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Also Known As	ʿAmri
Notable Family Members	son Ahab

Samuel

Samuel

Hebrew prophet

David

David

king of Israel

King Saul

Saul

king of Israel

Peter Paul Rubens: The Judgment of Solomon

Solomon

king of Israel

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

Ahab

king of Israel

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Jehu

king of Israel

Jonathan and David

Jonathan

biblical figure

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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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Joab

biblical figure

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Hoshea

king of Israel

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Johannes Peder Ejler Pedersen

Danish scholar

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

biblical figure

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Elijah

Hebrew prophet

Engraving by Johann Sadeler after Chrispijn van den Broeck showing Ezra, a bearded man in robes and a cap, standing outdoors and reading an open book, with a landscape in the background.

Ezra

Hebrew religious leader

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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