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Also Known As Eshbaal • Ishbaal • Isboseth
Flourished c.1100 BCE - c.1001 BCE
Samuel
Samuel
Hebrew prophet
King Saul
Saul
king of Israel
Ahab; Elijah
Ahab
king of Israel
Jonathan and David
Jonathan
biblical figure
Jehu
king of Israel
Menahem
king of Israel
Jehoram
king of Israel
Joab
biblical figure
Hoshea
king of Israel
David
David
king of Israel
Peter Paul Rubens: The Judgment of Solomon
Solomon
king of Israel
Omri
king of Israel
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus
Aaron
biblical figure
Elijah
Elijah
Hebrew prophet
Ezra, Hebrew religious leader in the 5th–4th century bce
Ezra
Hebrew religious leader
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph
Deborah
biblical figure

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