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Kings of Ancient Israel
and Judah Timeline


Kings of Ancient Israel
and Judah Timeline *

 

Kings of United
Israelite Kingdom

Date
(B.C.)
King
Years
Reigned
1050 - 1010Saul40
1010 - 970David40
970 - 930 Solomon 40
   

Kings of
Divided Kingdom

Date
(B.C.)
King of
Israel
Years
Reigned
Good
or Bad?
 
Date
(B.C.)
King of
Judah
Years
Reigned
Good
or Bad?
930 - 909
22
Bad
 
930 - 913
17
Bad
mostly
909 - 908
2
Bad
 
913 - 910
3
Bad
mostly
908 - 886
24
Bad
 
910- 869
41
Good
886 - 885
2
Bad
     
885
7 days
Bad
     
885 - 874
12
Extra
Bad
     
874 - 853
22
Worst
 
872 - 848
Jehoshaphat
(coregency
from 872-869)
25
Good
Date
(B.C.)
King of
Israel
Years
Reigned
Good
or Bad?
 
Date
(B.C.)
King of
Judah
Years
Reigned
Good
or Bad?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
853 - 852
2
Bad
 
853 - 841
Jehoram
(coregency
from 853-848)
8
Bad
852 - 841
12
Bad
mostly
 
841
1
Bad
841 - 814
28
Bad
mostly
 
841 - 835
Athaliah
(Queen)
7
Devilish
814 - 798
17
Bad
 
835 - 796
40
Good
mostly
798 - 782
16
Bad
 
796 - 767
29
Good mostly
793 - 753
Jeroboam II
(coregency from 793 - 782**)
41
Bad
 
792 - 740
Azariah
(Uzziah)
(overlap with Amaziah 792-767)
52
Good
753
6 months
Bad
 
750 - 732
Jotham
(coregency from 750 - 740**)
16
Good
752
1 month
Bad
     
752 - 742
10
Bad
     
752 - 732
20
Bad
 
735 - 715
Ahaz
(overlap with Jotham 735-732)
16
Wicked
742 - 740
2
Bad
     
732 - 723
9
Bad
 
715 - 686
29
Best
723
SAMARIA FALLS

Samaria falls to
Assyrian King Shalmaneser V.

The Ten Tribes of Israel
(also known as the Northern Kingdom)
are taken captive to Assyria.

 
696 - 642
Manasseh
(coregency
from 696-686**)
55
Worst
  
642 - 640
2
Worst
  
640 - 609
31
Best
  
609
3 months
Bad
     
609 - 598
11
Wicked
     
598 - 597
3 months
Bad
     
597
JERUSALEM FALLS

Jerusalem falls at the hands of
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar captures
Judah's King Jehoiachin, who,
as prisoner, is taken to Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar sets up
Zedekiah as new King of Judah.

     
597 - 586
11
Bad
     
586
JERUSALEM AND
TEMPLE DESTROYED

Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar
lays siege to Jerusalem. He destroys
the city and burns Jerusalem's temple.

The destruction of the temple was started on the 9th of Ab (Hebrew month) and completed on the 10th. The 9th of Ab is also the day Jerusalem's SECOND temple (Herod's temple) is also completely destroyed in 70 A.D.

 
Additional Bible Study Materials
Timeline of
the Old Testament
Location of EVENTS
in Old Testament Map
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
in the Old Testament
 
MINOR PROPHETS
of the Old Testament
Timeline of ROMAN EMPIRE
and Old Testament Events
Lineage from ADAM to Israel's
Kings to QUEEN of ENGLAND
 
 
 
 
* Original article created by Bernie Monsalvo and edited by BibleStudy.org. Dates and date ranges for kings from The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings by Edwin R. Thiele.
** A coregency is here defined as a period of rulership when a son sits on the throne with his father.
 
 
   
 
 

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