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Chronological list of Old Testament Saints

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A list of people in the Old Testament revered as Saints

Name Birth Birthplace Death Place of death Notes
Adam unknown Eden unknown unknown [1]
Abel unknown unknown unknown unknown killed by Cain [2]
Enoch unknown unknown did not die did not die Ancestor of Noah [3]
Noah unknown unknown unknown unknown survivor of the flood [4]
Abraham around 2000 BC Ur around 2000 BC Canaan Patriarch [5]
Melchizedek around 2000 BC Canaan around 2000 BC Canaan Priest of God [6]
Isaac around 2000 BC Canaan around 2000 BC Canaan Patriarch [7]
Jacob around 2000 BC Canaan around 2000 BC Egypt Patriarch [8]
Rachel around 2000 BC Paddan Aram around 2000 BC Canaan Wife of Jacob [9]
Joseph around 2000 BC Canaan around 2000 BC Egypt son of Jacob [10]
Moses perhaps around 16th-15th century BC Egypt perhaps around 16th-15th century BC Mount Nebo,Jordan Lawgiver and Prophet[11]
Aaron perhaps around 16th-15th century BC Egypt perhaps around 16th-15th century BC wilderness of Sinai High Priest [12]
Joshua perhaps around 16th-15th century BC Egypt perhaps around 16th-15th century BC Canaan Leader of Israel [13]
Samuel perhaps around 11th century BC Ramah in Benjamin perhaps around 11th century BC Ramah in Benjamin Prophet [14]
David perhaps around 11th century BC Bethlehem perhaps around 11th century BC Jerusalem King [15]
Nathan the prophet perhaps around 11th century BC Israel perhaps around 11th century BC unknown Prophet [16]
Elijah perhaps around 9th century BC Israel did not die did not die Prophet [17]
Elisha perhaps around 9th century BC Abel-meholah perhaps around 9th century BC Abel-meholah Prophet [18]
Amos around 8th century BC Tekoa around 8th century BC unknown Prophet [19]
Jonah around 8th century BC Gath-hepher around 8th century BC unknown (disputed) Prophet [20]
Hosea around 8th century BC unknown around 8th century BC unknown Prophet [21]
Isaiah perhaps around 8th century BC Israel perhaps around 8th century BC Israel Prophet [22]
Nahum around 7th century BC unknown around 7th century BC unknown Prophet [23]
Micah 8th century BC unknown 7th century BC unknown Prophet [24]
Habbakuk perhaps 7th century BC unknown perhaps 7th century BC unknown Prophet [25]
Zephaniah perhaps 7th century BC unknown perhaps 7th century BC unknown Prophet [26] [27]
Jeremiah 7th century BC Anathoth 6th century BC unknown Prophet [28] [29]
Baruch ben Neriah 7th-6th century BC Judah 6th century BC possibly Egypt Jeremiah's scribe
Ezekiel ca. 622 BC Jerusalem ca. 570 BC Babylon Prophet [30] [31]
Haggai perhaps 6th century BC unknown perhaps 6th century BC unknown Prophet [32][33]
Malachi perhaps 6th century BC unknown perhaps 6th century BC unknown Prophet [34]
Zechariah perhaps 6th century BC unknown perhaps 6th century BC unknown Prophet [35] [36]
Daniel around 6th century BC Israel 6th century BC Babylon Prophet [37] [38]
Joel unknown unknown unknown unknown Prophet
Obadiah perhaps around 5th century unknown perhaps around 5th century unknown Prophet [39]
Eleazar around 2nd century BC unknown 2nd century BC Israel Martyr [40] [41]
Holy Maccabean martyrs 2nd century BC unknown around 170-160 BC Israel Martyrs[42] [43]


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  1. ↑ Book of Genesis
  2. ↑ Book of Genesis
  3. ↑ Book of Genesis
  4. ↑ Book of Genesis
  5. ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Isaac
  6. ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Abraham
  7. ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Jacob
  8. ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Joseph
  9. ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Joseph
  10. ↑ Book of Genesis, his timeline is based from the time given for the length of stay in Egypt within the narrative
  11. ↑ Books of Exodus, Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy, he is a contemporary of Joshua in the narrative
  12. ↑ Books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, he is a contemporary of Joshua in the narrative
  13. ↑ Books of Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua, his time is based from the times given in the period of the judges that existed prior to the Israelite kings
  14. ↑ 1st book of Samuel, he is a contemporary of King David
  15. ↑ https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm, retrieved April 22nd 2020
  16. ↑ 2nd book of Samuel, he is described as a contemporary of King David
  17. ↑ 1st and 2nd books of Kings, he is described as living during the time of King Ahab of Israel
  18. ↑ 1st and 2nd books of Kings, he is described as living during the times of Kings Joram, Jehu, Jehoahaz and Jehoash of Israel
  19. ↑ Book of Amos, he is described as living at the time of King Jeroboam of Israel and King Uzziah of Judah
  20. ↑ 2nd Book of Kings mentions him making a prophecy referenced in the time of Jeroboam of Israel
  21. ↑ Book of Hosea, prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah, and Jeroboam of Israel
  22. ↑ Book of Isaiah, describes him as being a prophet during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah
  23. ↑ Book of Nahum, contains prophecies about the fall of Assyria
  24. ↑ Book of Micah, described as being a prophet during the reigns of Kings Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah
  25. ↑ Book of Habbakuk, describes him prophesying about the Chaldeans coming to attack
  26. ↑ Book of Zephaniah, describes him as living in the time of King Josiah of Judah
  27. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zephaniah, retrieved April 22nd 2020
  28. ↑ Book of Jeremiah, describes him as living at the time of the siege of Jerusalem after having been a prophet for decades.
  29. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeremiah-Hebrew-prophet, retrieved April 22nd 2022
  30. ↑ Book of Ezekiel, describes him being in his 30th year at a point five years after King Jehoiacin's exile to Babylon. Final prophecy occurs 20 years later.
  31. ↑ http://www.biblecharts.org/thebible/interestingfactsaboutezekiel.pdf, retrieved April 22 2022
  32. ↑ Book of Haggai, includes exhortations to the Jews to rebuild the temple
  33. ↑ https://biblescripture.net/Zechariah.html, retrieved April 22 2022
  34. ↑ https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562b.htm , entry Malachias (Malachy), retrieved April 22nd 2020
  35. ↑ Book of Zechariah, described as being interested in the building of the second temple
  36. ↑ https://biblescripture.net/Zechariah.html, retrieved April 22 2022
  37. ↑ Book of Daniel, described as being a contemporary of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
  38. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Hebrew-prophet, retrieved April 22 2022
  39. ↑ The Interpreter's Bible, 1953, Volume VI, pp. 857–859, John A. Thompson
  40. ↑ 2 Maccabees 6, described as occurring during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes
  41. ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannah-and-her-seven-sons, retrieved April 22 2022
  42. ↑ 2 Maccabees 7, described as occurring during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes in the narrative
  43. ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannah-and-her-seven-sons, retrieved April 22 2022

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