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.