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Chronological working register

Prophets of Scripture:
from Moses through the first century

A date-conscious register of named faithful prophets, prophetesses, seers, and expressly identified prophetic witnesses. It records what Scripture supplies and leaves unstated dates visibly unsettled.

Working rule: A settled ruler does not automatically settle a prophet’s birth, death, or full ministry span. Exact Creation and Nisan years are shown only where the existing chronology supports them; everything else remains ruler-linked, approximate, or under review.

How to read the register

Examine the wording and the evidence

Each entry includes the KJV wording used for its placement. The register begins with Moses, includes prophetesses and named seers, and continues through the first-century church.

1

Settled

The existing timeline supplies a firm Creation-year placement or biblical span.

2

Ruler-linked

Scripture names the contemporary ruler, but not the prophet’s complete ministry.

3

Under review

No king, month, or year is supplied—or the conversion from the biblical sequence remains uncertain.

Moses through the united kingdom

The law, judges, seers, and royal prophets

NameDates and rulerScripture and note

Moses

Lifespan settled
CY 2366–2487Pharaoh · wilderness generation
Deuteronomy 34:10King James Version“And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The register begins with Moses, whom Scripture expressly names as a prophet.

Aaron

Relationship stated; dates to review
Exodus and wildernessPharaoh · Moses
Exodus 7:1King James Version“See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Aaron is called Moses’s prophet in his role as spokesman.

Miriam

Period settled; lifespan not displayed
Exodus and wildernessPharaoh · Moses
Exodus 15:20King James Version“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The first woman expressly called a prophetess in Scripture.

Eldad and Medad

Event placement; individual dates unknown
Wilderness periodMoses
Numbers 11:26King James Version“And the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Two named elders who prophesy when the Spirit rests upon the seventy.

Deborah

Working placement settled
CY 2704 onwardJudges period · Jabin of Canaan
Judges 4:4King James Version“And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Both prophetess and judge; her established timeline placement remains unchanged.

Samuel

Recorded period settled
CY 2871 onwardEli · Saul · early David
1 Samuel 3:20King James Version“And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Judge, seer, and prophet across Israel’s transition to kingship.

Saul

Prophesied; not expressly titled a prophet
CY 2880 accession · later occasion undatedSamuel · Saul
1 Samuel 10:10–12King James Version“And the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The Spirit comes upon Saul and he prophesies after Samuel’s sign is fulfilled. He prophesies again at Naioth in 1 Samuel 19:20–24; this register does not turn those events into the formal title ‘Saul the prophet.’

Gad

Ruler-linked placement
Saul and DavidSaul · David
1 Samuel 22:5King James Version“And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Advises David during Saul’s reign and later serves as David’s seer.

Nathan

Ruler-linked placement
David and SolomonDavid · Solomon
2 Samuel 7:2King James Version“That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Prominent in the Davidic covenant, David’s correction, and Solomon’s accession.

David

Lifespan settled
CY 2854–2924Saul · David
Acts 2:30King James Version“Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

King and psalmist; the New Testament also expressly calls him a prophet.

Asaph

Ruler-linked placement
David and SolomonDavid · Solomon
2 Chronicles 29:30King James Version“Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A worship leader and seer whose words were used in later temple worship.

Heman

Ruler-linked placement
DavidDavid
1 Chronicles 25:5King James Version“All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Included among the named prophetic seers connected with temple music.

Jeduthun

Ruler-linked placement
DavidDavid
2 Chronicles 35:15King James Version“And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A named royal seer and worship leader.

The divided kingdoms

Prophets to Israel and Judah

NameDates and rulerScripture and note

Ahijah the Shilonite

Ruler-linked placement
Solomon through JeroboamSolomon · Rehoboam · Jeroboam
1 Kings 11:29King James Version“Ahijah the Shilonite the prophet found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Foretells the division of the kingdom and later speaks against Jeroboam’s house.

Shemaiah

Ruler-linked placement
Early divided kingdomRehoboam
2 Chronicles 12:5King James Version“Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Stops the proposed war against Israel and later addresses Shishak’s invasion.

Iddo

Ruler-linked; exact span under review
Rehoboam and AbijahRehoboam · Abijah
2 Chronicles 12:15King James Version“Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Named as a seer and source for reign records.

Azariah son of Oded

Ruler-linked placement
AsaAsa
2 Chronicles 15:1–2King James Version“And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A Spirit-given prophetic message brings reform in Asa’s reign.

Hanani

Ruler-linked placement
AsaAsa
2 Chronicles 16:7King James Version“And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Rebukes Asa for relying on Syria rather than the LORD.

Jehu son of Hanani

Ruler-linked placement
Baasha through JehoshaphatBaasha · Jehoshaphat
1 Kings 16:7King James Version“And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Addresses both the northern and southern kingdoms.

Elijah

Ruler-linked placement
Ahab and AhaziahAhab · Ahaziah
1 Kings 18:22King James Version“Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

His recorded ministry is anchored to Ahab and Ahaziah, not to a stated birth year.

Micaiah son of Imlah

Event placement settled
Ahab and JehoshaphatAhab · Jehoshaphat
1 Kings 22:7–8King James Version“Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Opposes Ahab’s court prophets before the battle at Ramoth-gilead.

Jahaziel son of Zechariah

Event placement
JehoshaphatJehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 20:14King James Version“Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Delivers the LORD’s answer during the invasion faced by Jehoshaphat.

Eliezer son of Dodavah

Event placement
Jehoshaphat and AhaziahJehoshaphat · Ahaziah
2 Chronicles 20:37King James Version“Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Foretells the destruction of Jehoshaphat’s ships.

Elisha

Ruler-linked span; endpoints to review
Joram through JoashJoram · Jehu · Jehoahaz · Joash
2 Kings 6:12King James Version“Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

His ministry crosses several northern reigns; Scripture does not give a birth year.

Zechariah son of Jehoiada

Event placement
Joash of JudahJoash
2 Chronicles 24:20King James Version“And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A priestly prophetic witness killed after rebuking Judah.

Jonah son of Amittai

Ruler-linked placement
Jeroboam IIJeroboam II
2 Kings 14:25King James Version“According to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Kings anchors Jonah to Jeroboam II even though the book of Jonah names no king.

Amos

Reigns stated; exact year under review
Uzziah and Jeroboam IIUzziah · Jeroboam II
Amos 1:1King James Version“The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Further marked as two years before the earthquake.

Hosea

Reigns stated; endpoints under review
Uzziah through HezekiahUzziah · Jotham · Ahaz · Hezekiah · Jeroboam II
Hosea 1:1King James Version“The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A long ruler-linked ministry spanning the decline of the northern kingdom.

Isaiah

Reigns stated; endpoints under review
Uzziah through HezekiahUzziah · Jotham · Ahaz · Hezekiah
Isaiah 1:1King James Version“The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The superscription supplies four reigns but no birth or death dates.

The prophetess in Isaiah

Event placement; personal name not given
Ahaz periodAhaz
Isaiah 8:3King James Version“And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Scripture calls her the prophetess but does not preserve a personal name or explain whether the title is independent of Isaiah.

Micah

Reigns stated; endpoints under review
Jotham through HezekiahJotham · Ahaz · Hezekiah
Micah 1:1King James Version“The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Contemporary with Isaiah and remembered in Jeremiah 26.

Oded

Event placement
Ahaz and PekahAhaz · Pekah
2 Chronicles 28:9King James Version“But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Confronts the northern army and secures the return of Judean captives.

Joel

Placement under review
UnknownNone named
Joel 1:1King James Version“The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Early Joash and post-exile settings remain among the principal proposals; no Creation year is assigned.

Nahum

Broad historical setting only
Before Nineveh’s fallNone named
Nahum 1:1King James Version“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Nineveh supplies the subject, but no king or numbered year is stated.

Zephaniah

Reign stated
JosiahJosiah
Zephaniah 1:1King James Version“The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The reign is explicit; the year within Josiah’s reign is not.

Huldah

Dated through the temple repair
Josiah’s eighteenth yearJosiah
2 Kings 22:14King James Version“So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Consulted after the book of the law is found during Josiah’s repair of the temple.

Captivity and return

Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the restoration prophets

NameDates and rulerScripture and note

Jeremiah

Many dated notices; full register pending
Josiah’s 13th year through Jerusalem’s fall and afterwardJosiah · Jehoiakim · Zedekiah
Jeremiah 1:2–3King James Version“To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Continues through the fifth-month captivity and later events in Egypt.

Urijah son of Shemaiah

Ruler-linked event
JehoiakimJehoiakim
Jeremiah 26:20King James Version“And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Flees to Egypt, is returned, and is killed by Jehoiakim.

Habakkuk

Placement under review
Chaldean rise · exact date unknownNone named
Habakkuk 1:1King James Version“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The Chaldeans are named, but no Judean king or numbered year is supplied.

Ezekiel

Thirteen dated notices
CY 3330–3352Zedekiah · Babylonian kings
Ezekiel 1:2–3King James Version“In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

His complete day-month-year register is preserved on the dedicated Ezekiel study page.

Open Ezekiel’s dated prophecies →

Daniel

Regnal dates present; conversion under review
Jehoiakim through CyrusNebuchadnezzar · Belshazzar · Darius · Cyrus
Daniel 10:1King James Version“In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Daniel’s book crosses Babylon into Persia and requires careful regnal synchronization.

Obadiah

Placement under review
UnknownNone named
Obadiah 1:1King James Version“The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Jerusalem’s calamity is central, but Scripture provides no king, year, month, or day.

Haggai

Four exact day-month notices
CY 3402 · Darius’s 2nd yearDarius I
Haggai 1:1King James Version“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

One of Scripture’s most precisely dated short prophetic ministries.

Zechariah son of Berechiah

Several exact dated notices
CY 3403 onward · Darius’s 2nd and 4th yearsDarius I
Zechariah 1:1King James Version“In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Works alongside Haggai during the temple restoration.

Malachi

Placement under review
Persian period · exact date unknownNone named
Malachi 1:1King James Version“The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

No king or regnal year is supplied; no exact Creation year is assigned.

The first century

Prophets and prophetic witnesses in the Gospels and Acts

NameDates and rulerScripture and note

Zacharias

Gospel sequence settled
Before Jesus’s birthHerod · first-century conversion pending
Luke 1:67King James Version“And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

John the Baptist’s father prophesies after his speech is restored.

Anna

Age notices given
Jesus’s infancyHerod · first-century conversion pending
Luke 2:36King James Version“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser:”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Recognizes the child Jesus at the temple; Luke supplies unusually detailed age information.

Simeon

Spirit-led prophetic witness
Jesus’s infancyHerod · first-century conversion pending
Luke 2:26King James Version“And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Not expressly titled a prophet, but retained as a clearly identified Spirit-led witness whose words concern the child Jesus.

John the Baptist

Regnal framework stated
Before and during Jesus’s ministryTiberius · Herod Antipas
Luke 7:26King James Version“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Luke 3 supplies the fifteenth year of Tiberius and contemporary rulers.

Jesus

Dedicated chronology study
Birth and ministry chronologyHerod · Tiberius · Pontius Pilate
Luke 24:19King James Version“Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Scripture presents Jesus as far more than a prophet, while also using the title prophet.

Open Jesus’ chronology study →

Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius, Manaen, and Saul

Group date pending Acts chronology
Early church at AntiochRoman period · conversion pending
Acts 13:1King James Version“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, and Saul.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Named together as prophets and teachers; individual roles are not separated by the verse.

Judas Barsabas and Silas

Acts sequence settled
Jerusalem council periodRoman period · conversion pending
Acts 15:32King James Version“And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Carry the council’s message and strengthen the churches.

Agabus

One reign anchor; exact years to review
Early church · two recorded propheciesClaudius · later Roman period
Acts 11:27–28King James Version“And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Foretells the famine in Claudius’s reign and later Paul’s binding.

Philip’s four daughters

Group placement; names not given
Paul’s final Jerusalem journeyRoman period · conversion pending
Acts 21:9King James Version“And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Included because Scripture expressly records them, although it does not preserve their names.

John

Prophetic writing; date under review
First century · RevelationRoman period · exact conversion under review
Revelation 22:10King James Version“And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Apostolic witness and recorder of Revelation’s prophecy; the site will not force an unsettled AD date.

Kept clearly separate

Named false, opposing, or condemned prophetic figures

This section does not place these figures on equal footing with the faithful prophets above. It preserves their names, settings, and the KJV passages explaining why they are separated.

NameDates and rulerScripture and note

Balaam

Opposing and compromised prophetic figure
Wilderness periodBalak of Moab
2 Peter 2:15–16King James Version“Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Kept separate because Scripture records true words from God while condemning Balaam’s way and counsel.

Zedekiah son of Chenaanah

Event placement settled
Ahab’s final campaignAhab · Jehoshaphat
1 Kings 22:11King James Version“And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Chief named voice among the prophets who contradict Micaiah.

Pashur son of Immer

Ruler-linked; exact year under review
Jehoiakim periodJehoiakim
Jeremiah 20:6King James Version“And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A priest and chief governor whom Jeremiah directly says had prophesied lies.

Hananiah son of Azur

Month-level date stated
Zedekiah’s 4th year · 5th and 7th monthsZedekiah
Jeremiah 28:1King James Version“Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD,”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Jeremiah identifies his message as false and records the timing of his death.

Ahab son of Kolaiah

Captivity setting; exact year not stated
Jehoiachin’s captivityZedekiah · Nebuchadnezzar
Jeremiah 29:21King James Version“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

A named false prophet among the captives in Babylon.

Zedekiah son of Maaseiah

Captivity setting; exact year not stated
Jehoiachin’s captivityZedekiah · Nebuchadnezzar
Jeremiah 29:21King James Version“Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name;”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Named alongside Ahab son of Kolaiah in Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles.

Shemaiah the Nehelamite

Captivity setting; exact year not stated
Jehoiachin’s captivityZedekiah · Nebuchadnezzar
Jeremiah 29:31King James Version“Because Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Opposes Jeremiah from among the exile community.

Noadiah

Ruler-linked placement
Nehemiah’s governorshipArtaxerxes I · working identification
Nehemiah 6:14King James Version“And on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Named among those attempting to frighten Nehemiah during the wall work.

Bar-jesus (Elymas)

Acts sequence; AD conversion pending
Paul’s first missionary journeySergius Paulus · Roman period
Acts 13:6King James Version“They found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

The only New Testament individual directly introduced with the phrase false prophet and a personal name.

Jezebel of Thyatira

Self-designated prophetess
First-century church periodRoman period · exact date under review
Revelation 2:20King James Version“Thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants”Read the full chapter →Tap the reference again to close.

Kept separate because the text says she calls herself a prophetess and condemns her teaching.

Scope of this register: unnamed companies such as the prophets of Baal, unnamed lying prophets, and the future figure called “the false prophet” are not listed as individual people, because the text does not supply personal names.

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