He became king at age eight and was one of the very best kings Judah had. He was also the last good king in Jerusalem. After he died, Judah rocketed downhill until it was taken captive by Babylon, about 23 years later.
Sixteen of them wrote books, but there are several more prophets in the Bible as well. They often spoke fiery messages directly from God, and as such, they were often hated and sometimes killed for these words.
Third king of a unified Israel, and the last one before it splits in two. As king, he did very good and very bad things. Also authored a lot of Scripture.
After the death of Samuel, it seems like Nathan was the go-to prophet for David.
A musician in the service of the LORD (1Ch 15:19) and considered a prophet also (1Ch 25:1-2).
Jacob’s family is the nation of Israel, while Jacob’s brother becomes an enemy nation. The brother is Esau and the nation is Edom. (Edom is Esau’s other name.)
He has his own book (Zechariah), but he and Haggai (another prophet with a book) both appear in Ezra (chapters 5-6) to motivate the people to rebuild the temple (Ezra 6:14). Zechariah is also a priest (Neh 12:12,16).
It was a city, specifically the capital of the rebel territory after Israel split in two. But in time “Samaria” was the name of that entire region – not just the city. This started when the Assyrian Empire took over the region and continued through Jesus’ day.
The same young man that killed Goliath was also one of the very best kings in Israel’s history. He is the great-grandson of Ruth (yes, that Ruth – read the end of her book) and ancestor to Jesus Christ (Matt 1:1, also v. 16). He also wrote at least 75* of the 150 psalms in Psalms. He was architect of the temple.