Northern Kingdom
Kings of Isreal
Name | Became King | Death or Dethroned | Death or Dethroned
Jeroboam | 931 | 910 | 910
Nadab | 910 | 909? | 909?
Baasha | 909 | 886 | 886
Elah | ? | ? | ?
Zimri | ? | ? | ?
Tibni | 885 | 880 | 880
Omri | 885 | 874 | 874
Ahab | 874 | 853 | 853
Ahaziah | ? | ? | ?
Jehoram (Joram) | 852 | 841 | 841
Jehu | 841 | 814 | 814
Jehoahaz (Joahaz) | 814 | 798 | 798
Jehoash (Joash) | 798 | 782 | 782
Jeroboam II | 793 | 753 | 753
Zachariah | 753 | 752 | 752
Shallum | For one month | For one month | For one month
Menahem | 752 | 752 | 742
Pekahiah | 742 | 742 | 740
Pekah | 752 | 752 | 732
Hoshea | 732 | 732 | 722
Ten tribes taken captive by King Shalmaneser V of Assyria in 722 B.C.E. | Ten tribes taken captive by King Shalmaneser V of Assyria in 722 B.C.E. | Ten tribes taken captive by King Shalmaneser V of Assyria in 722 B.C.E. | Ten tribes taken captive by King Shalmaneser V of Assyria in 722 B.C.E.
Southern Kingdom
Kings of Judah
Name | Became King | Death or Dethroned
Rehoboam | 931 | 913
Abijah (Abijam) | 913 | 911
Asa | 911 | 870
Jehoshaphat | 873 | 848
Jehoram (Joram) | 853 | 841
Ahaziah | 841 | 841
Queen Athaliah | 841 | 835
Joash (Jehoah) | 835 | 796
Amaziah | 796 | 767
Uzziah or Azariah | 790 | 793
Jotham | 750 | 731
Ahaz | 735 | 715
Hezekiah | 715 | 686
Manasseh | 697 | 642
Amon | 642 | 640
Josiah | 640 | 609
Jehoahaz (Joahaz/Shallum) | 3 Months | 3 Months
Jehoiakim (Eliakim) | 609 | 597
Jehoiachin (Coniah/Jeconiah) | 3 Months | 3 Months
Zedekiah (Mattaniah) | 597 | 586
Judah taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar of Bablyon in 586 B.C.E. Jerusalem and Temple destroyed. | Judah taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar of Bablyon in 586 B.C.E. Jerusalem and Temple destroyed. | Judah taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar of Bablyon in 586 B.C.E. Jerusalem and Temple destroyed.
Selected Hebrew Writings
Name | Kingdom | Dates (BC) | Information
Obadiah | Southern | 841-825 |
Joel | Southern | 825-809 |
Jonah | Northern | 784-772 |
Amos | Northern | 767-755 |
Hosea | Northern | 755-714 |
Isaiah | Southern | 739-681 |
Micah | Southern | 733-701 |
Nahum | Southern | 650-620 |
Zephaniah | Southern | 636-623 |
Jeremiah | Southern | 627-574 |
Habakkuk | Southern | 621-609 |
Daniel | Southern | 6005-536 |
Ezekiel | Southern | 593-559 |
Lamentations | Southern | 574-538? |
Ezra | Southern | 538-457 | Ch. 1-6 (538-516) Ch. 7-10 (457)
Haggai | Southern | 520-505 |
Zechariah | Southern | 520-489 |
Esther | Southern | 483-473 |
Nehemiah | Southern | 445-415 |
Malachi | Southern | 435?-415? |