Phinehas

I liked 'Phinehas' because it sounded both ancient and slightly familiar.

What's In a Name? 2006

They also note that the High Priest Phinehas ben Eleazar lived during that period, but did not protest against the transgressors (JT Megillah 1: 10, 72a).

Concubine of a Levite: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The midrash speaks of three women who had difficult deliveries and died in childbirth: Rachel, the wife of Phinehas, and Michal daughter of Saul.

Michal, daughter of Saul: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Moreover, Phinehas the High Priest lived in that generation and he could have annulled the vow.

Jephthah's Daughter: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Phinehas, however, said: “I am a High Priest, the son of a High Priest; shall I debase myself and go to Jephthah, who is a boor?”

Jephthah's Daughter: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

It portrays Jephthah and Phinehas as sabotaging the task that has been entrusted to them; instead of helping to impart life, they take it.

Jephthah's Daughter: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

In addition to pointing an accusing finger at the husband, the Rabbis also sharply indict the leadership of his generation, the Sanhedrin and the High Priest Phinehas ben Eleazar.

Concubine of a Levite: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

The midrash asks why Deborah had to judge Israel and prophesy to them in a generation when the High Priest Phinehas ben Eleazar was still alive.

Deborah 2: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Again, when Phinehas killed Zimri and Cozbi,446 it was not by right of private zeal: their crime was committed in the sight of the assembly; there needed no witness; the law was known, and he the heir apparent to the sovereignty; and, which is the principal point, the lawfulness of his act depended wholly upon a subsequent ratification by Moses, whereof he had no cause to doubt.

Leviathan 2007

Soon afterward, the Philistines killed Hophni and Phinehas as the two men carried the ark into battle.

Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007