An Extended Chart of the Minor Prophets.
Key Notes: Their times and messages in line with history.
| Minor Prophet | Dates (B.C.) | Kings during | Themes | Famous texts | Comments |
| Joel | 830–810 | Plague of locusts | "...I will pour My Spirit upon all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." 2:28 | ||
| Jonah | 795–775 | Jeroboam II | Salvation of Assyrians | "And should I not pity Ninevah...in which there are more than a hundred twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and much cattle?" 4:11 | directed to Ninevah |
| Amos | 765–755 | Jeroboam II | Judgment of nations | "...let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream." 5:24 | |
| Hosea | 755–720 | Uzziah, Jeroboam II | A loving husband; a vagrant wife | "My heart recoils within me, My compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger. I will not destroy Ephraim." 11:8–9 | |
| Micah | 735–700 | Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah | Justice | "...and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and love mercy and walk humbly with your God." 6:8 | |
| 723 B.C. Israel was carried into captivity by Assyria; scattered throughout the known world. | |||||
| Obadiah | (?) 630 | Judgment of Edom | "Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down." 1:4 | ||
| Nahum | 650–625 | Judgment of Assyrians | "Behold on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace." 1:15 | directed against Ninevah | |
| Zephaniah | 635–627 | Judgment of Judah and the world | "...He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you in His love, He will exult over you with loud singing, as on a day of festival." 3:17–18 | ||
| Habakkuk | 620–610 | Evil unchecked | "...the righteous shall live by his faith." 2:4 "Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines ...yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in...God...." 3:17 | ||
| 586 B.C. Judah carried captive to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. Returned in 536BC. | "Surely this came upon Judah by the command of the Lord" II Kings 24:3 | ||||
| Haggai | 520–505 | Darius the Mede | Rebuilding the temple | "Is it time for you to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?" 1:4 | |
| Zechariah | 520–490 | Darius the Mede | Rebuilding the temple; visions of the future | "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts.'" 4:6 "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David...to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness." 13:1 | |
| Malachi 516 B.C. Second Temple completed in Jerusalem | |||||
| Malachi | 435–415 | Apathetic Jews | "For those who fear My Name the Sun of Righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings." 4:2 | ||