Zechariah
Hebrew prophet
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
St. John the Baptist
Jewish prophet and Christian saint
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah
biblical figure
Amos
Amos
Hebrew prophet
József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus
Aaron
biblical figure
King Saul
Saul
king of Israel
Ezra, Hebrew religious leader in the 5th–4th century bce
Ezra
Hebrew religious leader
Ahab; Elijah
Ahab
king of Israel
Josiah
king of Judah
Samson
Samson
biblical figure
Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Jewish leader