15 Facts About Habakkuk

Habakkuk, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible.

Almost all information about Habakkuk is drawn from the book of the Bible bearing his name, with no biographical details provided other than his title, "the prophet".

Habakkuk's name appears in the Bible only in Habakkuk 1:1 and 3:1, with no biographical details provided other than his title "the prophet".

Habakkuk appears in Bel and the Dragon, which is part of the deuterocanonical Additions to Daniel.

Habakkuk gives Daniel the food to sustain him, and he is immediately taken back to "his place".

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Habakkuk is mentioned in the Lives of the Prophets, which mentions his time in Babylon.

Habakkuk said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son.

Only work attributed to Habakkuk is the short book of the Bible that bears his name.

Habakkuk is unusual among the prophets in that he openly questions the working of God.

The fifth-century Christian historian Sozomen claimed that the relics of Habakkuk were found at Cela, when God revealed their location to Zebennus, bishop of Eleutheropolis, in a dream.

Burial place of Habakkuk is identified by Jewish tradition as a hillside in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel, close to the villages Kadarim and Hukok, about six miles southwest of Safed and twelve miles north of Mount Tabor.

The Organization's guide to the Hamadan Province states that Habakkuk was believed to be a guardian to Solomon's Temple, and that he was captured by the Babylonians and remained in their prison for some years.

Habakkuk is called both Habaghugh and Hayaghugh by the Muslim locals.

Habakkuk's horse carries him over water as it carries him over land.

Habakkuk will bring a new book to us after the ruin of the holy house [the temple in Jerusalem].