Kings of Israel & Judah

From Saul to the fall of Jerusalem, every reign on one time scale, time running down the page: the united kingdom across the top, then Judah on the left and Israel on the right. A line joins a king to the king in whose year the Bible says he began to reign. The kings are on the Timeline of the Bible too, beside the prophets and empires of their days.

Saul 1095–1055 BC David 1055–1015 BC Ishbosheth 1055–1048 Solomon 1015–975 BC Rehoboam 975–958 BC Jeroboam 975–954 BC Abijam 958–955 BC Asa 955–914 BC Nadab 954–953 BC Baasha 953–930 BC Elah 930–929 BC Zimri 929 BC Omri 929–918 BC Tibni 929–925 Ahab 918–897 BC Jehoshaphat 914–889 BC Ahaziah viceroy 899–897 Jehoram viceroy 898–892 Ahaziah 897–896 BC Jehoram 896–884 BC Jehoram with his father 892–889 Jehoram 889–885 BC Ahaziah viceroy 886–885 Ahaziah 885–884 BC Athaliah 884–878 BC Jehu 884–856 BC Jehoash 878–839 BC Jehoahaz 856–839 BC Jehoash with his father 841–839 Amaziah 839–810 BC Jehoash 839–826 BC Jeroboam II with his father 836–826 Jeroboam II 826–784 BC Uzziah 810–759 BC No king 784–773 BC Zachariah 773 BC Shallum 773 BC Menahem 773–761 BC Pekahiah 761–759 BC Jotham 759–742 BC Pekah 759–739 BC Ahaz 742–726 BC No king 739–731 BC Hoshea contested 739–731 Hoshea 731–721 BC Hezekiah with his father 727–726 Hezekiah 726–698 BC Manasseh 698–643 BC Amon 643–641 BC Josiah 641–610 BC Jehoahaz 610 BC Jehoiakim 610–599 BC Jehoiachin 599 BC Zedekiah 599–588 BC
Each box runs from the year a king began to reign to the year his reign ended. The lighter boxes beside them are years a son shared with his father, a rival’s years, and years of confusion. A line joins a king to the king in whose year the Bible says he began to reign, with that year in his box.

Years with No King

Israel · 784–773 BC

No king. Ussher's “Anarchie” of eleven years and a half after Jeroboam II, so that Zachariah's six months fall in Azariah's thirty and eighth year (2 Kings 15:8).

“all was reduced to a plain Anarchie among them: which lasted eleven years and a half”

Israel · 739–731 BC

Hoshea had slain Pekah, but Ussher has Israel in confusion nine years before Hoshea reigned in peace (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1).

“that state continued in confusion, and in a kinde of Anarchy, for the space of 9 years”

Years from Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.

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