Women of the Bible Timeline Part II

Bathsheba

II Samuel 11:2-3; 12:24; I Kings 1:11-31; 2:13-19

Woman whose beauty led to adultery and murder. Wife of Uriah one of David's mighty men, mother of Solomon by David

Bernice

Acts 25:13, 23: 26:30

Eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa, eventually becomes wife of her uncle and consort of her brother Agrippa

Bilhah

Genesis 29:29; 30:3-7; 35:22, 25; 37:2; 46:25; I Chronicles 4:29; 7:13

Handmaid of Rachel, given to Jacob as secondary wife, mother of Dan and Naphtali

Bithiah

I Chronicles 4:18

Daughter of Pharoah married to Mered of the tribe of Judah

Candace

Acts 8:27

Her eunuch is converted to God and baptized in the desert by Philip

Chloe

I Corinthians I:10-11

Mother of Christian household at Corinth where Paul stayed

Claudia

II Timothy 4:21

Mentioned in Pauls letter to Timothy

Cozbi

Numbers 25:6-18

Midianite woman killed by Phinehas son of Elezar to stop the plague of idolatry and whoredom overtaking Israel

Damaris

Acts 17:34

One of Paul's converts as he preached onMar Hill in Athens

Deborah

Genesis 24:59; 35:8

Rebekah's nurse maid, a devoted friend who died revered and loved by the family

Deborah

Judges 4 and 5; Hebrews 11:32-34

Prophetess, warrior and only female judge of ancient Israel, wife of Lapidoth

Delilah

Judges 16:4-21

Prostitute, traitor, wife of Samson the strong in body but weak in will

Dinah

Genesis 34

The daughter of Jacob and Leah, defiled by Prince Shechem who desired her to wife, sibling of the men who slaughtered the Shechemites in reparation

Dorcas (Tabitha)

Acts 9:36-43

The charitable member of the church at Joppa who gave much Christian service, when she died Peter raised her from the dead

Drusilla

Acts 24:10-27

One of three daughters of Herod Agrippa. Just as loosely moraled as the rest, she was the wife of Felix when Paul appears before his court the second time.

Eglah

II Samuel 3:5

Another of the eight wives of David; mother of Ithream

Elisabeth

Luke 1:5-80

A descendent of Aaron, wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist in her old age

Elisheba

Exodus 6:23

Wife of Aaron, sister-in-law to Moses, daughter of Amminadab

Ephah

I Chronicles 2:46

Concubine of Caleb; mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez

Ephrath

I Chronicles 2:19,50; 4:4

Caleb's second wife, mother of Hur, after death of Caleb she has a son by her step-son

Esther (Hadassah)

Esther

The queen who saved her people from destruction

Eunice

Acts 16:1-3; II Timothy 1:5; 3:14 - 15; 4:5

Daughter of Lois, mother of Timothy

Euodias

Philippians 4:2

One of the first converts at Philippi

Eve

Genesis 2 and 3

Wife of Adam, first woman, mother of all, she first partook of the fruit; mother of a prophet and a murderer

Gomer

Hosea 1:1-11; 3:1-5

Wife of Hosea, a harlot - the story of this couple symbolizes God's love for his adulterous people who wander after strange gods

Hagar

Genesis 16; 21:9-17; 25:12; Galatians 4:24-25

Handmaid of Sarah, mother of Ishmael by Abraham when he was 86, visited by an angel who declared the promise that her son also would be the father of many nations

Haggith

II Samuel 3:4-5; I Kings 1:5, 11; 2:13; I Chronicles 3:2

Fifth wife of David, mother of Adonijah

Hammoleketh

I Chronicles 7:17-18

Daughter of Machir, sister of Gilead, an ancestress of Gilead

Hamutal

Jeremiah 52:1, 2; II Kings 23:31; 24:18

Daughter of Jeremiah, mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah or Zedekiah a wicked king

Hannah

I Samuel 1; 2:1, 21

Mother of Samuel the prophet, the barren wife of a man with two wives, she prayed and offered her child, if given one, to God. Samuel is that child, later she bears five more children