Chronology of the Kings of
Israel & Judah
c. 1020–587 BCE

Any chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah is filled with
problems. The following is fairly traditional, based on the biblical
books of Samuel and Kings, as well as some synchronism with other
ancient Near Eastern kings. But even the later dates are often approximations.
The following chronology primarily follows that found in Rogerson & Davies (1982).

RULE	ISRAEL & JUDAH
1020–1000	Saul

ISRAEL (northern kingdom)		JUDAH (southern kingdom)
1000–993	Ishbaal (or: Ishbosheth)	1000–993	David
ISRAEL & JUDAH
993–960	David
960–931	Solomon
ISRAEL (northern kingdom)		JUDAH (southern kingdom)
931–910	Jeroboam	931–914 914–912	Rehoboam Abijah
909 909–886 885 885	Nadab Baasah Elah Zimri	911–871	Asa
885–874 873–853 853–852	Omri Ahab Ahaziah	871–848	Jehoshaphat
852–841	Jehoram	848–841	Jehoram
842–813	Jehu	841 840–835	Ahaziah Athaliah (queen)
813–797	Jehoahaz	835–796	Joash
797–782	Jehoash	796–767	Amaziah
782–747 747 747	Jeroboam II Zechariah Shallum	767–739	Uzziah
747–742 742–740	Menahem Pekahiah	739–734	Jotham
740–731 731–722	Pekah Hoshea Fall of Samaria to the Assyrians (722)	734–728	Ahaz
		728–699	Hezekiah
		699–643	Manasseh
		642–640	Amon
		640–609	Josiah
		609	Jehoahaz
		609–598	Jehoiakim
		597	Jehoiachin
		597–587	Zedekiah Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians (587)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ahlström, Gösta. A History of Ancient Palestine. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.

Gottwald, Norman K. The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

Hayes, John H. and J. Maxwell Miller, editors. Israelite and Judaean History. Old Testament Library. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1977.

Herrmann, Siegfried. A History of Israel in Old Testament Times. Translated by J. Bowden. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981.

Miller, J. Maxwell, and John H. Hayes. A History of Israel and Judah. 2nd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006.

Noth, Martin. The History of Israel. Translated by P. R. Ackroyd. Rev. ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1960.

Rogerson, John, and Philip R. Davies. The Old Testament World. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.

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Chronology of the Kings of Israel & Judah c. 1020–587 BCE

Chronology of the Kings of
Israel & Judah
c. 1020–587 BCE