The Kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah

[The Northern Kingdom of Israel]

(1) Jeroboam (I)

-The son of Nebat, Solomon’s servant (1 Kings 11:26)

(1 Kings 12:25~14:20)

 

(2) Nadab

-The son of Jeroboam

(1 Kings 15:25-31)

 

(3) Baasha

-The son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar

(1 Kings 15:27~16:7)

 

(4) Elah

-The son of Baasha

(1 Kings 16:6-14)

 

(5) Zimri

-A commander of half the chariots

(1 Kings 16:9-20)

 

(6) Omri

(1 Kings 16:21-28)

 

(7) Ahab

-The son of Omri; his wife was Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians

(1 Kings 16:28~22:40)

 

(8) Ahaziah

-The son of Ahab

(1 Kings 22:51-53, 2 Kings 1:1-18)

 

(9) Jehoram (Joram)

-The son of Ahab

(2 Kings 3:1~8:15)

 

(10) Jehu

-The son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi

(2 Kings 9:1~10:36)

 

(11) Jehoahaz

-The son of Jehu

(2 Kings 13:1-9)

 

(12) Joash (Jehoash)

-The son of Jehoahaz

(2 Kings 13:10-25)

 

(13) Jeroboam (II)

-The son of Joash

(2 Kings 14:23-29)

 

(14) Zechariah

-The son of Jeroboam

(2 Kings 15:8-12)

 

(15) Shallum

-The son of Jabesh

(2 Kings 15:13-15)

 

(16) Menahem

-The son of Gadi

(2 Kings 15:16-22)

 

(17) Pekahiah

-The son of Menahem

(2 Kings 15:23-26)

 

(18) Pekah

-The son of Remaliah

(2 Kings 15:27-31)

 

(19) Hoshea

-The son of Elah

(2 Kings 17:1-6)

 

*Destroyed by Assyria, around 722 B.C.

(2 Kings 18:10 The ninth year of Hoshea / the sixth year of Hezekiah)

 

[The Southern Kingdom of Judah]

(1) Rehoboam

-The son of Solomon (1 Kings 11:43); his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess

(1 Kings 12:1-24,14:21-31,2 Chronicles 10:1~12:16)

 

(2) Abijam (Abijah)

-The son of Rehoboam; his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom

(1 Kings 15:1-8, 2 Chronicles 13:1-22)

 

(3) Asa

-The son of Abijah

(1 Kings 15:9-24, 2 Chronicles 14:1~16:14)

 

(4) Jehoshaphat

-The son of Asa

(1 Kings 22:41-50, 2 Chronicles 17:1~20:37)

 

(5) Jehoram

-The son of Jehoshaphat

(2 Kings 8:16-24, 2 Chronicles 21:1-20)

 

(6) Ahaziah

-The son of Jehoram; his mother was Athaliah

(2 Kings 8:25-29, 2 Chronicles 22:1-9)

 

(7) Athaliah [Queen]

-The mother of Ahaziah; the granddaughter of Omri king of Northern Israel; the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (2 Kings 8:18)

(2 Kings 11:1-20, 2 Chronicles 22:10~23:21)

 

(8) Joash (Jehoash)

-The son of Ahaziah

(2 Kings 11:17~21:21, 2 Chronicles 24:1-27)

 

(9) Amaziah

-The son of Joash

(2 Kings 14:1-22, 2 Chronicles 25:1-28)

 

(10) Azariah (Uzziah)

-The son of Amaziah

(2 Kings 15:1-7, 2 Chronicles 26:1-23)

 

(11) Jotham

-The son of Uzziah

(2 Kings 15:32-38, 2 Chronicles 27:1-9)

 

(12) Ahaz

-The son of Jotham

(2 Kings 16:1-20, 2 Chronicles 28:1-27)

 

(13) Hezekiah

-The son of Ahaz

(2 Kings 18:1~20:21, 2 Chronicles 29:1~32:33)

 

(14) Manasseh

-The son of Hezekiah

(2 Kings 21:1-18, 2 Chronicles 33:1-20)

 

(15) Amon

-The son of Manasseh

(2 Kings 21:19-26, 2 Chronicles 33:21-25)

 

(16) Josiah

-The son of Amon

(2 Kings 22:1~23:30, 2 Chronicles 34:1~35:27)

 

(17) Jehoahaz (Shallum)

-The fourth son of Josiah

(2 Kings 23:31-34, 2 Chronicles 36:1-4)

 

(18) Jehoiakim (Eliakim)

-The second son of Josiah

(2 Kings 23:34~24:5, 2 Chronicles 36:4-8)

 

(19) Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Coniah)

-The son of Jehoiakim, that is, the grandson of Josiah

(2 Kings 24:8-17, 2 Chronicles 36:9-10)

 

(20) Zedekiah (Mattaniah)

-The third son of Josiah

(2 Kings 24:17~25:21, 2 Chronicles 36:11-21)

 

*Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, around 586 B.C.

(2 Kings 25, 2 Chronicles 36:17-20)