"A" Bible Characters
He offered God a sacrifice of greater worth than that of his brother
ABEL
He can’t see the angel, but his donkey does
BALAAM
One of the 12 spies who had a favorable report
CALEB
He was a courageous shepherd, musician, poet, soldier, and king
DAVID
When a dead man touched this prophet's bones, the dead man came to life
ELISHA
He threw some gold into the fire and a calf came out
AARON
This criminal guilty of robbery, sedition, and murder was set free in place of Jesus
BARABBAS
Jehovah said to this murderer: “For that reason, anyone who kills [you] will suffer vengeance seven times.”
CAIN
Also called Belteshazzar
DANIEL
After an axhead falls into the water, this prophet causes the axhead to float to the top
ELISHA
He listened to his wife and sent his wife to the wilderness
ABRAHAM
A landowner of Bethlehem in Judah was the son of Rahab and closely related to Elimelech
BOAZ
A ringleader in the plot to do away with Jesus, he ripped his garments and said: “He has blasphemed!”
CAIAPHAS
She nagged and betrayed her love for money
DELILAH
At the king’s command, he took 30 men to the cistern to help Jeremiah
EBEDMELECH
He killed Asahel and was killed by Joab
ABNER
His given name was Joseph; not one of the 12 apostles, he was properly called an apostle
BARNABAS
He was cursed to become the lowest slave to his brothers
CANAAN
He will prove to be a serpent by the roadside... that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward
DAN
This King of Moab had a very fat belly
EGLON
The Hebrew name of the King of the Locusts, aka the angel of the abyss
ABADDON (Greek Apollyon)
He will keep on tearing like a wolf. In the morning he will eat the prey…
BENJAMIN
Jehovah took his hand to open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut
CYRUS
The ground swallowed him up
DATHAN
This son of Aaron became High Priest; his son Phinehas acted with zeal
ELEAZAR