Monday, April 19, 2010

kings of Israel and Judah

So, I did a study of the kings of Israel and Judah; and thought I would share my list for anyone interested. It's hard to format to show the chronology/who was ruling at the same time as who - so, I'll just list them seperately for this blog.
Kings of the Northern tribes of Israel=
Jeroboam - king for 22 years. evil. 1 Kings 12ff
Nadab - king for 2 years. evil. 1 Ki. 14:20, 15:25ff
Baasha - assassinated Nadab. king for 24 years. evil. 1 Ki. 15:27ff
Elah - king for 2 years. 1 Ki. 16:8
Zimri - assassinated Elah. king for 7 days.
Tibni/Omri - divided Northern kingdom/ civil war for 6 years
Omri - Tibni was killed by Omri's people. king for a total of 12 years. evil. 1 Ki. 16
Ahab - king for 22 years. married to Jezebel. very evil. 1 Ki.16:29-1 Ki. 22:40
Ahaziah - king for 2 years. evil. 1 Ki.22:40ff
Jehoram/Joram(son of Ahab) - king for 12 years. evil 2 Ki. 3ff
Jehu - assassinated Jehoram/Joram(son of Ahab). king for 28 years. 2 Ki.10ff
Jehoahaz - king 17 years. evil. 2 Ki. 13
Joash/Jehoash - king for 16 years. evil. 2 Ki. 13
Jeroboam 2 - king 41 years. evil. 2 Ki. 13-14
Zechariah - king 6 months. evil. 2 Ki. 15
Shallum - assassinated Zechariah. king 1 month. 2 Ki. 15
Menahem - assassinated Shallum. king 10 years. evil 2 Ki. 15
Pekahiah - king 2 years. evil. 2 Ki. 15
Pekah - assassinated Pekahiah. king 20 years. evil. 2 Ki. 15
Hoshea - assassinated Pekah. king 9 years. evil. last king of Israel. 2 Ki. 15-17

Kings of Judah - the Southern tribe =
Saul
David - king for 40 years. right.
Solomon - king for 40 years. right, but corrupted by wives.
Rehoboam - king for 17 years. evil. 1 Ki. 12ff
Abijam - king for 3 years. evil. 1 Ki 15
Asa - king for 41 years. right, but died of foot disease. 1 Ki. 15ff
Jehoshaphat - king for 25 years. right. 1 Ki. 22:41ff
Jehoram/Joram(son of Jehoshaphat) - king for 8 years. evil. 2 Ki. 8
Ahaziah - king for 1 year. evil. also killed by Jehu. 2 Ki. 8-9
Athaliah - queen for 6 years. evil. Ahaziah's mother; assassinated most of the court. 2 Ki.11
Joash/Jehoash - king for 40 years. right. 2 Ki. 11-12
Amaziah - king for 29 years. right.  2 Ki. 14
Azariah/Uzziah - king for 52 years. right. 2 Ki. 15
Jotham - king for 16 years. right. 2 Ki. 15
Ahaz - king for 16 years. evil. 2 Ki. 16
Hezekiah - king for 29 years. right. 2 Ki. 18ff
Manasseh - king for 55 years. super evil. 2 Ki. 21
Amon - king for 2 years. evil. 2 Ki. 21
Josiah - king for 31 years. right. 2 Ki. 22ff
Jehoahaz - king for 3 months. evil. taken into captivity by Pharoh Neco. 2 Ki. 23
Jehoakim/Elikim - king for 11 years. evil.
Jehoiachin - king for 3 months. evil. taken captive. last in the line of Davidic kings (until Messiah) 2 Ki. 24
Mattaniah/Zedekiah - king for 11 years. evil. tried to rebel against Babylon and got overthrown. Last king of the Judah kingdom. 2 Ki.24-25

I looked at Chronicles too; but didn't list those passages for this blog. When it says, "right" that means that it said of that king: "did right in the sight of the Lord" - although, it was often qualified by big sins that the king committed -- none of the kings were perfect.

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