Every named figure.
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Leader of the house of Aaron who brought 3,700 men to David at Hebron (1 Chronicles 12:27). Distinct from Jehoiada father of Benaiah and Jehoiada the high priest under Joash.
Youngest son of Mattathias; led the Hasmonean cause after Judas's death. Appointed high priest by Alexander Balas in 152 BC, founding the Hasmonean priestly dynasty. Treacherously killed by Trypho in 143 BC.
Third son of Mattathias; surnamed Maccabeus ('hammer'). Led the revolt against the Seleucids; cleansed and rededicated the temple in 164 BC, celebrated thereafter as Hanukkah. Killed in battle at Elasa 160 BC.
Son of Eleazar; turned away Yahweh's wrath at Baal-Peor by spearing the Israelite man and Midianite woman together (Numbers 25). Granted the covenant of perpetual priesthood. Succeeded his father as high priest. Distinct from Phinehas son of Eli.
Second son of Mattathias; succeeded Jonathan. Won independence from Seleucid taxation; recognized by the people as 'great high priest, commander, and leader' in perpetuity (1 Maccabees 14). Murdered by his son-in-law Ptolemy in 134 BC.
A young man, mighty of valor, listed in 1 Chronicles 12:28 with twenty-two captains from his father's house. Often identified with Zadok son of Ahitub the priest.
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”.