It begins with an account of what it is attempting to contain: :
The names of the prophets, and where they are from, and where they died and how, and where they lie The
Lives of the Prophets includes the lives of the 23 prophets. Some lives are extremely short, only the most basic information is given, while for the others there are details and stories. The main facts indicated in the
Lives are the following: •
Isaiah: said to be of
Jerusalem, suffered martyrdom by being sawn in two by
Manasseh (in agreement with the
Martyrdom of Isaiah), buried near a place usually identified by scholars as the
Pool of Siloam. •
Jeremiah: said to be of
Anathoth (), suffered martyrdom by
stoning at
Tahpanhes in
Ancient Egypt where he was also buried. It is said that who prayed with faith over the seer's grave is healed from asps bites. His remains were later moved to
Alexandria. Before the
First Temple was destroyed, Jeremiah hid miraculously in the rock the
Ark of the Covenant. •
Ezekiel: said to be of
Arira and to be of a priesthood family. He suffered martyrdom in the land of the
Chaldeans and was buried in the grave of
Shem and
Arpachshad. A description of the grave is given. Same stories of Ezekiel in the
Babylonian captivity are then narrated. •
Daniel: said to be of the
Tribe of Judah and born at
Beth Horon. and buried in his land near the cemetery of the
Anakim. •
Amos: said to be born in
Tekoa (), tortured by Amaziah (the priest of Beth-el of ) and martyred by the son of this one. He laid in his birth-land. •
Joel: said to be of the
Tribe of Reuben, born and buried in
Bethomoron. •
Obadiah: said to be born in
Beth-acharam and of the
Tribe of Simeon. After the fall of Jerusalem he went to live in the land of
Ishmael and then returned to help the Hebrews who remained. He later went in
Babylonia during the
Babylonian captivity where he met
Daniel. He died two years before the end of the captivity and was buried in his land. •
Zephaniah: said to be from the land of
Sabaratha ==Themes==