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Flourished	c.1000 BCE - c.901 BCE

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King Saul

Saul

king of Israel

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Joab

biblical figure

Samuel

Samuel

Hebrew prophet

Elijah being led to his confrontation with Ahab, 17th-century engraving

Ahab

king of Israel

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Jehu

king of Israel

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Ishbosheth

king of Israel

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Menahem

king of Israel

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Jehoram

king of Israel

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Hoshea

king of Israel

David

David

king of Israel

Peter Paul Rubens: The Judgment of Solomon

Solomon

king of Israel

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Omri

king of Israel

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Judas Maccabeus

Jewish leader

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Jonathan Maccabeus

Jewish general

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Moses

Hebrew prophet

József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.

Jeremiah

Hebrew prophet

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus

Aaron

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Elijah

Hebrew prophet