RULERS OF THE DIVIDED AND ISRAEL KING OF KING OF LENGTH JUDAH ISRAEL OF REIGN SPIRITUAL DATES HISTORICAL DATA PROPHET SCRIPTURE 17 years Bad 930-913 Shishak invasion 1 Kings 12:1-24; 14:21-31 I* 22 years Bad 930-909 Gold calves set up Ahijah 1 Kings 12:25- 14:20 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 1 Kings 16:21,22

Omri* 12 years 885 Made king by people 1 Kings 16:23-28 885-880 Overlap with 885-874 Official reign = 11 years 880 Beginning of sole reign Built 22 years Bad 874-853 Official reign = 21 actual 1 Kings 16:29- years 22:40 Father of 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– :18 Joram 12 years Bad 852 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 ? :16-24 848-841 Official reign = 7 actual years revolt Husband of Athaliah Ahaziah 1 year Bad 841 2 Kings 8:25-29; 9:29

Jehu (in 841) assassinated both and and all the hope of Ahab; becoming king of Israel, he destroyed all the prophets of Baal, destroying Ball worship in the north. * 28 years Bad 841-814 Elisha :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 the High Joel? 2 Kings 12 (Jehoash) Priest Jehoahaz 17 years Bad 814-798 :1-9

Jehoash 16 years Bad 798-782 War with Judah 2 Kings 13:10-25 (Joash)

Amaziah 29 years Good 796-767 :1-22 792-767 Overlap with Azariah War with Israel, temple pillaged

Jeroboam II 41 years Bad 793-782 Co-regency with Jehoash 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 () 792-740 Total reign 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 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 16 years Bad 735-715 Total reign 732-715 From 20th year of Jotham Attacked by Syria and Israel, seeks help of Assyria * 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 in 722 B.C. The north was repopulated with Chaldeans.

Hezekiah 29 years Good 715-686 Judah invaded by :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 Isaiah 2 Kings 21:1-18 697-642 Total reign Nahum Amon 2 years Bad 642-640 2 Kings 21:19-26 31 years Good 640-609 Revival Zephaniah :1-23:30 Assassinated Habakkuk Jehoahaz 3 months Bad 609 Egyptian invasion :31-33 11 years Bad 609-598 Nebuchadnezzar invaded in Jeremiah 2 Kings 23:34-24:7 605 Jehoiachim 3 months Bad 598-587 :8-17

Zedekiah 11 years Bad 597-586 destroyed Jeremiah 2 Kings 24:18- Ezekiel 25:26

There were two deportations of Judah to (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 , Zondervan Publishing House

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