Includes:

Books of the King James Bible

Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Prophets of the Bible/False Prophets of the Bible

Kings and Prophets of Divided Israel (After Solomon)

Women Named In The Bible

Other Free Resources:

e-Poster of Genealogy of Jesus Christ (suitable for framing)

Bookmark of the Kings and Prophets of Divided Israel

Bookmark of Paul’s Letters in Order Written with History

References used in compiling this information:

Authorized King James Bible

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, Smith, William, 1969, AJ Holman Company

All the Women of The Bible, DeMastro, ML

All the Women of the Bible, Lockyer, Herbert, Zondervan Publishing House Grand Rapids Michigan, 1967 Online sources

Wikipedia

Bible.Crosswalk.com

BibleChartsandMaps.com

Amazing Bible World History Timeline and The Book of Biblical Tables are copy written materials

Books of the King James Bible

Information is based on accepted Tradition of the Writings

Book

Writer

Date

Completed

Time Covered

Place Written

Genesis

Moses

1513 BC

“In the

Wilderness

beginning” to

1657 B.C. BC

Wilderness

Exodus

Moses

1512 BC

1657-1512 BC

Wilderness

Leviticus

Moses

1512 BC

1 month [1512 BC]

Wilderness

Job

Moses

c. 1473 BC

Over 140 years

between 1657

and 1473 BC

Wilderness

Numbers

Moses

1473 BC

1512-1473 BC

Wilderness / Plains

of Moab

Deuteronomy

Moses

1473 BC

2 months [1473 BC]

Plains of Moab

Joshua

Joshua

c. 1450 BC

1473– c. 1450 BC

Canaan

Judges

Samuel

c. 1100 BC

c. 1450– c. 1120 BC

Israel

Ruth

Samuel

c. 1090 BC

11 years of

Judges’ rule

Israel

1 Samuel

Samuel; Gad;

Nathan

c. 1078 BC

c. 1180-1078 BC

Israel

2 Samuel

Gad; Nathan

c. 1040 BC

1077–c. 1040 BC

Israel

Song of Solomon

Solomon

c. 1020 BC

*

Jerusalem

Ecclesiastes

Solomon

b. 1000 BC

*

Jerusalem

Jonah

Jonah

c. 844 BC

*

*

Joel

Joel

c. 820 (?)BC

*

Judah

Amos

Amos

c. 804 BC

*

Judah

Hosea

Hosea

a. 745 BC

b. 804– a. 745 BC

Samaria

(District)

Isaiah

Isaiah

a. 732 BC

c. 778– a. 732 BC

Jerusalem

Micah

Micah

b. 717 BC

c. 777-717 BC

Judah

Proverbs

Solomon; Agur;

Lemuel

c. 717 BC

Jerusalem

Zephaniah

Zephaniah

b. 648 BC

*

Judah

Nahum

Nahum

b. 632 BC

*

Judah

Habakkuk

Habakkuk

c. 628 (?)BC

*

Judah

Lamentations

Jeremiah

607 BC

*

Nr. Jerusalem

Obadiah

Obadiah

c. 607 BC

*

*

Ezekiel

Ezekiel

c. 591 BC

613–c. 591 BC

Babylon

1 and 2 Kings

Jeremiah

580 BC

c. 1040-580 BC

Judah/Egypt

Jeremiah

Jeremiah

580 BC

647-580 BC

Judah/Egypt

Daniel

Daniel

c. 536 BC

618–c. 536 BC

Babylon

Haggai

Haggai

520 BC

112 days (520) BC

Jerusalem

Zechariah

Zechariah

518 BC

520-518 BC

Jerusalem

Esther

Mordecai

c. 475 BC

493–c. 475 BC

Shushan, Elam

1 and 2

Chronicles

Ezra

c. 460 BC

After 1

Chronicles 9:44,

1077-537BC

Jerusalem (?)

Ezra

Ezra

c. 460 BC

537–c. 467

Jerusalem

Psalms

David and others

c. 460 BC

*

*

Nehemiah

Nehemiah

a. 443 BC

456–a. 443

Jerusalem

Malachi

Malachi

a. 443 BC

*

Jerusalem

Matthew

Matthew

c. 41 AD

2 BC– 33 AD

Palestine

1 Thessalonians

Paul

c. 50 AD

*

Corinth

2 Thessalonians

Paul

c. 51 AD

*

Corinth

Galatians

Paul

c. 50-52 AD

*

Corinth or Syr.

Antioch

1 Corinthians

Paul

c. 55 AD

*

Ephesus

2 Corinthians

Paul

c. 55 AD

*

Macedonia

Romans

Paul

c. 56 AD

*

Corinth

Luke

Luke

c. 56-58 AD

3 BC– 34 AD

Caesarea

Ephesians

Paul

c. 60-61 AD

*

Rome

Colossians

Paul

c. 60-61 AD

*

Rome

Philemon

Paul

c. 60-61 AD

*

Rome

Philippians

Paul

c. 60-61 AD

*

Rome

Hebrews

Paul

c. 61 AD

*

Rome

Acts

Luke

c. 61 AD

34–c. 62 AD

Caesarea

James

James (Jesus'

brother)

b. 62 AD

*

Jerusalem

Mark

Mark

c. 60-65 AD

30-34AD

Rome

1 Timothy

Paul

c. 61-64 AD

*

Macedonia

Titus

Paul

c. 61-64 AD

*

Macedonia (?)

1 Peter

Peter

c. 62-64 AD

*

Babylon

2 Peter

Peter

c. 64 AD

*

Babylon?

2 Timothy

Paul

c. 65 AD

*

Rome

Jude

Jude (Jesus'

brother)

c. 65 AD

*

Palestine (?)

Revelation

Apostle John

c. 96 AD

*

Patmos

John

Apostle John

c. 98 AD

After prologue,

30-34 AD

Ephesus, or near

1 John

Apostle John

c. 98 AD

*

Ephesus, or near

2 John

Apostle John

c. 98 AD

*

Ephesus, or near

3 John

Apostle John

c. 98 AD

*

Ephesus, or near

Get the Bookmark with Paul’s Letters in Order Written

Genealogy of Jesus Christ

According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke

Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38

Adam to David

Adam

Seth

Enos

Cainan

Mahalaleel

Jared

Enoch

Methuselah

Lamech

Noah

Shem

Arphaxad

Cainan

Shelah

Eber

Peleg

Reu

Serug

Nahor

Terah

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Judah

Perez (whose mother was Tamar)

Hezron

Ram=ARAM

Amminadab

Nahshon

Salmon (wife is RAHAB)

Boaz (wife is Ruth)

Obed

Jesse

David

Matthew’s line assumed to be Joseph’s lineage

Luke’s line is assumed to be Mary’s lineage

David to Jesus through Joseph the legal father of Jesus

David to Jesus through Mary

Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba)

Nathan

Rehoboam

Mattatha

Abijah

Menna=Menan

Asa

Melea

Jehoshaphat

Eliakim

Johoram

Jonam

Uzziah

Joseph

Jotham

Judah=Juda

Ahaz

Simeon

Hezekiah

Levi

Manasseh

Matthat

Amon

Jorim

Josiah

Eliezer

Jeconiah

Joshua=Jose

Shealtiel

Er

Zerubbabel

Elmadam

Abiud

Cosam

Eliakim

Addi

Azor

Melki=Melchi

Zadok

Neri

Achim

Shealtiel=Salathiel

Eliud

Zerubbabel

Eleazer

Rhesa

Matthan

Joanan=Joanna

Jacob

Joda=Juda

Joseph (the husband of Mary)

Josech

Jesus

Semein=Semei

Mattathias

Maath

Naggai=Nagge

Esli

Nahum=Naum

Amos

Mattathias

Joseph

Jannai=Janna

Melki=Melchi

Levi

Matthat

Heli

Joseph (husband of Mary)

Jesus

Get the e-Poster Beautiful Frameable Art

Prophets of the Bible

In Alphabetic Order

Prophet

Scripture Referenced as Prophet

Aaron

Exodus 7:1

Abel

Luke 11:50-51

Abraham

Genesis 20:7

Agabus

Acts 21:10

Agur

Book of Proverbs 30:1

Ahijah

1 Kings 11:29

Amos

Amos 7:8

Anna

Luke 2:36

Azariah

2 Chronicles 15:1

Barnabas

Acts 13:31

Daniel

Matthew 24:15

David

Hebrews 11:32

Deborah

Judges 4:4

Elijah

1 Kings 18:22

Elisha

1 Kings 19:16

Enoch

Jude 1:14

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:3

Gad

2 Samuel 24:11

Gideon

Hebrews 11:32

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:1

Haggai

Haggai 1:1

Hosea

Hosea 1:1

Huldah

2Kings 22:14

Iddo

2 Chronicles 13:22

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:1

Jacob

Genesis 28:11 - 16

Jehu

1 Kings 16:7

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 1:11

Joel

Joel 1:1

John the Baptist

Luke 7:28

John of Patmos

Revelation 1:1

Jonah

Jonah 1:1

Joshua

Joshua 1:1

Judas Barsabbas

Acts 15:32

Lucius of Cyrene

Acts 13:1

Malachi

Malachi 1:1

Manahen

Acts 13:1

Micah

Micah 1:1

Micaiah

1 Kings 22:8

Miriam

Exodus 15:20

Moses

Deuteronomy 34:10

Nahum

Book of Nahum

Nathan

2 Samuel 7:2

Noah

Genesis 7:1

Obadiah

Obadiah 1:1

Oded

2 Chronicles 15:8

Paul of Tarsus

Acts 16:9

Philip the Evangelist

Acts 8:26

Daughters of Philip

Acts 21:8

Samuel

1 Samuel 3:20

Shemaiah

1 Kings 22:12

Silas

Acts 15:32

Simeon Niger

Acts 13:1

The Two Witnesses of Revelation

Revelation 11:3

Zechariah son of Berechiah

Zechariah 1:1

Zechariah son of Jehoiada

Luke 11:50-51

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:1

False Prophets

Ahab

Jeremiah 29:21

Azur

Jeremiah 28:1

Balaam

Numbers 22:9

Elymas a.k.a. Barjesus

Acts 13:6

Hananiah

Jeremiah 28:5

Jezebel

Revelation 2:20

Noadiah

Nehemiah 6:14

The false prophet

Revelation 16:13

Zedekiah

Jeremiah 29:21

Kings and Prophets of Divided Israel

Get the Bookmark to see the Kings of Israel and Judah Side by Side

Kings of Judah /Yrs reigned (ends with Babylonian captivity)

Righteousness

of King

Prophet

Other Prophets Contemporary

Rehoboam (17)

Evil

Shemiah

Abijah (3)[20]

Evil

Asa (41) [61]

Good

Elijah

Hanani

Jehoshaphat (25) [86]

Good

Elijah

Jehu, Eliezer

Jehoram (6) [92]

Evil

Elijah

Ahaziah (1) [93]

Evil

Queen Athaliah (6) [99]

Evil

Jehoash (40) [139]

Middle

Zechariah

Joel

Amaziah (29) [168]

Middle

Uzziah (Azariah) (52) [220]

Good

Jotham (16) [236]

Good

Micah

Ahaz (16) [252]

Evil

Micah

Isaiah

Hezekiah (29) [281]

Good

Micah

Isaiah

Manasseh (55) [336]

Evil

Nahum

Amon (2) [338]

Evil

Josiah (31) [369]

Good

Jeremiah

Zephaniah

Jehoahaz (3 months)

Evil

Jeremiah

Jehoiakim (11)

Evil

Jeremiah

Habakkuk

Jehoiachim (3 months) [370]

Evil

Jeremiah

Habakkuk

Zedekiah (11) [381]

Evil

Jeremiah

Habakkuk, Obadiah, Ezekiel

Kings of Israel

(ends with Assyrian Captivity)

Jeroboam (22)

Evil

Ahijah

Nadab (2) [24]

Evil

Baasha (24) [48]

Evil

Jehu

Elah (2 years) and Zimri (7 days) [50]

Evil

Omri (12) [62]

Evil

Elijah

Ahab (22) [84]

Evil

Elijah

Micaiah

Ahaziah (2) [86]

Evil

Elijah

Joram (12) [98]

Middle

Elijah

Jehu (28) [126]

Middle

Elisha

Jehoahaz (17) [143]

Evil

Elisha

Jehoash (16) [159]

Evil

Elisha

Jeroboam II (41) [200]

Evil

Jonah

Amos

Zechariah (6 months)

Shallum (1 month)

Evil

Hosea

Menahem (10) split reign with Pekah [210]

Evil

Hosea

Obed

Pekahiah (2)also split reign with Pekah [212]

Evil

Hosea

Pekah (20) (his years overlap with Menahem and Pekahiah) since they had split the kingdom [232]

Evil

Hosea

Hoshea (9) [241]

Evil

Hosea

Assyrian Captivity

Get the Kings and Prophets Bookmark

Women Named in the Bible

165 Women In Alphabetic Order

Name

Scripture Verses

Notes

Abhiahil

I Chronicles 2:29

In line of Hezron, wife of Abishur

Abi

II Kings 18:2, II Chronicles 14:22; 29:1; 26:5

Wife of Ahaz, mother of King Hezekiah

Abia

I Chronicles 2:24

Wife of Hebron the grandson of Judah, and mother of Ashur in line of Christ’s genealogy

Abigail

I Samuel 25:1-42; II Samuel 3:3

Wife of Nabal and David

Abigail 2

II Samuel 17:25; I Chronicles 2:16, 17

Half sister of David, wife of Jether (Ithra), mother of Amasa

Abihail

Numbers 3:35

Daughter of a son of Merari, mother of Zuriel

Abihail

II Chronicles 11:18

Mother of Rehoboam’s wife Nahalath, daugher of Eliab, David’s eldest brother

Abishag

I Kings1:3-4; 2:13-25

Young woman married to King David in his oldest age just before he died

Abital

II Samuel 3:4; I Chronicles 3:3

One of David’s eight wives

Achsah

Joshua 15:16-17; Judges 1:12-13; I Chronicles 2:4, 9

Othniel’s wife (Othniel, a judge in Judah)

Adah

Genesis 4:19-23

Wife of Lamech, mother of Jabal and Jubal

Adah (Bathshemeth)

Genesis 26:36:2

Wife of Esau, mother of Eliphaz

Ahinoam

1 Samuel 14:50

Wife of Saul, mother of Jonathan, Merab and Michal

Ahinoam

1 Samuel 25:43; 27:3; 30:5, II Samuel 2:2; 3:2; I Chronicles 3:1

One of David’s eight wives

Ahlai

I Chronicles 2:31, 34

Daugher of Sheshan, descendant of Pharez wife of Jarba, mother of Attai

Ahlai

I Chronicles 11:41

Mother of Zabad, one of David’s mighty men

Aholibamah

Genesis 36:2-25

Wife of Esaur, mother of Jeush, Jaalam and Korah

Anah

Genesis 36:2, 18, 25

Wife of Zibeon, mother of Aholibamah one of Esau’s wives

Anna

Luke 2:26-28

Daughter of Phanuel, widow in the temple who recognized the infant Christ as the Messiah

Apphia

Philemon 2

Believed to be the wife of Philemon and either mother or sister of Archippus

Asenath

Genesis 41:45-30; 46:20

Wife of Joseph, daughter of Potipherah, mother of Ephraim and Manasseh

Atarah

I Chronicles 2:26

Second wife of Jerahmeel the grandson of Pharez, mother of Onam

Athaliah

II Kings 8:26; 11; II Chronicles 22; 23:13-21; 24:7

Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, wife of Jehoram, mother of Ahaziah, killer of worshipers of Jehovah, reigned for six years as Queen of Judah

Azubah

I Kings 22:42; II Chronicles 20:31

Wife of righteous King Asa, mother of righeous King Jehosphaphat

Azubah

I Chronicles 2:18.19

Wife of a Caleb who was a descendant of Joshua’s friend Caleb

Baara

I Chronicles 8:8

Moabitess wife of Shaharaim

Bashemath

Genesis 28:9; 36:3, 4, 13

Daughter of Ishmael, wife of Esau, mother of Renel who fathered four of the tribes of Edom

Bashemath

Genesis 26:34; 36:10

Hittite Wife of Esau whom he married out of anger that his parents didn’t accept his other Hittite wives

Bashemath

I Kings 4:15

Daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz

Bathsheba

II Samuel 11:2-3; 12:24; I Kings 1:11-31; 2:13-19

Woman whose beauty led to adultery and murder. Wife of Uriah one of David’s mighty men, mother of Solomon by David

Bernice

Acts 25:13, 23: 26:30

Eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa, eventually becomes wife of her uncle and consort of her brother Agrippa

Bilhah

Genesis 29:29; 30:3-7; 35:22, 25; 37:2; 46:25; I Chronicles 4:29; 7:13

Handmaid of Rachel, given to Jacob as secondary wife, mother of Dan and Naphtali

Bithiah

I Chronicles 4:18

Daughter of Pharoah married to Mered of the tribe of Judah

Candace

Acts 8:27

Her eunuch is converted to God and baptized in the desert by Philip

Chloe

I Corinthians I:10-11

Mother of Christian household at Corinth where Paul stayed

Claudia

II Timothy 4:21

Mentioned in Pauls letter to Timothy

Cozbi

Numbers 25:6-18

Midianite woman killed by Phinehas son of Elezar to stop the plague of idolatry and whoredom overtaking Israel

Damaris

Acts 17:34

One of Paul's converts as he preached onMar Hill in Athens

Deborah

Genesis 24:59; 35:8

Rebekah's nurse maid, a devoted friend who died revered and loved by the family

Deborah

Judges 4 and 5; Hebrews 11:32-34

Prophetess, warrior and only female judge of ancient Israel, wife of Lapidoth

Delilah

Judges 16:4-21

Prostitute, traitor, wife of Samson the strong in body but weak in will

Dinah

Genesis 34

The daughter of Jacob and Leah, defiled by Prince Shechem who desired her to wife, sibling of the men who slaughtered the Shechemites in reparation

Dorcas (Tabitha)

Acts 9:36-43

The charitable member of the church at Joppa who gave much Christian service, when she died Peter raised her from the dead

Drusilla

Acts 24:10-27

One of three daughters of Herod Agrippa. Just as loosely moraled as the rest, she was the wife of Felix when Paul appears before his court the second time.

Eglah

II Samuel 3:5

Another of the eight wives of David; mother of Ithream

Elisabeth

Luke 1:5-80

A descendent of Aaron, wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist in her old age

Elisheba

Exodus 6:23

Wife of Aaron, sister-in-law to Moses, daughter of Amminadab

Ephah

I Chronicles 2:46

Concubine of Caleb; mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez

Ephrath

I Chronicles 2:19,50; 4:4

Caleb's second wife, mother of Hur, after death of Caleb she has a son by her step-son

Esther (Hadassah)

Esther

The queen who saved her people from destruction

Eunice

Acts 16:1-3; II Timothy 1:5; 3:14 - 15; 4:5

Daughter of Lois, mother of Timothy

Euodias

Philippians 4:2

One of the first converts at Philippi

Eve

Genesis 2 and 3

Wife of Adam, first woman, mother of all, she first partook of the fruit; mother of a prophet and a murderer

Gomer

Hosea 1:1-11; 3:1-5

Wife of Hosea, a harlot - the story of this couple symbolizes God’s love for his adulterous people who wander after strange gods

Hagar

Genesis 16; 21:9-17; 25:12; Galatians 4:24-25

Handmaid of Sarah, mother of Ishmael by Abraham when he was 86, visited by an angel who declared the promise that her son also would be the father of many nations

Haggith

II Samuel 3:4-5; I Kings 1:5, 11; 2:13; I Chronicles 3:2

Fifth wife of David, mother of Adonijah

Hammoleketh

I Chronicles 7:17-18

Daughter of Machir, sister of Gilead, an ancestress of Gilead

Hamutal

Jeremiah 52:1, 2; II Kings 23:31; 24:18

Daughter of Jeremiah, mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah or Zedekiah a wicked king

Hannah

I Samuel 1; 2:1, 21

Mother of Samuel the prophet, the barren wife of a man with two wives, she prayed and offered her child, if given one, to God. Samuel is that child, later she bears five more children

Hazelelponi, Zalelponi

I Chronicles 4:3

Daughter of Etam in genealogy of Judah

Helah

I Chronicles 4:5, 7

Wife of Ashur in genealogy of Judah

Hephzibah

II Kings 21:1, Isaiah 62:4

Wife of righteous King Hezekiah, mother of unrighteous King Manasseh

Herodias

Matt 14:3-12, Mark 6:14-34, Luke 3:19-20

Illegal wife of Herod Antipas, she causes John the Baptist’s death by havng her daughter Salome dance before Herod

Hodesh

I Chronicles 8:8, 9

One of two wives of Shaharaim in the genealogy of Benjamin

Hodiah

I Chronicles 4:18, 19 Nehemiah 10:18

One of Mered's two wives

Hoglah

Numbers 26:33, 27:1-11, 36:1-12, Joshua 17:3

One of five daughters of Zelophehad who won the right of inheritance to their father’s property as there were no male heirs

Huldah

II Kings 22:14-20, II Chronicles 34:22-33

Prophetess during days of King Josiah

Hushim

I Chronicles 8:8-11

A Moabite, One of two wives of Shaharaim in the genealogy of Benjamin

Iscah

Genesis 11:29

A daughter of Haran, Abraham's brother

Jael

Judges 4:17-22, 5:6, 24-27

Killed Sisera, an enemy captain, as he slept by driving a tent pin through his head with a maul

Jecholiah, Jecoliah

II Kings 15:2

Wife of King Amaziah and mother of King Uzziah (Azariah)

Jedidah

II Kings 22:1, 2

Wife of wicked King Amon, mother of righteous King Josiah

Jehoaddan

II Kings 14:2

Wife of King Joash, mother of King Amaziah

Jehosheba, Jehoshabeath

II Kings 11:2, II Chronicles 22:11

The woman who saved and hid Joash from the

murderous Queen Athaliah so that he might

one day become king. The daughter of King

Jehoram, wife of the high priest Jehoiada

Jemima

Job 42:14

A daughter of Job

Jerioth

I Chronicles 2:18.19

Wife of Caleb son of Hezron

Jerusha

II Kings 15:33, I Chronicles 6:12, II

Chronicles 27:1-6

Daughter of the priest Zadok, wife of righteous

King Uzziah who died of leprosy, mother of

righteous King Jotham

Jezebel

I Kings 16:31, 18:4-19, 19:1, 2; 21:5-25, II Kings 9

Wicked daughter of the king/priest of Baal, a Phoenician married to King Ahab who leads him into idolatry and murder. She dies an ignominous death as she is thrown from a wall, her body eaten by dogs

Joanna

Luke 8:1-3, 23:55, 24:10

Healed by Christ of evil spirits,one of the group of women who fed and cared for Christ and the apostles, also one of the women who saw the empty tomb

Jochebed

Exodus 1; 2:1-11; 6:20; Numbers 26:59, Hebrews 11:23

Mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam

Judith

Genesis 26:34

Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri

Julia

Romans 16:15

Mentioned in Pauls letter to Romans

Keren-Happuch

Job 1:2; 42:14

One of Job's three daughters

Keturah

Genesis 25:1-6; I Chronicles 1:32, 33

Abraham's third wife whom he married after

Sarah died. The mother of six of Abraham's

sons. Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak

and Shuah.

Lois

II Timothy 1:5

Mother of Eunice, grandmother of Timothy

Lo-Ruhamah

Hosea 1:6,8

Daughter of Josea and Gomer, given a name

symbolizing God's relationship with Israel ie no

pity or mercy

Lydia

Acts 16:12-15, 40; Philippians 1:1-10

A successful businesswoman, the first convert in her family who brought the rest to conversion

Maachah

II Chronicles 13:2, I Kings 15:1-2, 13, II Chronicles 11:20-22, 15:16

Granddaughter of Absalom, wife of King Rehoboam, mother of King Abijah

Maachah

I Kings 15:10-11; II Chronicles 15:15

Moher of Asa, King of Judah

Maachah

I Chronicles 3:2; II Samuel 3:3

One of David's eight wives, mother of Absalom

Maachah

I Chronicles 2:48

concubine of Caleb son of Hezron

Maachah

I Chronicles 7:12-16

Daughter-in-law of Manassas, mother of Peresh and Sheresh

Maachah

I Chronicles 8:29, 9:35

Wife of Jehiel founder of Giveon, ancestress of

King Saul

Mahalah

I Chronicles 7:18

Great granddaughter of Joseph through Manasseh and Hammoleketh

Mahalath

Genesis 28:9

Daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son through Hagar, Esau’s third wife

Mahalath

II Chronicles 11:18

First of King Rehoboam's 18 wives and 60 concubines, granddaughter of David

Martha

Luke 10:38-41; John 11; 12: 1-3

Martha, Mary and Lazarus of the New Testament. She who was cumbered with much serving

Mary

Matthew 1: 2: 12:46; Luke 1; 2; John

2: 1-11, 19:25; Acts 1:14

Mother of Jesus

Mary

Magdalene

Matthew 27:56, 61; 28:1; Mark 15:40,

47; 16:1-19; Luke 8:2; 24:10; John 19:

25; 20:1-18

Freed of seven devils by Jesus, she became a devoted follower and caretaker. She was at the cross, at the tomb and the first to see the risen Christ.

Mary mother of

James and

Joses

Matthew 27:55-61; Luke 8:2, 3; Mark

15: 40; 16:8

Mother of James the apostle and Joses. She

was one of the women who followed and financially supported Christ; was at the cross and again with the women who saw the empty tomb

Mary mother of

Mark

Acts 12: 12

Mother of Mark who wrote the gospel of Mark

Mary of

Bethany

Luke 10:38-41; John 11; 12: 1-3, 7

The sister of Martha and Lazarus she is famed

for choosing "that good part" of spiritual growth

over worldly cares

Mary of Rome

Romans 16:6

One of the few given special greetings by Paul

in his letter to the Romans

Matred

Genesis 36:39; I Chronicles 1: 50

Mother of Mehetabel who married a king of

Edom

Mehetabel

Genesis 36:38; I Chronicles 1: 50

Wife of Hadad, king of Edom

Merab

I Samuel 14:49; 18:17-19

Oldest daughter of Saul promised to David but

given to Adried

Meshullemeth

II Kings 21:19

Wife of Manasseh king of Judah, and mother of Amon who also became king of Judah

Michal

I Samuel 14:19; 18:20-28; 19:11-17;

25:44; II Samuel 3: 13-14; 6: 16-23;

21:8; I Chronicles 15:29

First wife of David, younger daughter of Saul,

she loved, protected and eventually lost favor

with David

Milcah I

Genesis 11:29; 22:20-23; 24:15, 24, 47

Daughter of Haran, wife of Nahor, grandmother of Rebekah and Laban

Milcah II

Numbers 26:33, 27:1-11, 36:11, Joshua

17:3

One of the five daughters of Zelophehad and co-inheritor

Miriam

Exodus 15:20-21; Numbers 12:1-15;

20:1; 26:59; Deuteronomy 24:9; Micah

6:4

Sister of Moses and Aaron, she followed Moses basket, was a prophetess to Israel, offended God by discounting Moses' greatness and was cursed with then cured of leprosy

Miriam II

I Chronicles 4:17

Could be a man or a woman

Naamah

Genesis 4:22

Daughter of Lamach and Zillah, sister of Tubal-cain

Naamah II

I Kings 14:21, 31; II Chronicles 12:13

Solomons wife (one of many). An idolatrous

Ammonite whose son Rehoboam became the

last king of a united Israel

Naarah

I Chronicles 4:5-6

One of two wives of Ashur

Naomi

Ruth

The widowed mother-in-law of Ruth who became an ancestress to King David and Jesus Christ

Nehushta

II Kings 24:8

Wife of righteous King Josiah's unrighteous son Jehoiakim

Noadiah

Nehemiah 6:14

A false prophetess who tried to stop Nehemiah

from finishing the restoration of the Temple

Noah

Numbers 26:33; 27:1

One of the five daughters of Zelophehad and co-inheritor

Orpah

Ruth 1

The other daughter-in-law of Naomi

Peninnah

I Samuel 1:2, 6

The second wife of Elkanah whose initially barren first wife Hannah became the mother of the prophet Samuel

Persis

Romans 16:12

A woman mentioned by Paul as one who labored for the Lord

Phoebe

Romans 16:1-2

A woman recommended by Paul as a servant of the Lord who should be assisted

Priscilla

Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Romans 16:3; I

Corinthians 16:19; II Timothy 4:19

Priscilla and her husband Aquila are strong believers and good servants in building the church

Puah

Exodus 1:15

Egyptian midwife ordered to kill Israelite babies at birth but did not do so blaming lack of compliance on the quickness with which Israelite women delivered

Rachel

Genesis 29; 30; 31; 33:1-7; 35:16-26;

46:19, 22, 25; 48:7; Ruth 4:11; I Samuel 10:2; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18

Beloved wife of Jacob she was barren for years finally offering her maid to Jacob to bear children. Eventually a mother she died giving birth to Benjamin

Rahab

Joshua 2:1-3, 6:17-25; Matthew 1:5;

Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25

The Amorite harlot who helped Joshua's spies overcome Jericho. She married Salmon, one of the spies; was the mother of Boaz who married Ruth. An ancestress of David and hence Jesus Christ

Rebecca or

Genesis 22:23; 24; 25: 20-28; 26:6-35;

Wife of Isaac, mother of twins Jacob and Esau.

Rebekah

27; 28:5; 29:12; 35:8;49:31; Romans

9:6-16

She helped Jacob trick Isaac into giving Jacob the birthright blessing.

Rhoda

Acts 12:1-19

The servant of Mary mother of Mark. She was so stunned by hearing Peter's voice at the gate the night he was miraculously released from prison that she ran to tell the praying saints rather than open the door.

Rizpah

II Samuel 3:7; 21:8-14

Wife of Saul, mother of two of his seven sons. They were killed to appease the Gibeonites who survived Saul's slaughter in hopes this would end a three year drought

Ruth

Ruth, Matthew 1:5

The Moabite who followed her mother-in-law Naomi to a foreign land where by her goodness and loyalty she won the heart of Boaz; an ancestress of Christ

Salome I

Matthew 14:6-11; Mrk 6:22-28

Daughter of Herodias, she danced for Herod and won his promise of anything she asked. At her mother's prompting she asked for John the Baptist's head.

Salome II

Mathew 20:20_24; 27:56; Mark 10:35-

40; 15:40-41; 16:1-2

Mother of James and John, she along with

husband Zebedee followed Christ. She

ministered to him, was at the cross and was

with the group of women who discovered the

empty tomb

Sapphira

Acts 5:1-11

She along with her husband conspired to sell all and give to the church but instead kept some back and lied about it. She dropped dead at her lie.

Sara, Sarah,

Genesis 11:29-31; 12:5-17; 16:1-8;

Barren beautiful wife of Abraham she gave her

Sarai

17:15-21; 18; 20:2-18; 21:1-12; 23:1-19; 24:36-37; 25:10-12; 49:31; Isaiah 51:2; Romans 4:19; 9:9; Hebrews 11:11; I Peter 3:6

maid to him who bore him Ishmael. In her old

age she miraculously bore Isaac the heir.

Serah

Genesisi 46:17; I Chronicles 7:30

Granddaughter of Jacob through Zilpah

Shelomith I

Leviticus 24:10-13

A Danite married to an Egyptian; her son is

stoned for blaspheming God when he was not

allowed to camp with the Israelites.

Shelomith II

I Chronicles 3:19

Daughter of one of the Zerubbabel

Shelomith III

II Chronicles 11:20

Daughter (or possibly son) of Maachah and

King Rehoboam

Sherah

I Chronicles 7:24

An Ephraimite who inherited three villages and

enlarged them

Shimeath

II Kings 12: 21; II Chronicles 24:26

An Ammorite whose son killed King Joash of Judah

Shiphrah

Exodus 1:15

A midwife who protected the children born to Israelite mothers when ordered to kill them by Pharoah

Shomer

II Kings 12:21

Moabite mother of Jehozabad who killed King

Joash of Judah

Shua

Genesis 38:1-2

Daughter of Heber grandson of Asher

Susannah

Luke 8:2-3

One of the omwen who ministered to Christ with her substance

Syntyche

Philippians 4:2

One of the active members of the early church at Philippi

Tabitha

See Dorcas

Tahpenes

I Kings 11:19-20

Wife of King of Egypt whose sister was the wife of an Edomite King; she raised her sister's son Genubath when her sister died

Tamar

Genesis 38:6-30; Ruth 4:12; I

Chronicles 2:4, Matthew 1:3

The woman who played the part of a prostitute to have a child with Judah, an ancestress of Christ

Tamar II

II Samuel 13; I Chronicles 3:9

The daughter of David and Maacah, she was raped by her half brother Amnon.

Tamar III

II Samuel 14:27

Daughter of Absalom; niece of Tamar (II)

Taphath

I Kings 4:11

A daughter of Solomon

Timna

Genesis 36:12; 22; I Chronicles 1:39

Concubine of Eliphaz mother of Amalek

Tirzah

Numbers 26:33

One of the five daughters of Zelophehad and co-inheritor

Tryphena

Romans 16:12

One of the women greeted by Paul in his letter

to the Romans

Tryphosa

Romans 16:12

One of the women greeted by Paul in his letter

to the Romans

Vashti

Esther 1; 2:1; 4:17

The queen who refused to appear before her drunken husband King Ahasuerus and his friends. For this reason she was divorced and Esther took her place

Zebudah,

Zebidah

II Kings 23:36

Wife of righteous King Josiah, mother of Jehoahaz and unrighteous King Jehoiakim

Zeresh

Esther 5:10, 14; 6:13

Haman's wife, the man who convinced King Ahaseurus to all the killing of all the Jews

Zeruah

I Kings 11:26-40

Mother of Jeroboam who became King of Israel after the ten tribes revolted against Solomon's son King Rehoboam

Zeruiah

II Samuel 17:25; I Chronicles 2: 16

A sister of David, mother of Joab and Asahel

Zibiah

II Kings 12:1; II Chronicles 24:1

Wife of King Ahaziah, mother of Jehoash

Zillah

Genesis 4:19-23

One of Lamech's two wives, mother of Naamah and Tubal-cain

Zilpah

Genesis 29:24; 30:9-10; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18

Leah's maid given to Jacob by whom he fathered Gad and Asher

Zipporah

Exodus 2:21- 22; 4:24-25; 18:1-6

Moses wife, mother of his sons Gershom and Eliezer