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Rulers of the Divided Kingdom of Judah and Israel RULERS OF THE DIVIDED KINGDOM OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL KING OF KING OF LENGTH JUDAH ISRAEL OF REIGN SPIRITUAL DATES HISTORICAL DATA PROPHET SCRIPTURE Rehoboam 17 years Bad 930-913 Shishak invasion 1 Kings 12:1-24; 14:21-31 Jeroboam I* 22 years Bad 930-909 Gold calves set up Ahijah 1 Kings 12:25- 14:20 Abijah 3 years Bad 913-910 1 Kings 15:1-8 (Abijam) Asa 41 years Good 910-869 Azariah 1 Kings 15:9-24 Nadab 2 years Bad 909-908 1 Kings 15:25-31 Baasha* 24 years Bad 908-886 1 Kings 15:32-16:7 Elah 2 years Bad 886-885 1 Kings 16:8-14 Zimri* 7 days Bad 885 1 Kings 16:15-20 Tibni Bad 885-880 Overlap with Omri 1 Kings 16:21,22 Omri* 12 years 885 Made king by people 1 Kings 16:23-28 885-880 Overlap with Tibni 885-874 Official reign = 11 years 880 Beginning of sole reign Built Samaria Ahab 22 years Bad 874-853 Official reign = 21 actual Elijah 1 Kings 16:29- years 22:40 Father of Athaliah Baal worship Jehoshaphat 25 years Good 872-869 Co-regency with Asa 1 Kings 22:41-50 872-848 Official reign 869 Beginning of sole reign 853-848 Has Jehoram as regent Alliance with Israel Ahaziah 2 years Bad 853-852 Official reign = 1 actual year 1 Kings 22:51– 2 Kings 1:18 Joram 12 years Bad 852 Elisha 2 Kings 1:17; 3:1- (Jehoram) 852-841 Official reign = 11 actual 8:15 years Jehoram 8 years Bad 848 Beginning of sole reign Obadiah? 2 Kings 8:16-24 848-841 Official reign = 7 actual years Edom revolt Husband of Athaliah Ahaziah 1 year Bad 841 2 Kings 8:25-29; 9:29 Jehu (in 841) assassinated both Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah and all the hope of Ahab; becoming king of Israel, he destroyed all the prophets of Baal, destroying Ball worship in the north. Jehu* 28 years Bad 841-814 Elisha 2 Kings 9:30-10:36 Athaliah 7 years Bad 841-835 Daughter of Ahab 2 Kings 11 Rulers of the Divided Kingdom of Judah and Israel Page 1 RULERS OF THE DIVIDED KINGDOM OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL KING OF KING OF LENGTH JUDAH ISRAEL OF REIGN SPIRITUAL DATES HISTORICAL DATA PROPHET SCRIPTURE Joash 40 years Good 835-796 With Jehoiada the High Joel? 2 Kings 12 (Jehoash) Priest Jehoahaz 17 years Bad 814-798 2 Kings 13:1-9 Jehoash 16 years Bad 798-782 War with Judah 2 Kings 13:10-25 (Joash) Amaziah 29 years Good 796-767 2 Kings 14:1-22 792-767 Overlap with Azariah War with Israel, temple pillaged Jeroboam II 41 years Bad 793-782 Co-regency with Jehoash Jonah 2 Kings 14:23-29 793-753 Total reign Amos 782 Beginning of sole reign Golden age, Subjugated Syria Azariah 52 years Good 792-767 Overlap with Amaziah Hosea 2 Kings 15:1-7 (Uzziah) 792-740 Total reign Isaiah 767 Beginning of sole reign Golden age Zechariah 6 months Bad 753 Assassinated 2 Kings 15:8-12 Shallum* 1 month Bad 752 Assassinated 2 Kings 15:13-15 Menahem* 10 years Bad 752-742 Ruled in Samaria 2 Kings 15:16-22 Invaded by Pul of Assyria in 745 Pekahiah 2 years Bad 742-740 Assassinated 2 Kings 15:23-26 Pekah* 20 years Bad 752-740 In Gilead; overlapping years 2 Kings 15:27-31 752-732 Total reign 740 Beginning of sole reign Invaded by Assyria (Tiglath- pilezer) in 732 Jothan 16 years Good 750-740 Co-regency with Azariah Micah 2 Kings 15:32-38 750-735 Official reign 750-732 Reign to his 20th year 750 Beginning of co-regency Ahaz 16 years Bad 735-715 Total reign 2 Kings 16 732-715 From 20th year of Jotham Attacked by Syria and Israel, seeks help of Assyria Hoshea* 9 years Bad 732-722 Samaria Besieged and 2 Kings 15:30; 17 carried away Samaria was besieged 3 years by Shalmanezer and deported to Assyria by Sennacherib in 722 B.C. The north was repopulated with Chaldeans. Hezekiah 29 years Good 715-686 Judah invaded by 2 Kings 18:1-20:21 Sennarcherib in 701 Rulers of the Divided Kingdom of Judah and Israel Page 2 RULERS OF THE DIVIDED KINGDOM OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL KING OF KING OF LENGTH JUDAH ISRAEL OF REIGN SPIRITUAL DATES HISTORICAL DATA PROPHET SCRIPTURE Manasseh 55 years Bad 697-686 Co-regency with Hezekiah Isaiah 2 Kings 21:1-18 697-642 Total reign Nahum Amon 2 years Bad 642-640 2 Kings 21:19-26 Josiah 31 years Good 640-609 Revival Zephaniah 2 Kings 22:1-23:30 Assassinated Habakkuk Jeremiah Jehoahaz 3 months Bad 609 Egyptian invasion 2 Kings 23:31-33 Jehoiakim 11 years Bad 609-598 Nebuchadnezzar invaded in Jeremiah 2 Kings 23:34-24:7 605 Jehoiachim 3 months Bad 598-587 2 Kings 24:8-17 Zedekiah 11 years Bad 597-586 Jerusalem destroyed Jeremiah 2 Kings 24:18- Ezekiel 25:26 There were two deportations of Judah to Babylon (606 and 597). In 588 Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem till 586 when he destroyed the temple and city. * Designates a new dynasty Adapted from Rulers of the Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah, NASB Study Bible, Zondervan Publishing House Rulers of the Divided Kingdom of Judah and Israel Page 3.
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