The Time of the Kings


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THE UNITED KINGDOM

Saul   : 40 years - 1050 B.C. - 1 Samuel 9
David  : 40 years - 1010 B.C. - 2 Samuel 2, 1 Kings 2
Solomon: 40 years -  971 B.C. - 1 Kings 1:37-11:43


THE DIVIDED KINGDOM (931 B.C.)

ISRAEL                                  JUDAH
  I Dynasty - 1 Kings 14:26-15:25
Jeroboam      22 years   931 B.C.       Rehoboam      17 years
Nadab          2 years   910 B.C.       Abijam         3 years   913 B.C.

 II Dynasty - 1 Kings 15:28-16:15
Baasha        24 years   909 B.C.
Elah           2 years   886 B.C.       Asa           41 years   911 B.C.
Zimri          7 days    885 B.C.

III Dynasty - 1 Kings 16:16-2 Kings 1
Omri           8 years   885 B.C.
Ahab          22 years   874 B.C.       Jehoshaphat   25 years   872 B.C.
Ahaziah        2 years   853 B.C.       J(eh)oram      8 years   854 B.C.
J(eh)oram     12 years   852 B.C.       Ahaziah        1 year    847 B.C.

     Jehu slays the kings of Israel and Judah (841 B.C.)

 IV Dynasty - 2 Kings 10:36, 15
                                        Athalia Queen  6 years   841 B.C.
Jehu          28 years   841 B.C.       J(eh)oash     40 years   835 B.C.
Jehoahaz      17 years   814 B.C.
J(eh)oash     16 years   799 B.C.       Amaziah       29 years   796 B.C.
Jeroboam II   41 years   782 B.C.
                         753 B.C.
Zechariah      6 months  752 B.C.
                                        Uzziah        52 years   768 B.C.
                                        (Azariah)
Shallum        1 month   751 B.C.

  V Dynasty - 2 Kings 15
Menahem       10 years   751 B.C.
Pekahiah       2 years   742 B.C.       Jotham        16 years   750 B.C.

 VI Dynasty - 2 Kings 15
Pekah         20 years   740 B.C.
East and West of Jordan                 Ahaz          16 years   735 B.C.

VII Dynasty - 2 Kings 16-17
Hoshea         9 years   731 B.C.       Hezekiah                 729 B.C.

Samaria taken captive by Assyria   722 B.C.
End of Israel's Kingdom


LATER KINGDOM OF JUDAH
2 Kings 18-25, 2 Chronicles 28-36

Hezekiah            29 years          729 B.C.
Manasseh            55 years          687 B.C.
Amon                 2 years          642 B.C.
Josiah              31 years          640 B.C.
Jehoahaz             3 months         609 B.C.
Jehoiakim           11 years          609 B.C.
Jehoiachin           3 months         598 B.C.
Zedekiah (Jer. 52)  11 years          597 B.C.
Jerusalem Destroyed                   586 B.C.

End of Kingdom of Judah



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