________Men in the Bible ________
Old Testament
compiled by Sara Lincoln Jan. 2011

Here is a list of men in the Old Testament most of whom sought the truth and lived the truth. These men were required and willing to serve the purposes of God. We acknowledge and thank the hundreds of men not named.


Adam first human; did not obey God; banished from Garden of Eden; must have repented because after the birth of his grandson, Enos, then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.

Enoch walked with God: and he was not for God took him

Noah followed God’s directions to build an ark and save mankind and
animals from the flood; Noah walked with God

Abraham had the faith to go to a new land and have only one God;
Father of many nations: Jews, Christians, Muslims

Melchizedek King of Salem; priest of the Most High God; a ‘Christ’ figure.
He blessed Abraham, possessor of heaven and earth

Lot Abraham’s nephew; left Abraham to live in the city of Sodom

Twelve sons of Jacob/Israel settled in Canaan and became the 12 Tribes of Israel: Gad, Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Dan, Levi, Asher, Joseph, Benjamin, Issachar, Zebulon, and Naphtali.

Isaac Abraham and Sarah’s son;
Isaac and Rebekah were parents of Jacob and Esau

Jacob and Esau twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah; Esau sold his birthright
to Jacob; later in life, Esau and Jacob were reunited

Joseph Abraham’s favorite son; he became a prince in Egypt and saved
his brothers who had sold him into slavery because of their jealousy

Moses called by God to lead the Children of Israel out of slavery in
Egypt; received the Ten Commandments; did not cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land

Aaron Moses’ brother who spoke for Moses before Pharaoh;
first High Priest of the Hebrew nation

Joshua led the Children of Israel into Canaan, conquering the city
of Jericho

Gideon a prophet; delivered Israel from the Midianites with only 300 men

Samson last Judge of Israel; destroyed many pagan Philistines by
breaking the pillars holding up the roof of the temple of Dagon

Samuel first Prophet of Israel; anointed Saul then David as Kings
of Israel

Saul first King of Israel; the Children of Israel insisted on
having a king because the nations around them had kings

David as King, he united Israel and Judah into one nation; wrote many
Psalms; an ancestor of Jesus Christ

Absalom son of David who tried to kill David

Solomon David’s son; second King of Israel; built the Temple in Jerusalem;
a ‘wise King’ who wrote the book of Proverbs

Job he lived an honest life before God; ‘Satan’ took everything away but Job remained faithful and would not ‘curse God.’ Everything was restored.

Jonah ran away from God’s directive, spent three days in the belly of a whale, then went forward to ‘preach against and convert the Ninevites,’
as directed

Ahab King of Israel; he and his wife Jezebel worshipped Baal

Elijah God’s prophet who destroyed the ‘prophets of Baal;’ ran away from Jezebel’s death threat; witnessed earthquake, wind, and fire; heard God as a still, small voice; restored a widow’s son to life; did not die but was taken up into heaven; Moses, Elijah, and Jesus appeared to the disciples at the transfiguration

Elisha succeeded the prophet Elijah; advised Kings, preached the Word of God; he sweetened the bitter waters for drinking and healed Naaman
of leprosy

Gehazi Elisha’s servant

Daniel refused to worship the idol set up by King Nebuchadnezzar so he was thrown into a den of lions; the lions did not hurt Daniel for he was obeying God

Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem after Babylon had destroyed
the city

Isaiah a prophet; warned the Israelites that they were not living up to their purpose, but that God would send a Savior

Jeremiah a prophet during the years that Israel was in captivity in Babylon