Timeline of
Minor & Major Prophets
in the Old Testament

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 Minor - Hosea through Malachi
      First nine - pre-exile
      Last three - post-exile

What is a Minor Prophet? read here

5 Major - Isaiah through Daniel
      Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations - pre-exilic
      Ezekiel, Daniel - exilic prophets

What is a Major Prophet? read here

 

Timeline of the Prophets
Jonah 770 B.C. to Ninevah
Amos 760 to Israel
Hosea 760 - 730   to Israel
Isaiah 740 - 700 to Judah
Micah 737 - 690 to Judah
Habakkah   630 to Judah
Zephaniah   627 to Judah
Jeremiah 627 - 580 to Judah
Daniel 605 - 530 to Judah
Ezekiel 593 - 570 to Judah
Nahum 593 - 570 to Ninevah
Haggai 520 to Judah
Zechariah 520 - 518 to Judah
Joel 500 to Judah
Obadiah 500 to Edom
Malachi 433 B.C. to Judah

●  Prophets of the Old Testament read

 

Kings of

Start
of reign
 

Years
since
Solomon
 

 Length
of reign
(years)
 

Prophets to ...
Judah Israel Judah Israel
1. Rehoboam   931 BC 0 17    
  1. Jeroboam 931 BC 0 22   (Ahijah)
2. Abijah   913 BC 18 3    
3. Asa   911 BC 20 41    
  2. Nadab 910 BC 21 2    
  3. Baasha 909 BC 22 24   (Jehu)
  4. Elah 886 BC 45 2    
  5. Zimri 885 BC 46 7 days    
  6. Omri 885 BC 46 12    
  7. Ahab 874 BC 57 22   (Elijah)
4. Jehoshaphat   870 BC 61 25   (Micaiah)
  8. Ahaziah 853 BC 78 2   (Elisha)
  9. Joram 852 BC 79 12    
5. Jehoram   848 BC 83 8    
6. Ahaziah   841 BC 90 1    
  10. Jehu 841 BC 90 28    
7. Queen Athaliah   841 BC 90 6    
8. Joash   835 BC 96 40 Joel (guesswork)  
  11. Jehoahaz 814 BC 117 17    
  12. Jehoash 798 BC 133 16    
9. Amaziah   796 BC 135 29   Jonah (to Nineveh) (approx)
  13. Jeroboam II 782 BC 149 41   Amos,
Hosea (until Hezekiah)
10. Uzziah (Azariah)   767 BC 164 52 Isaiah (until Hezekiah)  
  14. Zechariah 753 BC 178 6 months    
  15. Shallum 752 BC 179 1 month    
  16. Menahem 752 BC 179 10    
  17. Pekahiah 742 BC 189 2    
  18. Pekah 740 BC 191 20    
11. Jotham   740 BC 191 16 Micah (until Hezekiah)  
12. Ahaz   732 BC 199 16    
  19. Hoshea 732 BC 199 9    
13. Hezekiah   716 BC 215 29    
14. Manasseh   687 BC 244 55    
15. Amon   642 BC 289 2   Nahum (to Nineveh) (approx)
16. Josiah   640 BC 291 31 Zephaniah,
Jeremiah (into exile)		  
17. Jehoahaz   609 BC 322 3 months    
18. Jehoiakim   609 BC 322 11 Habakkuk (approx)  
19. Jehoiachin   597 BC 334 3 months    
20. Zedekiah   597 BC 334 11    
    592 BC 339   Ezekiel,
Daniel		  
    587 BC (maybe) 335   Obadiah (to Edom)  
    520 BC 411   Haggai, Zechariah  
(Esther)   478 BC 453      
(Ezra)   458 BC 473      
(Nehemiah)   445 BC 486      
    433 BC 498   Malachi  

Created by mike@miketaylor.org.uk

 

What is a Minor Prophet? (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


A minor prophet is a book in the Minor Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Old Testament. Twelve individuals have had their names attributed to a section of the Hebrew Bible which has become known as the "Books of the Minor Prophets" or more often known as the "Minor Prophets". In Jewish sources, the collective Aramaic term Trei Asar ("twelve") is also used.

In the Hebrew Bible the writings of the minor prophets are counted as a single book, in Christian Bibles as twelve individual books. The "Minor Prophets" are listed below in order of their appearance in Hebrew and Western Christian bibles:

  • Hosea

  • Joel

  • Amos

  • Obadiah

  • Jonah

  • Micah

  • Nahum

  • Habakkuk

  • Zephaniah

  • Haggai

  • Zechariah

  • Malachi

The Septuagint of the eastern churches has the order: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, the rest as above. It also puts the Minor Prophets before, instead of after the Major prophets.

The term "minor" refers to the books' lengths, not their importance. See Major Prophets for the longer books of prophecies in the Bible and the Tanakh.

 

What is a Major Prophet?  (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


A major prophet is a book in the Major Prophets section of the Christian Old Testament in the Bible. The term "major prophet" is typically a Christian term as the Jewish Hebrew Bible does not group these books together and does not even include the deuterocanonical/apocryphal Book of Baruch. The closest analogous grouping in the Hebrew Bible is the "Prophets" or Nevi'im. The Christian major prophets in order of occurrence in the Christian Bible are:

  • Isaiah

  • Jeremiah

  • Lamentations, also known as the Lamentations of Jeremiah

  • Baruch (deuterocanonical; may be placed before Lamentations.) This work is not incorporated into the Jewish Bible nor the Protestant Bible.

  • Ezekiel

  • Daniel (listed with the Ketuvim in the Hebrew Bible).

The term "major" refers to their length, not their importance.

 

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