August 1, 2008
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Kings of Israel
Am in the middle of looking up a bunch of Bible verses for Pastor Don. Thought you might like to see a handout for an upcoming Bible study that I am going to do on the Kings of Israel and Judah. Here is the facts of the kings of Israel, helps in completing the Good king/Bad king chart. I wanted to see which prophets were active at the times of the kings and some of the general information. I am still working on a similar list of the Kings of Judah. Hope this is helpful.
KINGS OF ISRAEL
JEREBOAM (931-910 BC)
1 KINGS 11:26-40; 1 Kings 12-14; 2 Ki 23::15-18 2 Chronicles 10:1-19; 11:1-4
PROPHETS OF HIS TIME: Ahijah the Shilonite, (1 Ki 11:29-39; 14:1-18)
Man of God from Judah (1 Ki 13:1-32; 2 Ki 23:15-18)
Old Prophet at Bethel (1 Ki 13:11-32)
Iddo the Seer (2 Chronicles 9:29)
Prophet Ahijah said he would receive 10 tribes
Fled to Egypt to escape Solomon
Was originally Solomon’s servant
Returned when Rehoboam became king
Became first king of Israel
Set up golden calves in Dan and Bethel
Set up priesthood and worship for calves
Shrines in High places set up
Sent to prophet to inquire of son’s illness- son dies
Reigned 22 years and died
Did evil
NADAB (910-900 BC)
(2ND year of Asa)1 Kings 15:25-32
Son of Jereboam
Walked in ways of his father
Reigned 2 years
Killed by Baasha
Did evil
BAASHA (909-886 BC)
(3RD year of Asa)
1 Kings 15:28-16:7
PROPHET OF HIS TIME: Jehu, son of Hanani (1 Kings 16:1-7)
Killed Nadab and whole household of Jereboam
Walked in way of Jereboam
Fought with Asa, king of Judah
Reigned 24 years and died
Did evil
ELAH (886 BC)
1 Kings 16:8-14
(26th year of Asa)
Son of Baasha
Reigned 2 years
Killed by Zimri
Did evil – sinned like his father, worshipped idols
ZIMRI (886 BC)
(27th year of Asa)
1 Kings 16:8-20
Was commander of Elah’s chariots
Killed Elah and whole household of Baasha
Reigned 7 days
Killed himself – burning king’s house
Did evil and treason
TIBNI AND OMRI VIE FOR THRONE
1 Kings 16:21-22
Tibni dies
OMRI (885-874 BC)
(31st year of Asa)
1 Kings 16:15-28
Commander of army
Built Samaria
Did evil, worse than all before him, idols
Reigned 12 years (6 in Tirzah) and died
AHAB (874-853 BC)
(38th year of Asa)
1 Kings 16-22; 2 Chronicles 18:28-34
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Elijah (1 Kings 17-21, 2 Kings 1-2)
Elisha (1 Kings 19:19-21)
Micaiah, son of Imalah (1 Ki 22:8-28; 2 Chron. 18:7-27)
Unnamed Prophets
Son of Omri
Married Jezebel the Sidonian
Served baal and did more evil than any other king
Elijah sent three year drought because of evil
Met Elijah for “test” on Mt. Carmel
Fought Ben-Hadad with God’s power
Let Ben-Hadad live and was cursed for doing so
Coveted Naboth’s vineyard
Humbled himself at prophecy of family’s demise
Went with Jehoshaphat (Judah’s king) to fight Aram
Killed in battle against Aram
Did evil
Reigned 22 years
AHAZIAH (853-852 BC)
(17th year of Jehoshaphat)
1 Kings 22:51-53 – 2 Kings 1:18
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Elijah’s Translation (2 Kings 2 1-18)
Elisha
Son of Ahab
Did evil, worshipping baal
Fell through lattice and became ill
Sent to baal about sickness, but heard from Elijah
Squads of 50 he sent to Elijah were burned
Reigned 2 years and died
JEHORAM (JORAM) (852-841)
(18th year of Jehoshaphat)
2 Kings 3, 9
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Elisha
Son of Ahab
Not as bad as father, put away baal
Joined with Judah and Edom to fight Moab
Killed in Jezreel by Jehu
Did evil
Reigned 12 years
JEHU (841-814 BC)
2 Kings 9-10
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Elisha
Anointed by Elisha
Killed Jehoram and shot Ahaziah king of Judah
Had Jezebel killed
Killed 70 sons of Ahab
Killed Ahaziah king of Judah’s relatives
Destroyed temple of baal and killed worshippers
God promised his sons to 4th generation would reign
Did evil for still worshipped golden calves (2 Kings 10:29-31)
Reigned 28 years and died
JEHOAHAZ (814-798 BC)
(23RD year of Joash)
2 Kings 13:1-9
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Elisha
Son of Jehu
God gave the Nation Israel to Syrians because of his evil
Deliverer freed them from power of Syrians
Did evil
Reigned 17 years and died
JEHOASH (JOASH) (798-782 BC)
(37th year of Joash – Judah’s king)
2 Kings 13:10-25
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Death of Elisha 2 Kings 13:20
Son of Jehoahaz
Fought against Amaziah king of Judah
Conferred with Elisha about Aram
Shot arrow out of window for deliverance from Syria
Struck ground 3 times with arrows, Elisha chided him for not striking more times
Defeated Syria 3 times
Did evil
Reigned 16 years and died
JEREBOAM II (793-753 BC)
(15th year of Amaziah)
2 Kings 14:23-29
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Jonah, Amos, Hosea
Son of Jehoash
Restored border of Israel according to word of Jonah
Did evil
Reigned 41 years and died
ZECHARIAH (753-752 BC)
(38th year of Azariah)
2 Kings 15:8-12
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Hosea, Amos
Son of Jereboam
Did evil
Fulfilled prophecy concerning his sons
Reigned 6 months
Killed by Shallum in front of the people
SHALLUM (752 BC)
(39th year of Azariah)
2 Kings 15:10-16
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Hosea
Killed Zechariah
Reigned one month
Killed by Menahem
No specific mention of doing evil but short reign
MENAHEM (752-742 BC)
(39th year of Azariah)
2 Kings 15:14-22
PROPHET OF HIS DAY: Hosea
Killed Shallum
Struck Tiphsah and ripped open pregnant women
Paid 1000 talents tribute to Assyria
Taxed Israel to pay Assyria
Reigned 10 years, did evil and died
PEKAHIAH (742-740)
(50th year of Azariah)
2 Kings 15:22-26
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Hosea, Oded
Son of Menahem
Did evil
Reigned 2 years
Killed by Pekah
PEKAH (752-732) – these dates overlap, Kay Arthur’s dates, dates not clear
(52ND Year of Azariah)
2 Kings 15:25-37; 16:5; 2 Chronicles 28:5, 6; Is 7:1
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Hosea
Oded the Prophet 2 Chronicles 28:9-11
Son of Pekahiah’s officer
Killed Pekahiah
Part of land captured by Assyria during his reign
Did evil
Reigned 20 years
Killed by Hoshea
HOSHEA (732-722)
(12th year of Ahaz)
2 Kings 15:29-30; 2 K 17:1-6
PROPHETS OF HIS DAY: Hosea, Isaiah
Killed Pekah
Paid tribute to Assyria
Turned to Egypt to conspire against Assyria
Taken captive
Did evil, but not as the kings before him
Reigned 9 years, then Israel was destroyed
CAPTIVITY (722)
2 Kings 17
Israelites taken into captivity by the Assyrians
Comments (7)
Lots of kings. Most of them loosers. Any wonder politics is so corrupt?
I’m copying and borrowing this listing of Israel’s kings to use with my students. If you have any objection, please message me and i’ll drop it. Good work!
@NonNobis1963 - Not a problem at all. If you message me with your email I will send it as an attachment, and I am in the midst of working on the kings of Judah too. Check down a few postings, and you will find a chart called “Good Kings/Bad kings” and the students can go and decide by reading which were the good and which were the bad. Eventually there will be a more detailed study. I am happy to send as an attachment which might make it easier to print.
Heather
I did a chart on this, once. I spanned out the reigns of the two kingdoms and did the good guys in blue and the bad guys in red and it was really kewl. Wonder if I still have that…?
@Anna - Oh, if you do, please let me have the link, I would love to compare charts.
Heather
@FKIProfessor - LOL, and it seems like things haven’t changed much since then either.
Heather
@NonNobis1963 - I keep trying to get to your page and there is no way to access it, I get an error message.
Heather