Family trees
Every figure whose Atlas entry records parents, spouse, or children. Tap a name to see the tree.
60 entries
- figureJacob
Younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel after wrestling at Peniel (Gen.32.28). Father of the twelve t…
father Isaac · mother Rebekah · spouse Leah, Rachel · children Reuben, Simeon, Levi
- figureDavid
Shepherd of Bethlehem, killer of Goliath, second king of Israel, writer of psalms. Lived around 1000 BC.
father Jesse · spouse Michal, Abigail · children Solomon, Absalom, Adonijah
- figureAbraham
Father of the Hebrew people. Called from Ur to Canaan and given the covenant promise. Lived around 2000 BC.
father Terah · spouse Sarah, Hagar · children Ishmael, Isaac
- figureShem
Eldest son of Noah, ancestor of the Semitic peoples and of Abraham. Through Shem’s line God’s redemptive promi…
father Noah · children Arphaxad, Elam, Asshur
- figureAhab
Seventh king of Israel, son of Omri. Married Jezebel of Sidon and made Baal worship the state religion; Elijah…
father Omri · spouse Jezebel · children Ahaziah, Joram, Athaliah
- figureHosea
Eighth-century prophet to the northern kingdom, son of Beeri. Commanded to marry the unfaithful Gomer as a liv…
father Beeri · spouse Gomer · children Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi
- figureIsaac
Son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age (Gen.21). Bound on Mount Moriah, husband of Rebekah,…
father Abraham · mother Sarah · spouse Rebekah · children Esau, Jacob
- figureJoseph
Eleventh son of Jacob, sold by his brothers into Egypt, rising from slavery and prison to be second only to Ph…
father Jacob · mother Rachel · spouse Asenath · children Manasseh, Ephraim
- figureJosiah
Sixteenth king of Judah. Last great reformer. The Book of the Law was found in the temple during his repairs; …
father Amon · mother Jedidah daughter of Adaiah · children Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah
- figureSaul
First king of all Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin. Anointed by Samuel, victorious early but rejected for diso…
father Kish · children Jonathan, Ish-bosheth, Michal
- figureAdam
The first man, formed by God from the dust of the ground and given the breath of life (Gen.2.7). With his wife…
spouse Eve · children Cain, Abel, Seth
- figureAthaliah
Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, wife of Jehoram, the only queen regnant of Judah. Murdered all royal heirs to se…
father Ahab · mother Jezebel · spouse Jehoram of Judah · children Ahaziah
- figureJeroboam I
First king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the split with Judah. Set up golden calves at Bethel and Da…
father Nebat · mother Zeruah · children Abijah, Nadab
- figureSamuel
Last judge of Israel and first of the great prophets after Moses. Born to Hannah at Ramah, raised at Shiloh un…
father Elkanah · mother Hannah · children Joel, Abijah
- figureAmaziah
Eighth king of Judah. Killed his father's assassins lawfully, reconquered Edom in the Valley of Salt, then pro…
father Joash of Judah · mother Jehoaddan of Jerusalem · children Uzziah
- figureAmon
Fourteenth king of Judah, son of Manasseh. Reigned two years sacrificing to his father's idols. Murdered by hi…
father Manasseh · mother Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz · children Josiah
- figureHezekiah
Twelfth king of Judah. Smashed Ahaz's altars, cleansed the temple, kept the great Passover. Sennacherib's army…
father Ahaz · mother Abi daughter of Zechariah · children Manasseh
- figureJehoiakim
Eighteenth king of Judah. Originally Eliakim; renamed by Pharaoh Necho. Burned Jeremiah's scroll column by col…
father Josiah · mother Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah · children Jehoiachin
- figureJehoram of Judah
Fifth king of Judah. Married Ahab's daughter Athaliah, killed all his brothers, lost Edom and Libnah. Died of …
father Jehoshaphat · spouse Athaliah · children Ahaziah
- figureJoash of Judah
Seventh king of Judah, hidden in the temple as an infant from Athaliah's purge. Crowned at seven by Jehoiada t…
father Ahaziah of Judah · mother Zibiah of Beersheba · children Amaziah
- figureJotham
Tenth king of Judah. Co-regent during Uzziah's leprosy. Built the upper gate of the temple, subdued the Ammoni…
father Uzziah · mother Jerusha daughter of Zadok · children Ahaz
- figureManasseh
Thirteenth king of Judah. Longest reign of any Hebrew king. Filled Jerusalem with bloodshed and idols, but in …
father Hezekiah · mother Hephzibah · children Amon
- figureRehoboam
First king of Judah after the split. Refused the elders' counsel, threatened scorpions instead of whips, and l…
father Solomon · mother Naamah the Ammonite · children Abijah
- figureRuth
Moabite widow who returned with her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi from Moab to Bethlehem in the days of the ju…
spouse Mahlon, Boaz · children Obed
- figureSeth
Third named son of Adam and Eve, born after Abel’s murder (Gen.4.25). Through Seth runs the godly line that le…
father Adam · mother Eve · children Enosh
- figureSolomon
Son of David and Bathsheba, third king of the united Israelite monarchy, builder of the first temple in Jerusa…
father David · mother Bathsheba · children Rehoboam
- figureUzziah
Ninth king of Judah (also called Azariah). Fifty-two-year reign of great prosperity; struck with leprosy for u…
father Amaziah · mother Jecoliah of Jerusalem · children Jotham
- figureAhaz
Eleventh king of Judah. Sacrificed his son in the fire, called Tiglath-pileser of Assyria for help against Rez…
father Jotham · children Hezekiah
- figureAhaziah of Israel
Eighth king of Israel, son of Ahab and Jezebel. Fell through a lattice in his upper chamber, sent to inquire o…
father Ahab · mother Jezebel
- figureAsa
Third king of Judah, great-grandson of Solomon. Smashed idols, removed his grandmother from queen-mother for h…
father Abijah · children Jehoshaphat
- figureEnosh
Son of Seth, grandson of Adam. In his day “men began to call upon the name of the LORD” (Gen.4.26). Fourth in …
father Seth · children Kenan
- figureJames, son of Zebedee
Galilean fisherman, son of Zebedee, elder brother of John the apostle; one of the inner three with Peter and J…
father Zebedee · mother Salome
- figureJehoshaphat
Fourth king of Judah. Sent Levites with the book of the law to teach the people; allied unwisely with Ahab. Wo…
father Asa · children Jehoram
- figureJehu
Tenth king of Israel. Anointed by Elisha's emissary to destroy the house of Ahab. Killed Joram, Jezebel, and t…
father Jehoshaphat · children Jehoahaz
- figureJeroboam II
Thirteenth king of Israel, great-grandson of Jehu. Longest northern reign. Restored Israel's borders from Lebo…
father Jehoash · children Zechariah
- figureJohn, son of Zebedee
Galilean fisherman, son of Zebedee, brother of James the Greater; one of the inner three apostles, with Peter …
father Zebedee · mother Salome
- figureJoram of Israel
Ninth king of Israel, brother of Ahaziah. Removed Baal's pillar but kept Jeroboam's calves. Allied with Jehosh…
father Ahab · mother Jezebel
- figureMary
Young Galilean woman, betrothed to Joseph the carpenter, who was visited by the angel Gabriel and bore Jesus C…
spouse Joseph · children Jesus
- figureMethuselah
Son of Enoch, grandfather of Noah, and the longest-lived person in scripture at 969 years (Gen.5.27). He died …
father Enoch · children Lamech
- figureZedekiah
Twentieth and last king of Judah. Originally Mattaniah; installed by Nebuchadnezzar. Rebelled, watched his son…
father Josiah · mother Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah
- figureDeborah
Prophetess and fourth judge of Israel, holding court under a palm in Ephraim. Summoned Barak to defeat Sisera’…
spouse Lapidoth
- figureEzekiel
Priest and prophet of the Babylonian exile, son of Buzi. By the river Chebar he saw the chariot-throne of the …
father Buzi
- figureGideon
Fifth judge, called from threshing wheat in a winepress. Tested God with the fleece, then with 300 men routed …
father Joash
- figureHoshea
The nineteenth and last king of Israel. Assassinated Pekah to take the throne, withheld tribute from Assyria, …
father Elah
- figureIsaiah
Eighth-century Jerusalem prophet, son of Amoz. Called by a throne-room vision (Isa.6), he ministered to Uzziah…
father Amoz
- figureJeremiah
Priest of Anathoth called to prophesy from the thirteenth year of Josiah through Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BC. A…
father Hilkiah
- figureJoel
Prophet of Judah, son of Pethuel. Used a devastating locust plague to summon the people to repentance and to a…
father Pethuel
- figureJonah
Eighth-century prophet from Gath-hepher in Galilee, son of Amittai. Fled the LORD’s call to Nineveh, was swall…
father Amittai
- figureJoshua
Son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim, attendant to Moses and commander at Rephidim (Exo.17). After Moses he led …
father Nun
- figurePeter
Simon son of Jonah, fisherman of Bethsaida and Capernaum, called by Jesus at the lake of Galilee and renamed C…
father Jonah
- figureSamson
Nazirite judge of Dan, gifted with extraordinary strength while his hair remained uncut. Fought the Philistine…
father Manoah
- figureZechariah
Priest-prophet of the post-exilic restoration, son of Berechiah. Began with eight night visions in 520 BC (Zec…
father Berechiah
- figureZephaniah
Prophet in the reign of Josiah, great-great-grandson of King Hezekiah. Announced a sweeping Day of the LORD ag…
father Cushi
- figureAmos
Eighth-century shepherd and dresser of sycamore figs from Tekoa, sent to prophesy at Bethel against the prospe…
- figureHabakkuk
Late seventh-century Judean prophet who questioned the LORD about violence and was told that the just shall li…
- figureHaggai
Post-exilic prophet who, with Zechariah, roused the returned community in 520 BC to finish the rebuilding of t…
- figureMalachi
Last of the writing prophets, c. 430 BC, contemporary with Nehemiah’s second visit. Rebuked priestly corruptio…
- figureMicah
Eighth-century prophet of Moresheth in the Shephelah, contemporary of Isaiah. Foretold Samaria’s ruin, Bethleh…
- figureNahum
Prophet of Elkosh in seventh-century Judah, sent to announce the fall of Nineveh — a century after Jonah’s pre…
- figureObadiah
Author of the shortest book in the Old Testament (21 verses), a vision of judgment against Edom for its violen…