Israel — Minor Figures

9 figures from The Prophets who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Elijah

prophet · first appears Malachi 4

• Malachi 4 · sender: God “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:”

Ephraim

firstborn son · first appears Jeremiah 31

• Jeremiah 31 · parent: God “for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”
• Jeremiah 31 · with God “Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.”

Joseph

ancestor · first appears Ezekiel 47

• Ezekiel 47 · with God “Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.”

The BRANCH

prophetic figure · first appears Zechariah 6

• Zechariah 6 · with Joshua “and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”

Pekah

king · first appears Isaiah 7

• Isaiah 7 · enemies with Ahaz “Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,”
• Isaiah 7 · parent: Remaliah “Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel”

Joash

father of Jeroboam · first appears Hosea 1

• Hosea 1 · child: Jeroboam “The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.”

Benaiah

father of Pelatiah · first appears Ezekiel 11

• Ezekiel 11 · child: Pelatiah “among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.”

Remaliah

father of Pekah · first appears Isaiah 7

• Isaiah 7 · child: Pekah “Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel”

Baasha

king · first appears Jeremiah 41

• Jeremiah 41 · enemies with Asa “The pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.