Judah — Minor Figures
45 figures from The Prophets who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Ahab
false prophet · first appears Jeremiah 29
- Jeremiah 29 · judge: God “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes”
- Jeremiah 29 · slayer: Nebuchadnezzar “whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”
Manasseh
son of Hezekiah · first appears Jeremiah 15
- Jeremiah 15 · parent: Hezekiah “because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.”
- Jeremiah 15 · judge: God “And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.”
Shearjashub
son of Isaiah · first appears Isaiah 7
- Isaiah 7 · parent: Isaiah “Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;”
- Isaiah 7 · commander: God “Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;”
Zedekiah son of Maaseiah
false prophet · first appears Jeremiah 29
- Jeremiah 29 · judge: God “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes”
- Jeremiah 29 · slayer: Nebuchadnezzar “whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”
Hamutal
mother of Zedekiah · first appears Jeremiah 52
- Jeremiah 52 · child: Zedekiah “Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”
- Jeremiah 52 · parent: Jeremiah “And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”
Irijah
captain of the ward · first appears Jeremiah 37