| A | B |
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| Noah | built an ark to save animals and a remnant of humanity from the flood |
| Daniel | survived the lion's den |
| David | killed Goliath with a sling and a stone |
| Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego | survived the fiery furnace |
| Jael | killed Sisera, the Cannanite army commander |
| Gideon | conquered the Midianite army with 300 men, trumpets, clay jars, and torches |
| Jonah | prophesied to the Ninevites after a brief stay inside a large fish |
| Abraham | made a covenant with God for his descendants to be a chosen people |
| Jacob | the father of the twelve sons who became the heads of the tribes of Israel |
| Joseph | saved Egypt from famine through dream interpretation, prophecy, and sound planning |
| Mordechai | convinced Esther to intervene on behalf of the Jews to prevent a genocide |
| Joseph of Nazareth | raised Jesus as a carpenter |
| John the Baptist | the forerunner of Jesus and a condemner of the corruption of Herod Antipas |
| Stephen | the first martyr for Christianity |
| Joshua | led the Hebrews into the Promised Land and brought about the downfall of Jericho |
| Rahab | hid Joshua's spies and helped bring about the downfall of Jericho |
| Moses | led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt and gave them the Law |
| Paul | took the gospel message to the Gentiles |
| Samson | a poorly behaved judge of Israel who killed more Philistines with his death than in his life |
| Elijah | opposed Ahab and Jezebel, brought fire from the sky, and was taken up in a whirlwind |
| Esther | saved her people from genocide by marrying and then intervening with King Ahasuerus |
| Mary | the mother of Jesus |
| Jonathan | son of Saul and beloved friend of David |
| Methusaleh | the oldest man listed in the Bible, listed as living to 969 years of age |
| Enoch | the man who walked with God and was not because God took him |
| Sarah | the mother of Isaac -- at 100 years old |
| Isaac | offered by his father as a human sacrifice but saved at the last moment by God |
| Solomon | reputed to be the wisest man who ever lived |
| Lot | Abraham's nephew, escaped destruction of Sodom, wife turned to pillar of salt |
| Jephthah | a judge in Israel who sacrificed his daughter to God |
| Joab | King David's general, who killed Absalom |
| Absalom | David's son who avenged Tamar's rape and tried to usurp David's throne |
| Nebuchadnezzar | king of Babylon who had a vision of a giant statue representing kingoms to come |
| Ezekiel | a prophet who saw dry bones some alive and the "wheels within wheels" |
