Learn 100 Important Bible Characters
100 of the most notable and important characters of the Bible, including the Old and New Testaments.
100 free flashcards · by Ben Jenkins · History & Geography / Religion
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- The older brother of Moses and Israel's first high priest — Aaron
- Adam & Eve's second son, killed by his older brother Cain — Abel
- Father of the Hebrew nation and the ultimate role model for faith — Abraham
- He was the world's first human being — Adam
- He was a false prophet who attempted to curse Israel and thus prevent them from entering the Promised Land — Balaam
- She was the wife of David and mother of Solomon — Bathsheba
- A Babylonian King condemned by God for his blasphemy through a written message on a wall during a drunken banquet as interpreted by Daniel the prophet — Belshazzar
- The husband of Ruth, great grandfather of King David, and an ancestor in the line leading to Jesus Christ — Boaz
- He was the first baby to be born on this earth and would later murder his younger brother Abel — Cain
- He was Joshua's faithful partner who urged Israel to enter the Promised Land at Kadesh-barnea as opposed to the 10 evil spies — Caleb
- This Persian King issued the return decree allowing the Jews to go back and rebuild Jerusalem — Cyrus
- He served as Prime Minister in Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar and Darius and interpreted the handwriting on the wall to King Belshazzar — Daniel
- He was Israel's greatest king, the father of Solomon and author of over one-half of the Psalms — David
- This Israelite prophetess and judge helped Barak in defeating their nation's enemies — Deborah
- He was Israel's high priest who helped raise Samuel in the tabernacle and later died in great sorrow upon hearing that the Ark of the Covenant had been captured by the Philistines — Eli
- A fearless and rugged Israelite prophet who defeated his enemies on Mt. Carmel and was later caught up into heaven without dying — Elijah
- He was Elijah's successor who parted the Jordan River and healed Naaman of his leprosy — Elisha
- He was the first of two individuals taken from earth without dying — Enoch
- He was Jacob's brother and the father of the Edomites — Esau
- This Jewish Persian Queen saved her people from an attempted holocaust — Esther
- She was Adam's wife and the world's first mother who was successfully tempted by Satan — Eve
- This prophet and priest became the key religious leader to the Jewish people in Babylon during the Babylonian captivity — Ezekiel
- He was a learned Jewish scribe and priest who led the second (of three) Jewish returns from the Babylonian captivity back to Jerusalem — Ezra
- He was Israel's 6th military leader during the days of the Judges who defeated a vastly superior enemy army with just 300 chosen men — Gideon
- She was Abraham's second wife and mother of Ishmael — Hagar
- She was the godly mother of Samuel — Hannah
- He was the 13th king of Judah and was on the throne when God saved the city of Jerusalem from the Assyrian army by the death angel — Hezekiah
- He was an Israelite prophet whom God commanded to marry a harlot named Gomer — Hosea
- He was Abraham's promised son and the father of Jacob — Isaac
- He was the Old Testament's greatest prophet who predicted the virgin birth of Jesus, his spirit filled mission and message, his dual nature, his suffering and death, and his millennial reign — Isaiah
- He was Abraham's first son — Ishmael
- He was Isaac's son and the father of 12 sons who would later found Israel's 12 tribes — Jacob
- He was known as Judah's weeping prophet who authored the second longest book in the entire Bible and later wrote a funeral dirge lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem — Jeremiah
- God permitted this rich and righteous believer to be tormented by Satan to demonstrate the presence of divine sovereignty even in the hour of great suffering which eventually resulted in him seeing both his creator and himself in a much clearer light — Job
- This Hebrew prophet, punished by God for his disobedience by being swallowed by a great sea creature, later preached the divine message of repentance in Nineveh which resulted in a city wide revival — Jonah
- He was King Saul's son and David's closest friend — Jonathan
- He was the patriarch Jacob's favorite son, sold into slavery by his own brothers, who would later use his position in Egypt to save both his brothers and father from famine — Joseph
- He was Moses' successor who led Israel into the Promised Land — Joshua
- This 16th king of Judah who was both its finest and final saved ruler, used the discovery of the only remaining copy of the Law of Moses in the land to lead his people in a great revival — Josiah
- She was Jacob's first wife who bore him six sons (including Levi and Judah) and one daughter — Leah
- He was the mysterious king/priest of Jerusalem to whom Abraham paid tithes, his priestly work later being associated with the high priestly ministry of Jesus Christ Himself — Melchizedek
- He lived longer than any other human being in history, dying at age 969 — Methuselah
- She was the elder (and only) sister of Moses who once saved him from the Nile River when he was a baby — Miriam
- He was Queen Esther's cousin who helped her in saving the Jewish people from slaughter and later became prime minister of Persia — Mordecai
- He was Israel's great deliverer and law giver who led his people from Egypt to the border of the Promised Land and the author of scripture's first five books — Moses
- This Syrian military leader was the only Old Testament person to be healed of leprosy — Naaman
- She was Ruth's mother-in-law and the great great-grandmother of King David — Naomi
- He was the founder/king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who once attempted to destroy three godly Hebrew men in a fiery furnace but later befriended and promoted both them and Daniel — Nebuchadnezzar
- He led the final (of three) return trips from Persia to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and rebuilt the walls around the city — Nehemiah
- He constructed a ship at God's command and survived the Great Flood along with his wife, three sons and their three wives — Noah
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