Faith & Reason Nexus

Prophets Before the Exile

To Israel

• Amos (760 B.C.)
• Hosea (755 B.C.)

To Nineveh

• Jonah (760 B.C.)
• Nahum (660 B.C.)

To Edom

• Obadiah (840 B.C.)

To Judah

• Joel (835 B.C.)
• Isaiah (740 B.C.)
• Micah (735 B.C.)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.)
• Jeremiah (627 B.C.)
• Habakkuk (607 B.C.)

To Jews in Babylon

• Daniel (605 B.C.)
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.)

Prophets After the Exile

To the Remnant Returning to Jerusalem

• Haggai (520 B.C.)
• Zechariah (520 B.C.)
• Malachi (432 B.C.)

The Writing Prophets

The “Writing Prophets” in the Old Testament, named so because their writings are recorded in the Bible:

1. MALACHI
2. OBADIAH
3. ZECHARIAH
4. JOEL
5. HAGGAI
6. JONAH
7. EZEKIEL
8. AMOS
9. DANIEL
10. HOSEA
11. HABAKKUK
12. ISAIAH
13. JEREMIAH
14. MICAH
15. ZEPHANIAH
16. NAHUM

“The word of the Lord came to the prophet.” 2 Samuel 24:11

The “Writing Prophets” in the Old Testament, along with their B.C. dates, associated kingdoms, and kings:

1. OBADIAH
B.C. Date: 840-830
Kingdom: Edom

2. JOEL
B.C. Date: 830-820
Kingdom: Judah
King: Joash

3. JONAH
B.C. Date: 785-775
Kingdom: Assyria
King: Shalmanezer IV

4. AMOS
B.C. Date: 765-755
Kingdom: Israel
King: Jeroboam II

5. HOSEA
B.C. Date: 755-715
Kingdom: Israel

6. ISAIAH
B.C. Date: 739-690
Kingdom: Israel
Last kings: Zachariah, Pekah, Hoshea

7. MICAH
B.C. Date: 735-700
Kingdoms: Israel, Judah
Kings: Pekah, Hoshea (Israel), Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah (Judah)

8. NAHUM
B.C. Date: 650-620
Kingdom: Assyria
King: Ashurbanipal

9. ZEPHANIAH
B.C. Date: 635-625
Kingdom: Judah
King: Josiah

10. JEREMIAH
B.C. Date: 627-575
Kingdom: Judah

11. HABAKKUK
B.C. Date: 620-610
Kingdom: Judah
Last kings: Josiah

12. DANIEL
B.C. Date: 605-536
Kingdoms: Babylon, Persia, and all nations

13. EZEKIEL
B.C. Date: 593-560

14. HAGGAI
B.C. Date: 520-505

15. ZECHARIAH
B.C. Date: 520-490

16. MALACHI
B.C. Date: 435-415
Kingdom: Judah
Associated with Jews after the return