Lesson 2
Kings of Judah and Israel
For those of you who are interested in a more in-depth study of the Kings of Judah and Israel we have provided this chart with HTML LINKS directly to
ChristiansAnswers.net so that you can explore details about each king. Keep this file and go to it at your convenience.
THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
With the end of Solomon's reign came a split in the kingdom of Israel
into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms. Israel is the Northern, and
Judah is the Southern Kingdom. Rehoboam was Solomon's son and his
successor in the kingdom of Judah.
All of the kings of Israel were evil.
In Judah, the southern kingdom, not all the kings were evil, of the 20 only 7 were
upright before God. Those marked with an asterisk (*) were evil kings
in Judah.
Take notice that there were 20 kings in each of the
kingdoms during the Divided Kingdom, and God sent 20 prophets to the
divided kingdoms.
You will not be responsible to learn the kings of Israel and Judah but
this list should become a rich resource for your future studies of the
Old Testament, and give you a bird's eye view of the period preceding
the Intertestamental Period. As a further help we have tried to add
the perspective of the prophets and where they are placed in the time
period.
(CLICK ON ANY NAME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.)
KINGS OF ISRAEL (Northern Kingdom)
Date BC King Ruled Scripture Prophets
1. 930-909 * Jeroboam 1 22 yrs 1 Kings 12:25-14:20
2. 909-908 * Nadab 2 yrs 1 Kings 15:25-31
3. 908-886 * Baasha 24 yrs 1 Kings 15:32-16:7 ELIJAH
4. 886-885 * Elah 2 yrs 1 Kings 16:8-14 |
5. 885 * Zimri 7 days I Kings 16:15-20 |
6. 885-880 * Tibni 5 yrs I Kings 16:21-22 |
7. 885-874 * Omri 12 yrs 1 Kings 16:23-28 |
8. 874-853 * Ahab 22 yrs 1 Kings 16:29-22:40 ELISHA
9. 853-852 * Ahaziah 2 yrs 1 Kings 22:51 2K 1:18 |
10. 852-841 * Joram (Jehoram) 12 yrs 2 Kings 1:17/3:1-8:15 |
11. 841-814 * Jehu 28 yrs 2 Kings 9:30-10:36 |
12. 814-798 * Jehoahaz 17 yrs 2 Kings 13:1-10 JONAH
13. 798-973 * Jehoash 16 yrs 2 Kings 13:10-25 |
14. 793-753 * Jeroboam 2 41 yrs 2 Kings 14:23-29 AMOS
15. 753 * Zechariah 6 mth 2 Kings 15:8-12 |
16. 752 * Shallum 1 mth 2 Kings 15:13-15 |
17. 752-742 * Menahem 10 yrs 2 Kings 15:16-22 HOSEA
18. 742-740 * Pekahiah 2 yrs 2 Kings 15:23-26 |
19. 752-732 * Pekah 20 yrs 2 Kings 15:27-31 |
20. 732-722 * Hoshea 9 yrs 2 Kings 15:30/17 |
|
|
========= 722 BC FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM - Israel =======|
KINGS OF JUDAH (Southern Kingdom)
Date BC King Ruled Scripture Prophets
1. 930-913 * Rehoboam 17 yrs 1 Kings 12:1-24 |
2. 913-910 * Abijah 3 yrs 1 Kings 15:1-8 |
3. 910-869 Asa 41 yrs 1 Kings 15:9-24 |
4. 872-848 Jehoshaphat 25 yrs 1 Kings 22:41-50 |
5. 848-841 * Jehoram 8 yrs 2 Kings 8:16-24 OBADIAH
6. 841-841 Ahaziah 1 yr 2 Kings 8:25-29 |
7. 841-835 * Athaliah 7 yrs 2 Kings 11 JOEL
8. 835-796 Joash 40 yrs 2 Kings 12 |
9. 796-767 * Amaziah 29 yrs 2 Kings 14:1-22 |
10. 792-740 * Azariah 53 yrs 2 Kings 15:1-7 ISAIAH
11. 750-732 Jotham (co) 16 yrs 2 Kings 15:32-38 MICAH
12. 732-715 * Ahaz 16 yrs 2 Kings 16 |
13. 715-686 Hezekiah 29 yrs 2 Kings 18:1-20:21 NAHUM
14. 697-642 * Manasseh 55 yrs 2 Kings 21:1-18 |
15. 642-640 * Amon 2 yrs 2 Kings 21:19-26 ZEPHANIAH
16. 640-609 Josiah 31 yrs 2 Kings 22-23 JEREMIAH
17. 609 * Jehoahaz 3 mths 2 Kings 23:31-33 |
18. 609-598 * Jehoakim 11 yrs 2 Kings 23:34-24:7 HABAKKUK
19. 598-597 * Jehoiachim 3 mths 2 Kings 24:8-17 |
20. 597-586 * Zedekiah 11 yrs 2 Kings 24:18-25:26 |
===== 586 BC FALL OF SOUTHERN KINGDOM & JERUSALEM (Judah) ======
(587 - 657 The Babylonian Captivity =70 years) |
EZEKIEL
|
605-530 DANIEL
|
520-480 ZECHARIAH*
HAGGAI*
|
458 EZRA
|
432 NEHEMIAH
|
440-430 MALACHI*
|
400 B.C. --- Intertestamental Period ------(400 years)------(Silence)-
RETURN FROM BABYLON
ZERUBBABEL
Persia conquered Babylon in 539 B.C. and king Cyrus issued a decree
that allowed the Jews to return to Palestine in 536 B.C.
Zerubbabel, who became governor of Jerusalem, was among the first wave of
immigrants (about 50,000 of them) to return to Jerusalem after 70 years
of captivity in Babylon (605-536 B.C.). He was responsible for the
physical restoration of the temple which was dedicated in 515 B.C.
EZRA
Ezra was a "scribe" who was allowed to return from Babylon 60 years later (Ezra 6:22
and 7:1) with a remnant of the people (2,000) to restore worship to the
temple, which was a shadow of its former beauty. Ezra arrived in
Jerusalem in the 7th year of Persian king, Xerxes (458 B.C.) son of
Darius. He was responsible for reestablishing proper worship and
sacrifices to the temple and restoring the Law of God to the hearts of
the people.
ESTHER - 460 B.C.
Esther fits into the time period of Ezra (actually between chapters 6
and 7 of Ezra) while Xerxes I was king of the Persians. (Ahasuerus is
the Hebrew transliteration of the Persian name "Khsayarsaha." The
Greek form of the same name is Xerxes.) The events cover a period of
about 10 years. Though Esther is not considered as one of the prophets,
her story is nonetheless one of heroic faith, proving once again that
God always has a remnant according to grace.
NEHEMIAH
Nehemiah brought back another group of Jews by Artaxerxes' permission
(Artaxerxes, the son of Xerxes) to rebuild the walls of the city of
Jerusalem. Nehemiah followed Ezra in the 20th year (445 B.C. or
thirteen years later).
Ezra and Nehemiah led the people in revival and reforms.
MALACHI - 430 B.C.
Malachi was the last of the Old Testament prophets. Like Ezra and
Nehemiah he decried the backsliding of the people of God. The priests
were worldly, the people were tired of waiting for God's deliverance
and began to question God's love and care for His chosen people.
The three postexilic prophets were Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
400-4 BC Intertestamental Period
Copyright © 1998-2021 by Parousia Press
|