Leader of the clan בֵּית הָרֵכָבִים   who are descendants of יְהוֹנָדָב בֶּן רֵכָב .  The steadfastness of these people to their traditions is held up as an example to the people of יהודה .

An elder statesman during the last years of ירושלים   who is accused by God of leading his people astray. His doom is predicted.

This army captain escapes the conquest of ירושלים   by נבוכדנאצר .  He is persuaded by גדליהו ,  the Babylonian-appointed governor of יהודה ,  to serve בבל   and the כשדים   loyally. Following the assassination of גדליהו ,  יוחנן בן קרח   and יאזניהו   appeal to the prophet ירמיהו   to pray to God on their behalf since the state of יהודה   has greatly deteriorated. God tells ירמיהו   to assure the leaders to remain in יהודה -  He will protect them from נבוכדנאצר .  The remaining Jews are further warned against settling in Egypt and are told that if they run there to escape famine and the sword, these threats will follow them there. Nevertheless, the remnants of Judea have already decided to go to Egypt and accuse ירמיהו   of being a false prophet. The entire company moves to Egypt where once again ירמיהו   predicts their doom.

One of the elders of Israel near the end of the Judean kingdom. He is accused of joining Israel's leaders in idolatrous practices under the mistaken belief that God is unaware of their behaviour.

father of מָרְדְּכַי

יאיר   is the son of שְגוּב .  שגוב   is the son of חצרון   (grandson of יהודה ) and an unnamed granddaughter of מנשה .  יאיר   is therefore the great-great-grandson of מנשה .  יאיר   captures villages in גלעד ,  renaming them חַוֹּת יָאִיר .  In the time of יהושע ,  Israel's first campaign against the town of עי   ends in defeat, with the deaths of 36 soldiers. According to one opinion in the Gemara, יאיר בן מנשה   was in fact the only casualty (סנהדרין מד .).

Eighth שופט   of Israel, יאיר   is from שבט מנשה   and he rules for 22 years. He has 30 sons, each of whom owns his own city.

A delegation of Jews from the community in בבל   comes to ירושלים   with a donation for the Temple. The prophet זכריה   hosts them in יאשיה 's  house.

Sixteenth king of יהודה .  יאשיהו   is first mentioned several hundred years before his birth. ירבעם ,  the first king of divided Israel receives a message from a man of God that the altar he has erected in בית אל   will years later be destroyed by יאשיהו ,  a descendant of דוד .  After his father אמון   is assassinated, the people install יאשיהו   on the throne even though he is but eight years old. יאשיהו   abandons the idolatry of his father and grandfather and instead chooses the path of his ancestor דוד .  In the 18th year of his reign יאשיהו   decides to renovate the בית המקדש .  During the work, חלקיהו ,  the כהן גדול ,  discovers a ספר תורה .  This he sends to the king who upon hearing the curses written in the תורה ,  tears his clothes. יאשיהו   is terrified of the wrath of God described in the תורה   and the possible punishments for sins the people might commit, since he fears that his populace is indeed guilty of such crimes. The king sends a team of five messengers to the prophetess חֻלְדָּה   to inquire of the Lord, just how angry He is. The men return with the communication that God is planning to bring evil to the land but will wait until after the king's death as a reward for the humility that he has displayed. יאשיהו   then convenes a national assembly at which he reads from the found תורה .  The king binds the people in a covenant to strictly follow the laws of God. יאשיהו   then embarks on a nation-wide campaign of reform to rid the people of idolatry and other sins. יאשיהו   destroys altars for עבודה זרה   constructed by his predecessors: שלמה ,  ירבעם ,  אחז   and מנשה .  The king conducts a Pesach seder, complete in all its details, something which apparently had been neglected for generations. Nevertheless, despite all of the work יאשיהו   does in improving the nation, the text states that God plans to go ahead with His threat to destroy ירושלים .  יאשיהו   marches against פרעה נְכֹה ,  the king of Egypt, at מגדו ,  during the latter's campaign up Israel's coast, but יאשיהו   is killed in battle. He had reigned for 31 years and is succeeded by his son יְהוֹאָחָז .  The description of the פסח   celebration in יאשיהו 's  time (מלכים ב כג -כד ) forms the הפטרה   for the second day of the holiday.

A descendant of גרשון בן לוי .

Descendants of כנען .  (See the appendix on Biblical nations)

A son of דוד   born in ירושלים .

A Canaanite king, יבין   forms a coalition of northern kingdoms to fight יהושע .  The group is soundly thrashed.

A mighty king in כנען ,  יבין   rules over Israel for 20 years with the use of 900 iron chariots. יבין 's  general, סיסרא   loses a major battle to Israel led by ברק בן אבינעם   following which יבין 's  kingdom disintegrates.

Son of the first למך   and a shepherd.

A descendant of בנימין בן יעקב .

A descendant of בנימין בן יעקב   who is one of the early settlers in ירושלים   following the Jews' return to their land.

father of זְכַרְיָהוּ

father of שַׁלֻּם

A grandson of יששכר בן יעקב   and a chief of the family.

The spy representing שבט יששכר   sent to ארץ ישראל   by משה .  יגאל   and nine of his colleagues return to the nation with an anxious message of doom, arguing that although the land of Israel is a good land, it is inhabited by fearsome opponents whom בני ישראל   will be unable to defeat. כָּלֵב   and יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ,  the remaining two spies, plead with the nation to ignore such pessimism and to trust that God will assist the nation in conquering the land. The people however, are persuaded by the majority of the spies and cry that they would have been better off dying in Egypt. God punishes בני ישראל   for their lack of faith, condemning them to wander in the desert for forty years. God declares that since this generation has rejected the land, they will not inherit it; instead, their children will be the ones to enter the promised land. The ten faithless spies die in a plague (פרשת שלח ).

A hero in דוד 's  army.

A descendant of יְהוֹיָכִין ,  the nineteenth king of יהודה .

father of חָנָן

father of בֻּקִּי

A descendant of יהודה בן יעקב .

A descendant of נְבוֹ   who is pressured to give up his non-Jewish wife in the time of עזרא .

The chief of the eastern half of שבט מנשה   in the time of דוד .

A גִבְעֹנִי   who is credited with participating in the reconstruction of the walls of ירושלים   in the time of נחמיה .

A leader of the people during the time of נחמיה ,  ידוע   is a signatory to a pledge - an אֲמָנָה -  affirmed by the leaders of the community. Those who sign the declaration promise to observe the commandments of the Torah, to refrain from intermarrying, to avoid commerce on Shabbat, and to make regular donations to the Temple.