Old Testament Timeline
Divided Kingdom: Kings of Ancient Israel and Judah

 

 

Date
(B.C.)

King
of Israel

Years
Reigned

Reign
Good/Bad

Date
(B.C.)

King
of Judah

Years
Reigned

Reign
Good/Bad

 

 

928-906

Jeroboam I

22

Bad

928-911

Rehoboam

17

Bad
mostly

 

 

 

907-905

Nadab

2

Bad

911-908

Abijam
(Abijah)

3

Bad
mostly

 

 

 

906-882

Baasha

24

Bad

908-867

Asa

41

Good

 

 

 

883-881

 

Elah

2

Bad

 

 

 

881

 

Zimri

7 days

Bad

 

 

881-876

 

Tibni

5

Bad

 

 

882-870

 

Omri

5

Extra Bad

 

Date
(B.C.)

King
of Israel

Years
Reigned

Reign
Good/Bad

Date
(B.C.)

King
of Judah

Years
Reigned

Reign
Good/Bad

871-851

 

Ahab

22

The Worst

870-845

Jehoshaphat

25

Good

851-850

 

Ahaziah

2

Bad

851-840

Jehoram
(Joram)

8

Bad

850-839

 

Joram
(Jehoram)

12

Bad mostly

840

Ahaziah
(Azariah)

8

Bad

839-811

 

Jehu

28

Bad mostly

839-833

Athaliah
(Queen)

6

Devilish

812-795

 

Jehoahaz

17

Bad

833-794

Joash
(Jehoash)

40

Good mostly

797-781

 

Joash
(Jehoash)

16

Bad

795-764

Amaziah

29

Good mostly

792-751

 

Jeroboam II *

41

Bad

787-735

Uzziah
(Azariah)

52

Good

750-749

 

Zechariah

6 months

Bad

794-733

Jotham *

16

Good

749

 

Shallum

1 month

Bad

 

749-739

 

Menahem

10

Bad

738-736

 

Pekahiah

2

Bad

732-716

Ahaz *

16

Wicked

736-730

 

Pekah *

20

Bad

 

731-722

 

Hoshea

9

Bad

715-686

Hezekiah *

29

The Best

722-721

 

Fall of SAMARIA

697-642

Manasseh *

55

The Worst

718

 

Fall of ISRAEL

642-640

Amon

2

The Worst

 

640-609

 

Josiah

31

The Best

609

 

Jehoahaz
(Shallum)

3 months

Bad

608-597

 

Jehoiakim

11

Wicked

597

 

Jehoiachin
(Jeconiah)

3 months

Bad

597-587

 

Zedekiah
(Mattariah)

11

Bad

587

 

Fall of JERUSALEM
Fall of JUDAH

582

 

Assassination of Gedaliah
(Jeremiah 41)

 

* Co-Regency with Predecessor

This chronology is that of Edwin R. Thiele in The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings and others.
List was compiled by Bernie Monsalvo