Figures

Every named figure.

Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.

13 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Abijah (king of Judah)
Abijah (king of Judah)

Abijam (1 Kings)

Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Rehoboam and Maacah; king of Judah ca. 913–911 BC. Reigned three years; warred with Jeroboam. Distinct from Abijah son of Samuel and other figures.

Ahaz
Ahaz
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Jotham; king of Judah ca. 735–715 BC. Sacrificed his sons in the fire; burned incense at the high places. Submitted to Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria for protection from the Syro-Ephraimite alliance. Recipient of Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7).

Amon
Amon
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Manasseh; king of Judah ca. 642–640 BC. Continued his father's idolatry without his repentance; assassinated in his palace after two years.

Asa
Asa
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Abijah; king of Judah ca. 911–870 BC. Reformer who removed idols and the male cult prostitutes; relied on foreign alliance with Aram in his later years and was rebuked by the seer Hanani. Reigned forty-one years.

Hezekiah
Hezekiah
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Ahaz; king of Judah ca. 715–686 BC. One of Judah's three best kings (with David and Josiah). Removed the high places; trusted Yahweh against Sennacherib of Assyria, who lost 185,000 in one night. Granted fifteen extra years of life after a fatal illness. Reigned twenty-nine years.

Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim

Eliakim

Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Josiah; king of Judah 609–598 BC, installed by Pharaoh Necho. Burned Jeremiah's scroll. Killed Uriah the prophet. Vassal of Babylon, then rebelled. Died as Nebuchadnezzar arrived; his body 'cast forth beyond the gates' (Jer 22:19). Some traditions count him in Matt 1's omission.

Jehoram (king of Judah)
Jehoram (king of Judah)

Joram

Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Jehoshaphat; king of Judah ca. 848–841 BC. Married Athaliah daughter of Ahab; killed his six brothers; walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Died of a horrible bowel disease as Elijah had foretold. Reigned eight years. Distinct from his contemporary Joram of Israel.

Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Asa; king of Judah ca. 870–848 BC. Walked in the ways of David; sent Levites to teach the law throughout Judah. Allied unwisely with Ahab of Israel; rebuked by Jehu son of Hanani. Defeated Moab and Ammon by song and faith. Reigned twenty-five years.

Josiah
Josiah
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Amon; king of Judah ca. 640–609 BC. Began reforms at sixteen; the Book of the Law was rediscovered in the temple in his eighteenth year, prompting national repentance. Killed at Megiddo trying to halt Pharaoh Necho. Reigned thirty-one years.

Jotham (king of Judah)
Jotham (king of Judah)
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Uzziah; king of Judah ca. 750–732 BC (co-regent for many years during Uzziah's leprosy). Built the upper gate of the temple; subdued the Ammonites; did right in the eyes of Yahweh.

Manasseh (king of Judah)
Manasseh (king of Judah)
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Hezekiah; king of Judah ca. 697–642 BC. Most evil king of Judah; rebuilt high places, set an Asherah pole in the temple, sacrificed his sons. Captured by the Assyrians, repented in exile, and was restored. Reigned fifty-five years, longest of any Judahite king. Distinct from Manasseh son of Joseph.

Rehoboam
Rehoboam
Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Solomon and Naamah; king of Judah ca. 931–913 BC. Rejected the elders' counsel to lighten the tax burden, prompting the secession of the ten northern tribes under Jeroboam. Reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem.

Uzziah
Uzziah

Azariah

Divided kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Amaziah; king of Judah ca. 792–740 BC (long co-regency with father). One of Judah's most successful kings: defeated Philistines, Arabs, and Ammonites; rebuilt cities; strengthened the army. Struck with leprosy after presuming to burn incense in the temple; co-regent with his son Jotham thereafter. Year of his death is the year of Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 6).

Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.