Kings of Ancient Israel and Judah

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Israel’s first four kings were Saul, Ish-Bosheth, David, and Solomon. After Solomon’s death, the kingdom of Israel split into two kingdoms for around 350 years, from 928 BC to 587 BC: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. This table shows when each king reigned over each kingdom, and includes the dates and duration of each reign. Also indicated is whether the Bible describes them as good or bad. Generally speaking, the minor prophets (Hosea through Malachi) prophesied while these kings reigned. Dates are approximate.

Key:

Good King

Bad King

A handy chart showing the kings of ancient Israel and Judah. Included are the dates of each king’s reign, their kingdom, and whether they were good or bad.
BC	King	Reign	BC	King	Reign
The united nation of Israel
Saul
David
Solomon
Israel (the Northern Kingdom)			Judah (the Southern Kingdom)
928-906	Jeroboam I	22	928-911	Rehoboam	17
907-905	Nadab	2	911-908	Abijam (Abijah)	3
906-882	Baasha	24	908-867	Asa	41
883-881	Elah	2
881	Zimri	7 days
881-876	Tibni	5
882-870	Omri	5
871-851	Ahab	22	870-845		Jehoshaphat	25
851-850	Ahaziah	2	851-840		Jehoram (Joram)	8
850-839	Joram (Jehoram)	12	840		Ahaziah (Azariah)	8
839-811	Jehu	28	839-833		Athaliah (Queen)	6
812-795	Jehoahaz	17	833-794	Joash (Jehoash)	40
797-781	Joash (Jehoash)	16	795-764	Amaziah	29
792-751	Jeroboam II *	41	787-735	Uzziah (Azariah)	52
750-749	Zecharia	6 mos	794-733	Jotham *	16
749	Shallum	1 mo
749-739	Menahem	10
738-736	Pekahiah	2	732-716	Ahaz *	16
736-730	Pekah *	20
731-722	Hoshea	9	715-686	Hezekiah *	29
722-721	Fall of SAMARIA		697-642	Manasseh *	55
718	Fall of ISRAEL		642-640	Amon	2
			640-609	Josiah	31
			609	Jehoahaz (Shallum)	3 mos
			608-597	Jehoiakim	11
			597	Jehoiachin (Jeconiah)	3 mos
			597-587	Zedekiah (Mattariah)	11
			587	Fall of JERUSALEM & JUDAH
			~ 416	Assassination of Gedaliah