Other Figures — Minor Figures

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

Aaron

first appears Micah 6

• Micah 6 · sender: God “For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.”

Cyrus

anointed ruler · first appears Isaiah 44

• Isaiah 44 · with God “That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.”
• Isaiah 45 · blesser: God “Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him;”

Joel

recipient of the word of the LORD · first appears Joel 1

• Joel 1 · parent: Pethuel “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”
• Joel 1 · with God “The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”

Levi

patriarch · first appears Malachi 2

• Malachi 2 · covenanter: God “And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Lucifer

first appears Isaiah 14

• Isaiah 14 · judge: God “Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”

Miriam

first appears Micah 6

• Micah 6 · sender: God “For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.”

Noah

patriarch · first appears Isaiah 54

• Isaiah 54 · covenanter: God “For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.”

Rahel

mother · first appears Jeremiah 31

• Jeremiah 31 · commander: God “Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.”

Regemmelech

envoy · first appears Zechariah 7

• Zechariah 7 · deity: God “When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,”

Samuel

first appears Jeremiah 15

• Jeremiah 15 · with God “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people”