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 |
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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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- ↑ Book of Genesis
- ↑ Book of Genesis
- ↑ Book of Genesis
- ↑ Book of Genesis
- ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Isaac
- ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Abraham
- ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Jacob
- ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Joseph
- ↑ Book of Genesis, contemporary of Joseph
- ↑ Book of Genesis, his timeline is based from the time given for the length of stay in Egypt within the narrative
- ↑ Books of Exodus, Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy, he is a contemporary of Joshua in the narrative
- ↑ Books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, he is a contemporary of Joshua in the narrative
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 1st book of Samuel, he is a contemporary of King David
- ↑ https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm, retrieved April 22nd 2020
- ↑ 2nd book of Samuel, he is described as a contemporary of King David
- ↑ 1st and 2nd books of Kings, he is described as living during the time of King Ahab of Israel
- ↑ 1st and 2nd books of Kings, he is described as living during the times of Kings Joram, Jehu, Jehoahaz and Jehoash of Israel
- ↑ Book of Amos, he is described as living at the time of King Jeroboam of Israel and King Uzziah of Judah
- ↑ 2nd Book of Kings mentions him making a prophecy referenced in the time of Jeroboam of Israel
- ↑ Book of Hosea, prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah, and Jeroboam of Israel
- ↑ Book of Isaiah, describes him as being a prophet during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah
- ↑ Book of Nahum, contains prophecies about the fall of Assyria
- ↑ Book of Micah, described as being a prophet during the reigns of Kings Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah
- ↑ Book of Habbakuk, describes him prophesying about the Chaldeans coming to attack
- ↑ Book of Zephaniah, describes him as living in the time of King Josiah of Judah
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zephaniah, retrieved April 22nd 2020
- ↑ Book of Jeremiah, describes him as living at the time of the siege of Jerusalem after having been a prophet for decades.
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jeremiah-Hebrew-prophet, retrieved April 22nd 2022
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.biblecharts.org/thebible/interestingfactsaboutezekiel.pdf, retrieved April 22 2022
- ↑ Book of Haggai, includes exhortations to the Jews to rebuild the temple
- ↑ https://biblescripture.net/Zechariah.html, retrieved April 22 2022
- ↑ https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09562b.htm , entry Malachias (Malachy), retrieved April 22nd 2020
- ↑ Book of Zechariah, described as being interested in the building of the second temple
- ↑ https://biblescripture.net/Zechariah.html, retrieved April 22 2022
- ↑ Book of Daniel, described as being a contemporary of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Hebrew-prophet, retrieved April 22 2022
- ↑ The Interpreter's Bible, 1953, Volume VI, pp. 857–859, John A. Thompson
- ↑ 2 Maccabees 6, described as occurring during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannah-and-her-seven-sons, retrieved April 22 2022
- ↑ 2 Maccabees 7, described as occurring during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes in the narrative
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannah-and-her-seven-sons, retrieved April 22 2022