samuel kings final

ok, so i went through all 4 books and picked out most of the people that i thought might be examenable, don't quote me on these, and we don't need to know where they're found, i just included that so if you don't like my description you can look them up yoselfs. i figure by now we should all know who nathan and bathsheba are, and the like, so they're obviously not in here...anyway, happy studying.
raych

Obscure people that might be mentioned:
- Elkanah - Hannah’s husband (1 Sam. 1)
- Peninnah - Elkanah’s other wife - she was cruel to Hannah (1 Sam. 1)
- Hophni and Phinehas - Eli’s wicked sons (1 Sam. 1-2)
- Kish - Saul’s father (1 Sam. 9)
- Agag - king of the Amelekites who Saul brings back, though he should have killed him, which is why God tears the kingdom from Saul’s hands (1 Sam. 15)
- Eliab - David’s oldest brother, who Samuel sees first, and also who mocks David for wanting to kill Goliath (1 Sam. 17)
- Ahimelech - the priest David goes to when he is fleeing Saul who gives him food and Goliath’s sword, and who is later murdered by Saul (1 Sam. 21-22)
- Abiathar - the son of Ahimelech who escapes and serves David in his flight (1 Sam. 23
- Nabal the Calebite - refuses to help David, but his wife, Abigail, helps David and becomes David’s wife after Nabal dies (1 Sam. 25)
- Achish - the king of Gath who David shelters with and fools into thinking he is on the Philistine’s side (1 Sam. 27)
- Abner - Saul’s cousin and the commander of his army who sets up Ish-Bosheth as king, and then leaves him for David and is killed by Joab
- Asahel - Joab’s brother who chased Abner and was stabbed through by the butt of his spear (2 Sam. 2)
- Abishai - Joab’s other brother, never says much, usually commands part of the army
- Ish-Bosheth - the son of Saul who is set up on the throne after Saul dies, and who is killed by two of his own men
- Uzzah - puts his hand on the ark to steady it and is struck down by God (2 Sam. 6)
- Mephibosheth - crippled son of Jonathan who David shows kindness to (2 Sam 9, 19)
- Ziba - servant of Mephibosheth who slanders him to David (2 Sam. 9, 15, 19)
- Amnon - son of David who rapes his sister Tamar and is killed by her brother Absalom (2 Sam. 12-13)
- Tamar - Absalom’s sister who is raped (2 Sam 12)
- the wise woman of Tekoa - sent to the king by Joab to intercede for Absalom (2 Sam 14)
- Ahithophel - David’s counsellor (and possibly Bathsheba’s grandfather) who leaves to support Absalom, and then kills himself when his advice is not taken (2 Sam. 15-17)
- Hushai - sent back by David to frustrate Ahithophel’s advice to Absalom (2 Sam. 15-17)
- Shimei - curses David as he flees, and then begs and receives forgiveness when David returns (2 Sam. 16, 19)
- Ahimaaz - son of Zadok, David’s priest, who desperately wants to take the news of Absalom’s death to David, even when Joab tells him not to (2 Sam 18)
- Sheba - convinced Israel not to follow David, was besieged by Joab, and killed by the city he took refuge in (2 Sam. 20)
- Gad - the prophet who goes to David and tells him to pick one of three punishments for conducting a census (2 Sam. 24)
- Abishag - the virgin found to sleep with David and keep him warm who is later asked for by Adonijah to be his wife (1 kings 1)
- Adonijah - son of David who put himself up to be king, asked for Abishag, and is killed by Solomon (1 kings 1-2)
- Benaiah - kills Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei for Solomon and is given Joab’s place at the head of the army (1 kings 2)
- Hiram - king of Tyre who supplies Solomon with cedar for his palace and temple (1 kings 5)
- Huram - does all the bronze work for the temple (1 kings 7)
- Ahijah - the prophet who tells Jeroboam that he will be king, tells Jeroboam’s wife that his son will die (1 kings 11, 14)
- Rehoboam - son of Solomon who rejects the people’s plea for a lighter load, so they reject him (1 kings 12)
- Man of God from Judah - comes and prophesies against the alter in Bethal, is deceived by the old prophet, and is killed by a lion (1 kings 13)
- Abijah - son of Rehoboam, bad king, reigned in Judah 3 years (1 kings 15)
- Asa - son of Abijah, good king, reigned in Judah 41 years (1 kings 15)
- Nadab - son of Jeroboam, bad king, reigned in Israel 2 years (1 kings 15)
- Baasha - killed Nadab and all of Jeroboam’s family, bad king, reigned in Israel 24 years (1 kings 15)
- Elah - son of Baasha, reigned in Israel 2 years (1 kings 16)
- Zimri - one of Elah’s officials, killed him and Baasha’s whole family, reigned in Israel 7 days, was besieged by Omri and killed himself (1 kings 16)
- Omri - bad king, reigned in Israel 12 years (1 kings 16)
- Ahab - son of Omri, married Jezebel, was really evil, etc.
- Obadiah - valid prophet during the time of Jezebel, was told by Elijah to tell Ahab where he was (1 kings 18)
- Ben-Hadad - king of Aram who repeatedly attacks Ahab, and who Yahweh delivers into Ahab’s hands (1 kings 20)
- Jehoshaphat - son of Asa, king of Israel who goes with Ahab to fight Ramoth-Gilead where Ahab dies (1 kings 22)
- Micaiah - prophet who lies to Ahab, and then tells him the truth regarding his battle with Ramoth-Gilead (1 kings 22)
- Zedekiah - prophet who says that Ahab will gore the Arameans with horns, slaps Micaiah and calls him a liar (1 kings 22)
- Ahaziah - son of Ahab, bad king, reigned in Israel 2 years, falls through a lattice and sends to prophets of Baal to see if he will recover, Elijah finds out and tells him he wont (1 kings 22-2 kings 1)
- Joram - son of Ahab, slightly less bad king, reigned in Israel 12 years (2 kings 3)
- The Shunnamite woman - provides for Elisha, so God grants her a son, but he dies, and Elisha brings him back (2 kings 4)
- Naaman - commander of the army of Aram, gets leprosy, goes to Elisha who tells him to wash in the Jordan and be cured (2 kings 5)
- Gehazi - Elisha’s servant (2 kings 5, 8)
- Hazael - officer of Ben-Hadad who murders him and becomes king (2 kings 8)
- Jehoram - son of Jehoshaphat, bad king, married Ahab’s daughter, reigned in Judah 8 years (2 kings 8)
- Ahaziah - son of Jehoram, bad king, reigned in Judah 1 year (2 kings 8)
- Jehu - commander of Israel’s army, killed Joram and ran out Ahaziah, had Jezebel thrown down, killed all the prophets of Baal, reigned in Israel 28 years (2 kings 9-10)
- Athaliah - mother of Ahaziah who killed off all her family and ruled Judah for 6 years (2 kings 11)
- Jehoiada - priest who sets up Joash as king and instructs him (2 kings 11-12)
- Joash - son of Ahaziah, good king, reigned in Judah 40 years, restored the temple (2 kings 12)
- Jehoahaz - son of Jehu, bad king, reigned in Israel 17 years (2 kings 13)
- Jehoash - son of Jehoahaz, bad king, reigned in Israel 16 years, went down and wept over Elisha when he was dying, recaptured towns from Aram (2 kings 13)
- Amaziah - son of Joash, reasonably good king, reigned in Judah 29 years, challenged Jehoash and was beaten (2 kings 14)
- Azariah - son of Amaziah, made king after the people killed his father, good king, had leprosy, reigned in Judah 52 years (2 kings 14-15)
- Jeroboam - son of Jehoash, bad king, reigned in Israel 41 years (2 kings 14)
- Zechariah - son of Jeroboam, bad king, reigned in Israel 6 months (2 kings 15)
- Shallum - assassinated Zecharaih, reigned in Israel 1 month (2 kings 15)
- Menahem - assassinated Shallum, reigned in Israel 10 years (2 kings 15)
- Pekahiah - son of Menahem, bad king, reigned in Israel 2 years (2 kings 15)
- Pekah - officer of Pekahiah, assassinated him, bad king, reigned in Israel 20 years, attacked by Assyria (2 kings 15)
- Hoshea - assassinated Pekah, bad king, reigned in Israel 9 years, betrayed Assyria and so Israel was exiled (2 kings 17)
- Jotham - son of Uzziah, good king, reigned in Judah 16 years (2 kings 15)
- Ahaz - son of Jotham, bad king, reigned in Judah 16 years (2 kings 16)
- Hezekiah - son of Ahaz, good king, was ministered to by Isaiah, became ill and prayed to be healed (2 kings 18-20)
- Manasseh - son of Hezekiah, evil king, reigned in Judah 55 years (2 kings 21)
- Amon - son of Manasseh, bad king, reigned in Judah 2 years, assassinated by his officials (2 kings 21)
- Josiah - son of Amon, put on the throne by the people, good king, reigned in Judah 31 years, found the book of the law and renewed covenant
- Jehoahaz - son of Josiah, bad king, was taken to Egypt
- Jehoiakim - son of Jehoahaz, bad king, rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar
- Jehoiachin - son of Jehoiakim, bad king, reigned 3 months, surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar and was taken prisoner
- Zedekiah - Jehoiachin’s uncle, bad king, reigned 11 years, rebelled against Babylon, was taken prisoner, Judah was taken into exile