Kings of Israel and Judah

• Abimelech – the son of Gideon, was the first man declared a king in Israel.[5]

Saul and David by Rembrandt

According to the Bible, the Tribes of Israel lived as a confederation under ad hoc charismatic leaders called judges. In around 1020 BCE, under extreme threat from foreign peoples, the tribes united to form the first United Kingdom of Israel. Samuel anointed Saul from the Tribe of Benjamin as the first king.

• Saul (1020–1000 BCE)
• Ish-bosheth (Esbaal) (1000–991 BCE)

The Tel Dan Stele with reference to the "House of David"

• David (c. 1003–970 BCE) – made Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
• Adonijah (pretender, c. 970 BCE)
• Solomon (c. 970–930 BCE)
• Rehoboam (c. 930–915 BCE)

After Rehoboam reigned three years,[6] the United Kingdom of Israel was divided in two – the northern Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, with its capital, first in Shechem, then Penuel, Tirzah, and finally Samaria, and ruled by a series of dynasties beginning with Jeroboam; and the southern Kingdom of Judah with its capital still in Jerusalem and ruled by the House of David. Under Hezekiah’s rule in the Kingdom of Judah, the Neo-Assyrian Empire conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom 722 BCE leaving only the southern kingdom of Judah.

• Jeroboam
• Nadab

• Baasha
• Elah

• Zimri

• Tibni (pretender)

• Omri
• Ahab
• Ahaziah
• Jehoram

• Jehu
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoash
• Jeroboam II
• Zechariah

• Shallum

• Menahem
• Pekahiah

• Pekah

• Hoshea

• Abijah (r. 915–912 BCE)
• Asa (r. 912–870 BCE)
• Jehoshaphat (r. 870–849 BCE)
• Jehoram (r. 849–842 BCE)
• Ahaziah (r. 842–840 BCE)

• Athaliah (Queen) (r. 840–836 BCE)

• Jehoash (r. 836–796 BCE)
• Amaziah (r. 796–767 BCE)
• Uzziah (r. 767–750 BCE)
• Jotham (r. 750–735 BCE)
• Ahaz (r. 735–716 BCE)
• Hezekiah (r. 729/716 – 697/687 BCE)
• Manasseh (r. 697/687–643 BCE)
• Amon (r. 643–640 BCE)
• Josiah (r. 640–609 BCE)
• Jehoahaz (r. 609 BCE)
• Jehoiakim (r. 609–598 BCE)
• Jeconiah (r. Dec 9, 598– March 15, 597 BCE)
• Zedekiah (r. 597–586 BCE)

The descendants of Mattathias

• Aristobulus I (r. 104–103 BCE)
• Alexander Jannaeus (r. 103–76 BCE)
• Salome Alexandra (Queen, r. 76–67 BCE)
• Aristobulus II (r. 67–63 BCE)
• Hyrcanus II (r. 63–40 BCE)
• Antigonus II Mattathias (r. 40–37 BCE)

• Herod the Great (r. 37–4 BCE)
• Herod Agrippa (r. 41–44 CE)

Table on the Kings

This table describes the Kings, their parents, age they lived, the prophets who influenced them, and the emperors they encountered in battle.