Figures

Every named figure.

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

2 of 2,781 curated.

Jael
Jael
JudgesKenites

Wife of Heber the Kenite; gave Sisera milk in her tent and then drove a tent peg through his temple as he slept. Praised by Deborah as 'most blessed of women in tents'.

Jethro
Jethro

Reuel · Hobab (per some readings)

WildernessPriestMidianitesKenites

Priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses. Hosted Moses during his forty-year exile and gave him Zipporah in marriage. Counseled Moses to delegate judicial authority (Exodus 18). Called Reuel in Exodus 2:18 and Jethro from Exodus 3 onward.

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”.