Figures

Every named figure.

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

24 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Abednego
Abednego

Azariah

ExileJudah

Friend of Daniel; preserved in the fiery furnace.

Ammihud (Judahite)
Ammihud (Judahite)
ExileJudah

Father of Uthai. Distinct from Ammihud the Ephraimite, Ammihud the Simeonite, Ammihud of Naphtali, and Ammihud father of Talmai of Geshur.

Assir son of Jeconiah
Assir son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) listed in 1 Chronicles 3:17. Some take 'Assir' as a title meaning 'the captive' rather than a personal name.

Bani (ancestor of Uthai)
Bani (ancestor of Uthai)
ExileJudah

Earliest named ancestor of Uthai in 1 Chronicles 9:4; from the line of Perez. Distinct from many other Banis.

Daniel
Daniel
ExileProphetJudah

Of royal Judahite line; deported to Babylon in 605 BC as a youth. Refused the king's food; given understanding in dreams and visions. Served Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius the Mede, and Cyrus. Survived the lions' den. Received the 70-weeks prophecy and the visions of the four kingdoms. Distinct from Daniel/Chileab son of David.

Hoshama son of Jeconiah
Hoshama son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah king of Judah.

Imri (ancestor of Uthai)
Imri (ancestor of Uthai)
ExileJudah

Great-grandfather of Uthai. Distinct from Imri father of Zaccur the wall-builder.

Ishmael son of Nethaniah
Ishmael son of Nethaniah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Of the royal house; assassinated Gedaliah and his guards at Mizpah, then slew seventy pilgrims and fled to the Ammonites. Distinct from Ishmael son of Abraham and other Ishmaels.

Jecamiah son of Jeconiah
Jecamiah son of Jeconiah
ExileJudah

One of the seven sons of Jeconiah the captive named in the post-exilic Davidic genealogy (1 Chronicles 3:18).

Jehoiachin
Jehoiachin

Coniah · Jeconiah

ExileKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Jehoiakim; reigned three months in 597 BC before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar and being deported to Babylon. Released from prison thirty-seven years later by Evil-merodach. Recipient of Jeremiah's curse that none of his offspring would prosper on David's throne (Jeremiah 22:30); appears in both Matthean and (debated) other genealogies.

Jekamiah son of Jeconiah
Jekamiah son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah king of Judah.

Joiarib son of Zechariah (Shilonite)
Joiarib son of Zechariah (Shilonite)
ExileJudah

Ancestor of the Shilonite Maaseiah of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:5). Distinct from Joiarib the priestly course.

Mahalalel of Perez
Mahalalel of Perez
ExileJudah

Ancestor of Athaiah; descendant of Perez (Nehemiah 11:4). Distinct from Mahalalel son of Kenan (antediluvian).

Malchiram son of Jeconiah
Malchiram son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah king of Judah, born in exile.

Meshach
Meshach

Mishael

ExileJudah

Friend of Daniel; preserved in the fiery furnace.

Nedabiah son of Jeconiah
Nedabiah son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah king of Judah.

Omri (Judahite ancestor of Uthai)
Omri (Judahite ancestor of Uthai)
ExileJudah

Grandfather of Uthai in 1 Chronicles 9:4. Distinct from Omri king of Israel, Omri the Issacharite, and Omri of Benjamin.

Pedaiah son of Jeconiah
Pedaiah son of Jeconiah
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah; per 1 Chronicles 3:19, biological father of Zerubbabel (whom Shealtiel raised as his own).

Shadrach
Shadrach

Hananiah

ExileJudah

Of royal Judahite line; deported with Daniel. Renamed Shadrach by the Babylonians. Refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar's image and was preserved with Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

Shealtiel
Shealtiel

Salathiel

ExileJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) per Matthew 1:12 and 1 Chronicles 3:17; father (or adoptive father) of Zerubbabel. The link between the pre-exilic and post-exilic Davidic line.

Shenazzar
Shenazzar
ExileJudahHouse of David

Son of Jeconiah; sometimes identified with Sheshbazzar prince of Judah (Ezra 1:8) who first led the return.

Shephatiah son of Mahalalel (Judah)
Shephatiah son of Mahalalel (Judah)
ExileJudah

Ancestor of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4).

Zechariah of the Shilonites
Zechariah of the Shilonites
ExileJudah

Ancestor in the Shilonite line of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:5).

Zedekiah
Zedekiah

Mattaniah · Zidkijah

ExileKingJudahHouse of David

Son of Josiah, uncle of Jehoiachin; last king of Judah, installed by Nebuchadnezzar 597–586 BC. Rebelled in his ninth year; Jerusalem fell on the ninth of Av 586 BC. His sons were killed before his eyes; he was blinded and taken to Babylon where he died.

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”.