These are the twelve shorter books of the Bible that are attributed to different prophets including Hosea, Amos, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. They are called "minor" not because they were less important, but because their books were shorter in length compared to the Major Prophets.