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26. The Kings

 

Here are the Kings of Israel:

The Kings of the United Kingdom of Israel

•   Saul - good start -> EVIL (1051-1011 BC) 1 Samuel 9-31; 1 Chronicles 8-10

•   David - GOOD (1011-971 BC) 1 Samuel 16 - 1 Kings 2; 1 Chronicles 11-29

•   Solomon - mostly GOOD (971-931 BC) - 1 Kings 1-11; 2 Chronicles 1-9

 

Good and Evil Kings of Judah (Southern Tribes) - The Divided Kingdom

•   Rehoboam - good start -> EVIL (931-913 BC) 1 Kings 11:43-12:24; 14:21-31; 2 Chronicles 9:31-12:16

•   Abijah/Abijam - EVIL (913-911 BC) 1 Kings 14:31-15:8; 2 Chronicles 12:16-14:1

•   Asa - GOOD -> bad finish (911-870 BC) 1 Kings 15:9-24

•   Jehoshapat - GOOD -> bad finish (873-848 BC) 1 Kings 22:1-50; 2 Chronicles 17:1-21:1

•   Jehoram/Joram - EVIL (853-841 BC) 2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-20

•   Ahaziah - EVIL (841 BC) 2 Kings 8:24-29; 9:14-29; 2 Chronicles 22:1-9

•   Athaliah (Queen) - EVIL (841-835 BC) 2 Kings 11:1-20; 2 Chronicles 22:10-23:21

•   Joash/Jehoash - mostly GOOD (835-796 BC) 2 Kings 11:1-12:21; 2 Chronicles 22:10-24:27

•   Amaziah - mostly GOOD (796-767 BC) 2 Kings 12:21; 14:1-20; 2 Chronicles 24:27-25:28

•   Uzziah/Azariah - mostly GOOD (792-740 BC) 2 Kings 14:21-22; 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26:1-23

•   Jotham - mostly GOOD (750-732 BC) 2 Kings 15:32-38; 2 Chronicles 26:23-29:9

•   Ahaz/Jehoahaz - EVIL (735-716 BC) 2 Kings 16:1-20; 2 Chronicles 27:9-28:27

•   Hezekiah - GOOD (716-687 BC) 2 Kings 18:1-20:21; 2 Chronicles 28:27-32:33

•   Manasseh - EVIL -> good finish (697-693 BC) 2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 32:33-33:20

•   Amon - EVIL (643-641 BC) 2 Kings 21:18-26; 2 Chronicles 33:20-25

•   Josiah - GOOD (641-609 BC) 2 Kings 21:26-23:30; 2 Chronicles 33:25-35:27

•   Jehoahaz/Shallum - EVIL (609 BC, 3 months) 2 Kings 23:30-34; 2 Chronicles 36:1-4

•   Jehoiakim/Eliakim - EVIL (609-598 BC) 2 Kings 23:34-24:6; 2 Chronicles 36:4-8

•   Jehoiachin/Jeconiah/Coniah - EVIL (598-597 BC, 3 months) 2 Kings 24:6-16; 25:27-30; 2 Chronicles 36:8-10

•   Zedekiah/Mattaniah - EVIL (597-586 BC) 2 Kings 24:17-25:7; 2 Chronicles 36:10-13

•   The Babylonian Conquest of Judah (586 BC) - 2 Kings 25:9,21 “And he burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. …[21] And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.”

 

The Evil Kings of Israel (Northern Tribes) - The Divided Kingdom

•   Jeroboam I - EVIL (931-910 BC) 1 Kings 11:26-14:20; 2 Chronicles 9:29-13:20

•   Nadab - EVIL (910-909BC) 1 Kings 15:25-31

•   Baasha - EVIL (909-886 BC) 1 Kings 15:16-16:7; 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

•   Elah - EVIL (886-885 BC) 1 Kings 16:6-14

•   Zimri - EVIL (885 BC, 7 days) 1 Kings 16:9-20

•   Tibni - EVIL (885-880 BC, Israel divided between Tibni and Omri) 1 Kings 16:21-22

•   Omri - EVIL (885-874 BC) 1 Kings 16:15-28

•   Ahab - EVIL (874-853 BC) 1 Kings 16:28-22:40; 2 Chronicles 18:1-34

•   Ahaziah - EVIL (853-852 BC) 1 Kings 22:40 - 2 Kings 1:18; 2 Chronicles 20:35-37

•   Joram/Jehoram - EVIL (852-841 BC) 2 Kings 3:1-27; 9:14-26; 2 Chronicles 22:5-7

•   Jehu - EVIL (841-814 BC) 2 Kings 9:1-10:36; 2 Chronicles 22:7-9

•   Jehoahaz - EVIL (814-798 BC) 2 Kings 13:1-9

•   Jehoash/Joash - EVIL (798-782 BC) 2 Kings 13:9-14:16; 2 Chronicles 25:17-25

•   Jeroboam II - EVIL (793-753 BC) 2 Kings 14:23-29

•   Zechariah - EVIL (753 BC, 6 months) 2 Kings 14:29; 15:8-12

•   Shallum - EVIL (752 BC, 1 month) 2 Kings 15:10-15

•   Menahem - EVIL (752-742 BC) 2 Kings 15:14-22

•   Pekahiah - EVIL (742-740 BC) 2 Kings 15:22-26

•   Pekah - EVIL (752-732 BC) 2 Kings 15:25-31; 2 Chronicles 28:5-8

•   Hoshea - EVIL (732-722 BC) 2 Kings 15:30; 17:1-6

•   The Assyrian Conquest of Israel (722 BC) - 2 Kings 17:6 “In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

 

Daniel 2:20–21 “Daniel answered and said: ‘Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. [21] He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings” (ESV)

 

See also:

·      “The Kings and Prophets of the Old Testament (Tanakh)” www.trustworthyword.com/kings-prophets