Famous Mothers
This woman laughed when she was told she’d have a son in her old age.
Who is Sarah?
The grandmother of King Joash who tried to kill all royal heirs.
Who is Athaliah?
This woman was blessed by Elijah when she provided food for him during a drought; her son later died and was revived through Elijah’s prayer.
Who is the widow of Zarephath?
She was the mother of Samuel and prayed fervently for a child.
Who is Hannah?
This woman, known as the mother of Zebedee's children, asked Jesus to let her sons sit at His right and left.
Who is Salome?
This Egyptian servant of Sarah gave birth to Abraham’s first son after Sarah could not conceive.
Who is Hagar?
This mother hid her baby in a basket to save him from death.
Who is Jochebed?
This Canaanite woman became the great-great-grandmother of King David.
Who is Rahab?
This mother-in-law helped her widowed daughter-in-law remarry and become an ancestor of Jesus.
Who is Naomi?
This matriarch helped her younger son trick his father into giving him the blessing.
Who is Rebekah?
She was the Moabite mother of Obed, the grandfather of King David.
Who is Ruth?
She and her husband built a room for the prophet Elisha, and later received the miracle of a son despite her husband's old age.
Who is the Shunammite woman?
This matriarch helped her younger son trick his father into giving him the blessing.
Who is Rebekah?
This Canaanite woman became the great-great-grandmother of King David.
Who is Rahab?
This woman, once called “barren,” gave birth to John the Baptist in her old age after her husband was struck mute for doubting the angel’s message.
Who is Elizabeth?