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Micah lived in a rural area, and often rebuked the corruption of city life in Israel and Judah. [2] Unlike prophets such as Isaiah and Hosea, no record of his father's name has been retained by the scribes, but it is likely that he was descended from the common people, as the target of his message was towards the privileged classes.
The Book of Micah is the sixth of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [a] Ostensibly, it records the sayings of Micah, whose name is Mikayahu (Hebrew: מִיכָיָ֫הוּ), meaning "Who is like Yahweh?", [3] an 8th-century BCE prophet from the village of Moresheth in Judah (Hebrew name from the opening verse: מיכה המרשתי).
Micah, an Ephraimite, whose narrative features in Judges 17 and Judges 18; Micah son of Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, the first king of Israel (1 Chronicles 9:40) Micah (prophet), eponymous prophet of the Book of Micah in the Old Testament; Micaiah, a prophet and the son of Imlah, who gave a negative prophecy to Ahab on his request
Note that in Jewish scripture, Daniel is not considered a prophet and is not included among the prophetic books. [2] c. 520 BC–c. 411 BC [citation needed] prophecy of Haggiah, Zechariah, Joel(?) Return to the land under Persian rule, and writings of Ezra-Nehemiah Story of Esther. c. 433 BC [?] [citation needed]
Nahum – Minor prophet in the Bible; Habakkuk – Prophet of the Hebrew Bible; Urijah – Biblical prophet, son of Shemaiah; Jeremiah – Biblical prophet; Ezekiel – Prophet in the Abrahamic religions; Daniel – Protagonist of the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible -- One of the seven prophets who prophecied in the 2nd year of Darius ...
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.
A spirit comes forward, and offers to "be a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets" (1 Kings 22:22). Therefore, the prophecies of the other prophets were a result of the lying spirit. Zedekiah, leader of the 400 prophets who spoke in favor of Ahab, strikes Micaiah and claims God speaks through him. As a result of Micaiah's prophecy, Ahab ...
The third list consists of unnamed prophets. The fourth list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, ... (Micah 1:1) Micaiah (1 Kings 22:9) N