| Prophet* | Name Means | Place of Activity | Approximate Time Period** | Scripture*** | Under Kings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | “Yahweh is salvation” | Judah | 739-685 BC | Isaiah 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; 20:1; Isaiah 36-39; Hebrews 11:37 | Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh |
| Jeremiah | “Yahweh exalts” | Judah | 627-580 BC | Jeremiah 1:2-3; 3:6; 11:21-23; 21:1; 22:11; 24:1; 25:1-3; 25:8-12; 26:1; 27:1, etc.; Jeremiah 37-40; Jeremiah 52:31-33 | Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jehoiachin Zedekiah (Gedaliah) |
| Ezekiel | “Yahweh strengthens” | Babylon | 592-570 BC | Ez 1:1-3; 24:1-2; 33:21 | (Jehoiachin in exile) |
| Daniel | “Yahweh is my judge” | Babylon Persia | 606-530 BC | Dan 1:1-7; Dan 1-4; Dan 5:1ff; 6:1ff; 10:1 | (Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius Cyrus) |
| Hosea | “salvation” | Israel | 760-720 BC | Hosea 1:1 | Jeroboam II Zechariah Shallum Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea |
| Joel | “Yahweh is God” | Judah | 830 BC? (if ministry at an early date) | (locust and Day of the Lord pictures in Joel) | Ahaziah? Joash? |
| Amos | “burden bearer” | Israel | 760 BC | Am 1:1; 7:12-17; 9:11-12 | Jeroboam II (Uzziah) |
| Obadiah | “servant of Yahweh” | Judah? | 845 BC? | (Obadiah 1-9 quoted in Jr 49:7-16) (2 Kgs 8:20) | written against Edom (which was enemy of Jerusalem under Jehoram?) |
| Jonah | “dove” | Israel (Nineveh) | 780-760 BC | 2 Kings 14:25; Jon 1:1; 3:1 | Jeroboam II |
| Micah | “Who is like Yahweh?” | Judah | 737-690 BC | Micah 1:1 | Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah |
| Nahum | “comfort/consolation” | Judah | after 664 BC before 612 BC | Nahum 1:1 (Fall of Nineveh) | Manasseh? Josiah? |
| Habakkuk | “embracer” | Judah | 620-610 BC? | Habakkuk 1:6 (Babylon) | Jehoiakim? |
| Zephaniah | “Yahweh hides/treasures/protects” | Judah | 640-608 BC | Zephaniah 1:1 | Josiah |
| Haggai | “my feast/festival” | Judah (post-exile) | 520-516 BC | Haggai 1:1; 2:10; 2:20; Ezra 5-6 | (Darius I) Zerubbabel |
| Zechariah | “Yahweh remembers” | Judah (post-exile) | 520-518 BC | Zechariah 1:1; 7:1 Haggai 1:1 | (Darius I) Zerubbabel |
| Malachi | “my messenger/angel” | Judah (post-exile) | 430 BC | Malachi 1:7,8,10; 3:1 | (Artaxerxes I) |
*The prophets are listed according to their order in the Scriptures.
**All dates are approximate time periods of each prophet’s ministry.
***The Scripture references provided are those that help estimate the time periods of each prophet’s ministry.