Kings Of Israel

Philistines capture the ark of the covenant

1142 BCE

The Israelites bring the ark of the covenant into battle and the Philistines capture it

Hanna praying for son, Samuels Birth

1129 BCE

Hannah went to the temple and prayed for God to give her a son. Hannah said that if she would have a child she would dedicate her child to God. Samuel was born to Hannah and God answered her prayer.

Samuel sent to the temple

1126 BCE

Hannah dedicated Samuel to God. He lived in the temple and he was under Eli's authority.

Eli dies

1099 BCE

Eli heard that his sons died and he was so surprised that he leaned back in his chair and broke his neck and died. Samuel became in charged.

Saul becomes king

1052 BCE

Israel wanted a King. When Saul was searching for his donkeys he went to Samuel's house and Samuel took him in. In the morning he anointed him King.

Saul's reign

Period: 1052 BCE to 1010 BCE

Saul reigned 42 years

Saul defeats King Agag

1048 BCE

Saul defeated king Agag but he did not kill him or the best animals. He was told by God to kill everything but he did not. He denied doing it and said that it was the people

Saul sacrifices without Samuel

1044 BCE

Samuel had to come to do the sacrifice for Saul. Samuel was going to come but since Saul already waited 7 days and more people started leaving he just did the sacrifice himself.

David anointed King

1026 BCE

While Saul was still reigning after God had left him David was anointed king by Samuel then went back to his job as a shepherd

David marries Abigail

1015 BCE

David was going to attack Nabal but Abigal stopped him and gave him food so that he would not. Nabal died and David married her.

Saul kill himself

1010 BCE

Saul was wounded but did not want to be killed by his enemy so he asked his armor bearer to kill him but his armor bearer refused, so fell upon his own sword and died.

David becomes King

1010 BCE

David became king in Hebron and defeated Saul's family who wanted to be King.

David's reign

Period: 1010 BCE to 970 BCE

David sins with Bathsheba

989 BCE

David killed Uriah his friend then married his wife Bathsheba

Adonijah wants Abashag for his wife

971 BCE

Adonijah wants her as his wife so that he can have something of the kings so that he has a possibility to be king. Adonijah did not want to talk too the king so he asked Bathsheba to talk to the king and she did.

David dies

970 BCE

David became sick and died at age 70

Adonijah crowns himself King then is overtaken by Solomon

970 BCE

Adonijah crowns himself king although David already said that Solomon was going to be King. Adonijah started celebrating with is men but then he heard a loud noise of the people saying Long live the King Solomon. Adonijah flees to the tabernacle because it is safe.

Queen of Sheba

952 BCE

The queen of Sheba came to ask Solomon a lot of questions to test his wisdom. Solomon was able to answer all of the questions so the Queen of Sheba gave him riches.

Solomon builds the temple

950 BCE

David gave him many instructions. He built it out of cedar and cypress trees. He asked King Hiram to help him and he gave materials and workers to help Solomon.

Solomon prays over the temple

950 BCE

After they finally finished the temple Solomon prayed for the temple that it would be a house of prayer and that it would make God known over all the earth

Solomon worships the two worst Gods

942 BCE

Solomon worship and built temples for the Gods of his wives. He worshiped Asherah and Moloch.

Jeroboam rebels

941 BCE

Jeroboam rebels and Rehoboam goes to the elders for advice and did not listen to them. He went to his friends and they said to give more taxes.

Jeroboam makes two golden calfs

940 BCE

He did not want the people to go to the middle Jerusalem so he put a calf on each side. It led to the downfall of Israel.

Jeroboam gets 10 tribes

936 BCE

Alijah comes to Adonijah and tells him that he will have ten tribes and that he will be the King of Israel because Solomon has rebelled.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam almost fight

935 BCE

Rehoboam was going to fight Jeroboam but God stopped him.

Rehoboam becomes King

932 BCE

After Solomon dies Rehoboam becomes king and makes the people mad by giving them a lot of work.

Solomon dies

931 BCE

He died and Rehoboam became king.

Jeroboam's hand withered

930 BCE

Jeroboam goes to make a sacrifice and his hand withered

young prophet dies

920 BCE

God told him not to stop anywhere to eat but an old prophet came to him and told him to come in and eat. The young prophet said he could not but the older prophet said that God told him to come so the young prophet came. While the young and old prophet were eating the older prophet said because you have sinned and came here you will die before you get home. When the young prophet died the old prophet sent some people after him to see what would happen to him. When the servants came he was dead.

Omri becomes King

918 BCE

Omri killed Zimri and was a very evil King. He reigned for 22 years.

Omri's reign

Period: 918 BCE to 874 BCE

Omri was a bad king who defeated Zimri.

Judah defeats Israel

913 BCE

Abijah defeats Israel and kills 50000 men.

Asa destroys bad idols

911 BCE

He became king and destroyed all the bad idols. He was a good king.

Nadab becomes king

911 BCE

Nadab was the son of Jeroboam and was an evil king who did evil in the sight of God. He caused Israel to sin.

Baasha is king

909 BCE

Basha was an evil king who reigned for 24 years. God told him that he would kill him and him whole family Those that die in the field would be eaten by birds and the others would get eaten by dogs.

Elijah's life

Period: 904 BCE to 850 BCE

Elijah was one of the most important prophets.

Zimri is King

886 BCE

Zimri killed all of the house of Baasha including king Elah and he became king. He reigned 7 days because he was attacked by Omri. He did not want to die from Omri and he did not want him to have the palace so he went in the temple and set it on fire and the palace fell on him dieded.

Elah becomes king

884 BCE

Elah is the son of Baasha. He reigned two years then he got dieded by Zimri as because of the evil that his father did. He was an evil king.

Elijah goes to widow

868 BCE

Elijah was told to go to a widow. When he went there he asked the widow for food and bread and she gave it to him

Elijah wins challenge

866 BCE

Elijah and all the prophets of Baal went up to mount caramel and the prophets of Baal sacrificed and cut themselves all day and the altar did not burn. But Elijah poured water on his altar and prayed to God and fire came down from heaven and consumes the stones the water the sacrifice the sticks and the ground.

Ahab takes vine yard

855 BCE

Ahab saw a vineyard out of his palace window and he wanted it so he went out and asked the owner Naboth if he could have the vineyard but Naboth said no because the vineyard was his families. Ahab got mad and went to his room and pouted because he could not have the vineyard. Jezebel asked him why he was sad. Ahab told her so she ordered for him to be falsely accused and stone him. Ahab went to take the vineyard and Elijah met him and told him he would die and his children.

Jehoshaphat goes into battle and wins by singing

853 BCE

they went into battle singing and won without killing any body

Jehoram king of Judah reigns

Period: 849 BCE to 841 BCE

Jehoram is the 5th king and he was a bad king. he ruled for less than 8 years. The Edomites defeated him as a punishment

Elishah wins the battle against the entire Syrian army.

845 BCE

They surrounded Elisha and his servant came to him and said that the Syrians are here and they are going to win but Elisha said the number of us is greater than the number of the Syrians. Their eyes were opened and they saw an army of angels. Elisha prayed and all the people were blind. Elisha led them to the city of Samaria and fed them supper and sent them off instead of killing them like the King of Israel wanted.

4 Lepers outside of Samaria

845 BCE

Elisha said that tomorrow 1 shekel will be the price of 8 liters of good flour. There were 4 lepers outside of Samaria that decided that if they are going to die anyways why not go to the Syrians. They went to the Syrian's camp and no one was there so they took the stuff and started hiding it. Then one of them said that they should tell the people in the city that no one is at the camp. The people of the city went out and brought the stuff back and 8 liters of flour was sold for 1 shekel.

Hazel reigns

Period: 842 BCE to 796 BCE

Hazel killed Benhadad and became king.

Benhadad dies

841 BCE

Benhadad became very sick. He sent one of his commanders Hazel to ask Elisha if he is going to get better. He said Benhadad would die and Hazel would become king and cause trouble to Israel. Hazel goes back and kills king Benhadad.

Ahaziah dieded

840 BCE

Ahaziah enquired of a false god to give a sacrifice because he was sick. He sent servants by the 50s to Elijah to kill him and fire swallowed them up and they dieded and Elijah prophesied that Ahaziah would die

Jezebel dies

840 BCE

Jehu came to the palace and said is there any one on my side. Jezebels servants came and looked out the window and Jehu said if you are on my side throw Jezebel out the window. They threw her out the window and Jehu drove over her with his chariot. They came back to burry her but when they came they saw bones that the dogs had not eaten.

Jehoram's reign

Period: 840 BCE to 828 BCE

Jehoram was an evil king who worship golden calves.

Ahaziah king of Judah killed

837 BCE

He was murdered by Jehu.

Joash reigns

Period: 836 BCE to 796 BCE

Jehoash Son of a Jehoahaz became king of Israel. He reigned for 16 years. He did what was evil in the sight of God. He went to Elisha for help against the Syrians and Elisha told him to strike his arrows against the ground. He struck the ground 3 times and then stood up but Elisha got mad at him and said if you would have struck the ground more times you would have won more battles but because you only struck the ground 3 times you will only win 3 battles.

Athaliah kills all the royal family

830 BCE

Athalia's son died so she decided that she would kill all the royal family and she did all except the one son who was hidden in the temple. She was a very evil queen and she reigned 7 years.

Jehu kills the prophets of Baal

820 BCE

Jehu said that he was going to worship baal like no other king an he would have a big celebration and he told all the worshipers of baal to come then he sent in his servants to kill them.

Jehoahaz won against the Syrians with God's help

810 BCE

Jehoahaz went into battle against the Syrians and cried out to God for help and he sent them a savior and the Israelites won. But after that he went back to Idol worship and he was defeated by the Syrians after that. Almost there whole army was gone. He was the son of Jehu and was the King of Israel.

Joash reigns

Period: 798 BCE to 782 BCE

Joash became king when he was 7 years old and his uncle gave him instructions and because of it he was a good king. He started to rebuild the temple of God. But when his uncle died it went down hill.

Amaziah reigns

Period: 796 BCE to 767 BCE

Amaziah son of Joash became king of Juda and killed the people that killed his father. He was going to war and he was going to team up with Israel but while they were geting their army ready and man of God said not to go to war with Israel. He went and they won because he called on God. When they brought the spoil back he started worshiping the Idols but then a man of God told him to stop then he repented.

Jeroboam reigns

Period: 794 BCE to 753 BCE

He was the son of Jehoash. They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem and he fled Lachish and was killed there. He was one of the strongest kings who reigned 41 years.

Uzziah's reign

Period: 791 BCE to 739 BCE

Uzziah was a good king who made Judah strong. He did what was right. He won battles and he worshiped the Lord but he became proud and then he burned incense in the temple and was struck with lepersy.

Joash killed Zachariah and His servants killed him.

782 BCE

Joash's counselor died and the princes started giving him instructions. They led him the wrong way. Zachariah a prophet of God the next in High priest in line went to tell Joash to repent. When he got there he was ordered by his brother the King to be stoned in the temple and he was. Because he killed Zachariah Joash was killed by his servants.

Isaiah the prophet

Period: 766 BCE to 686 BCE

He was a good prophet of God who prophesied to the Kings of Israel.

Amaziah went to war against Israel

765 BCE

Israel defeated them and they took all of the spoil that they took from the Edomites.

Zechariah reigns

Period: 753 BCE to 752 BCE

He reigned for 6 months in Samaria. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He was the 15th king of Israel.

Jotham reigns

Period: 752 BCE to 732 BCE

Jotham was a good king who defeated many people. He did not go into the temple because he did not want to do the same sin as his father. There was nothing wrong said about him.

Shallum reigns

Period: 752 BCE to 752 BCE

Shallum the son of Jabesh killed his father and became king. He reigned 1 month.

Uzziah

736 BCE

Uziah gets Lepersy he got Lepersy because he was burning incense in the temple. Only the Priest were supposed to.

Ahaz reign

Period: 731 BCE to 715 BCE

He was a bad king. Ahaz was 20 years old when he began his reign. He burned his son as an offering. The Syrians attacked Judah. He moved the altar of God outside of the temple and put it outside his house and used it for Idols. They took them captive and let them go.

Hoshea reigns

Period: 731 BCE to 722 BCE

He killed the king and became king he was an Evil King who reigned for 9 years. Assyria conquered Israel and took the people and separated the people groups and that is how the Samaritans were created.

Hezekiah's Passover

715 BCE

They had a Passover and Hezekiah offered thousands of animals for offerings to God.

Hezekiah's reign

Period: 715 BCE to 686 BCE

Hezekiah was one of the best kings of Israel if not the best. He rebuilt the temple and brought Judah back into worship of God.

The Assyrians lose to Judah

701 BCE

Judah was surrounded by Assyria and the king of Assyria sent a messenger and told them to surrender but they did not. Hezekiah went to God and prayed. They sent another messenger that said they would destroy Judah. He brought the letter to the temple and prayed to God and god sent the angel of the Lord and he destroyed Assyria.

Hezekiah got sick

701 BCE

Hezekiah became very sick Isaiah the prophet told him he would die but Hezekiah changed God's mind and he let him reign 15 more years.

Manasseh reigns

Period: 697 BCE to 642 BCE

Manasseh was a very bad king who worshiped every single God he could find. He worshiped idols and witchcraft. He put the idols in the temple and worshiped them. He was the longest reigning king.

Hezekiah and Babylonians

690 BCE

Hezekiah wanted a sign from God and God made the sun go back 10 hours. The Babylonians came to him and to ask him what happened he saw that they were a powerful nation and he wanted to make them happy so he showed them every thing including the temple. Then Isaiah told him that because he did that Babylon would come and destroy them in his sons day.

Manasseh repents

643 BCE

Manasseh was taken captive by Assyria and then sold into slavery to the Babylonians. He then repented and prayed to God then him built up all of the alters and the Gods that he made were destroyed and he worshiped God and he changed from the worst king to the king with the best ending.

Josiah became king

640 BCE

When Josiah was 8 years old his father died and he became king.

King Josiah's reign

Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

He started his reign when he was 8 years old reigned 31 years.

Josiah started to seek God

631 BCE

in the eight year of his reign he began to seek the God of David his father.

Josiah destroys the idols

629 BCE

Josiah destroyed all of the idols and killed the prophets and sprinkled the dust of the idols on the prophets graves.

Josiah repairs the temple

622 BCE

In the eighteenth year of his reign he restored the temple.

Josiah rebuilds temple

622 BCE

Josiah rebuilt the temple and while he was rebuilding he found the scroll and he tore his clothes and turned from all the wicked things that they were doing.

Jehoiachin's reign

Period: 616 BCE to 597 BCE

He started reigning when he was eighteen and he reigned 3 months and 10 days. He was an evil king

Josiah died by Pharaoh

609 BCE

in battle the Pharaoh killed him at the river.

Jehioakim's reign

Period: 609 BCE to 598 BCE

He was 25 years old when he became king. He reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. He was an evil king who went against Babylon in battle and lost and was killed.609-598

Jehoahaz king

Period: 609 BCE to 609 BCE

Jehoahaz became king when he was 23 years old. He reigned 3 months. he made them pay taxes. He was a bad king. He was deposed by the Pharaoh in Egypt.

Zedekiah

590 BCE

He was 21 years old when he became king. He reigned 11 years in Judah. He rebelled against God and went to war against Babylon and lost. He dieded.

Gedaliah

569 BCE

Gedaliah was a governor and he did what ever the Babylonians wanted him to do and because of that he was killed by his servants.