![]() ![]() Many messages and prophecies can be understood correctly only if seen against the background of the time in which the prophets ministered and in the light of the events that happened during their lives. The accompanying chart enables the reader to study these prophets in their historical setting. For two of them (Joel and Obadiah), however, no conclusive evidence as to the time of their work exists, and scholars differ widely in their views concerning this matter. Most of them left chronological data by which the duration of their ministry can be determined, at least approximately. The sixteen prophets-Isaiah to Malachi-whose writings have come down to us lived during four centuries, from about 800 to 400 B.C. ![]() The Chronology of the Old Testament Prophets ![]()
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