Bible References for the King's Of Israel and Judah
Appendix 13 King's Calendar
When Did these kings Reign? See:
How Long Did the Kings of Judah and Israel Reign?
Scripture Says:
1 Kings 14:20
King Jeroboam of Israel reigns 22 years
1 Kings 14:21 / 2 Chronicles 12:13
King Rehoboam of Judah reigns 17 years
1 Kings 14:25 / 2 Chronicles 12:2
Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt invades in King Rehoboam of Judah's 5th year
1 Kings 15:1 / 2 Chronicles 13:1
King Abijah of Judah commences in King Jeroboam of Israel's 18th year.
1 Kings 15:1 / 2 Chronicles 13:2
King Abijah reigns 3 years
1 Kings 15:10
King Asa of Judah reigns 41 years
1 Kings 15:25
King Nedab son of King Jeroboam of Israel commences to reign in King Asa of Judah's 2nd year for 2 years
1 Kings 15:28
King Baasha of Israel killed King Nedab of Israel in King Asa of Judah's 3rd year
1 Kings 15:18
King Asa of Judah Sent to King Ben-Hadad of Syria to Attack King Baasha of Israel
1 Kings 15:16 / 2 Chronicles 16:1
War with King Baasha of Israel in King Asa of Judah's 36th (26th) year
1 Kings 15:33
King Baasha of Israel reigned 24 years
1 Kings 16:8
King Elah of Israel succeeded his father King Baasha of Israel in King Asa of Judah's 26th year and reigned 2 years
1 Kings 16:10
King Elah of Israel Killed by Zimri of Israel in King Asa's 27th year
1 Kings 16:15
King Zimri of Israel commenced in King Asa's 27th year but killed by Tibni of Israel
1 Kings 16:16
King Omri of Israel made king by his troops civil war ensues
1 Kings 16:23
King Omri of Israel commences to Reign (Solo) in King (of Judah) Asa's 31st year for 6 years (12 total)
1 Kings 16:28
King Ahab of Israel succeeds King Omri of Israel
1 Kings 16:29
King Ahab of Israel commences in King Asa's 38th year reigning 22 years
2 Chronicles 16:12
King Asa of Judah diseased in the feet in his 39th year
2 Chronicles 16:13
King Asa dies in his 41st year
1 Kings 15:24
King Jehoshaphat of Judah reigns in King Asa's place
1 Kings 22:41
King Jehoshaphat of Judah commences in King Ahab of Israel's 4th year
1 Kings 22:42 / 2 Chronicles 20:31
King Jehoshaphat of Judah reigns 25 years
1 Kings 20:1
King BenHadad of Syria besieges Samaria - defeated by King Ahab of Israel
1 Kings 20:26
King BenHadad returns to fight King Ahab of Israel at Aphek
1 Kings 22:1
King BenHadad defeated and 3 years of Peace ensue
1 Kings 22:1
King Jehoshaphat of Judah and King Ahab of Israel conspire to fight King BenHadad of Syria at Ramoth Gilead
1 Kings 22:37 / 2 Chronicles 18:34
King Ahab of Israel killed in battle against Syrians at Ramoth-Gilead
King Ahaziah of Israel reigns in King Ahab's place
1 Kings 22:51
King Ahaziah of Israel commences to reign in King Jehoshaphat of Judah's 17th year
1 Kings 2:47 / 2 Chronicles 20:35
King Jehoshaphat of Judah and King Ahaziah of Israel build ships
2 Kings 1:2,17
King Ahaziah of Israel falls and is hurt and dies
2 Kings 1:17
King Jehoram of Israel brother of King Ahaziah of Israel reigns in his place
2 Kings 1:17
King Jehoram of Israel commences in the 2nd year of King Jehoram of Judah
2 Kings 3:1
King Jehoram of Israel commences - 18th yr of King Jehoshaphat - reigns 12 years
2 Kings 3:5
King Mesha king of Moab rebels against Israel at the time of King Ahab's death
2 Kings 3:9
King Jehoram of Israel, King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the King of Edom war on King Mesha of Moab
2 Kings 8:16
In 5th year of King Jehoram of Israel - King Jehoram of Judah commences to reign
2 Kings 8:17 / 2 Chronicles 21:1
King Jehoram of Judah succeeds King Jehoshaphat in Judah - aged 32 years he reigns 8 years
2 Chronicles 21:4
King Jehoram of Judah slays his brothers
2 Chronicles 21:5
King Jehoram of Judah reigns 8 years
2 Chronicles 21:18
King Jehoram of Judah dies of an incurable disease
2 Kings 8:25 / 2 Chronicles 22:1
King Jehoram of Judah succeeded by his son King Ahaziah in 12th year of King Jehoram of Israel
2 Kings 9:29
King Ahaziah of Judah commenced in the 11th year of King Jehoram of Israel
2 Chronicles 22:2
King Ahaziah of Judah reigns one year
2 Chronicles 22:5
King Ahaziah of Judah and Jehoram of Israel battle King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth-Gilead
2 Kings 8:24
King Jehoram of Israel slain by King Jehu of Israel
2 Kings 8:27
King Ahaziah of Judah slain by King Jehu of Israel
2 Kings 10:36
King Jehu of Israel reigns 28 years
2 Chronicles 22:12
King Joash of Judah hidden for 6 years while Queen Athaliah of Judah, his grandmother, reigns.
2 Kings 12:1
King Joash of Judah commences to reign in the 7th year of King Jehu of Israel
2 Kings 10:35
King Jehu of Israel is succeeded by his son King Jehoahaz of Israel
2 Kings 13:1
In King (of Judah) Joash's 23rd year, King Jehoahaz of Israel commences for 17 years
2 Kings 13:10
In 37th year of King Joash of Judah, King Joash of Israel commences for 16 years
2 Chronicles 24:1
King Joash of Judah reigns 40 years
2 Kings 12:20,21 / 2 Chronicles 24:23
Syrians attack King Joash of Judah who is wounded - then slain by his servants
2 Kings 14:1
2nd year of King Joash of Israel - King Amaziah of Judah commences
2 Kings 14:2 / 2 Chronicles 25:1
King Amaziah of Judah aged 25 years reigns 29 years
2 Kings 14:8
War between King Joash of Israel and King Amaziah of Judah
2 Kings 14:13
King Joash of Israel captures King Amaziah of Judah
2 Kings 14:19 / 2 Chronicles 25:28
King Amaziah of Judah flees conspiracy - goes to Lachish - is Murdered
2 Kings 14:17 / 2 Chronicles 25:25
King Amaziah of Judah lives 15 years longer than Joash of Israel
2 Kings 14:16
King Jeroboam of Israel succeeds King Joash of Israel
2 Kings 13:1/14:23
In King Amaziah of Judah's 15th year, King Jeroboam (II) of Israel succeeds King Joash of Israel for 41 years
2 Kings 15:1
King (of Israel) Jeroboam's 27th (17th) year King Uzziah of Judah commences to reign aged 16 yrs
2 Kings 15:2 / 2 Chronicles 26:3
King Uzziah of Judah reigns 52 years
2 Chronicles 26:21
King Uzziah of Judah becomes a leper - Jotham of Judah his son becomes Governor
2 Kings 15:8
In the 38th year of King Uzziah of Judah - King Zechariah of Israel reigns 6 months
2 Kings 15:13
King Shallum of Israel reigns one month in King Uzziah of Judah's 39th year
2 Kings 15:14, 17
King Menehem of Israel slays King Shallum of Israel in King Uzziah of Judah's 39th year - reigns 10 years
2 Kings 15:22,23
King Pekahiah of Israel son of King Menehem of Israel commences for 2 years in King Uzziah of Judah 50th year
2 Kings 15:25, 27
King Pekah of Israel slays King Pekahiah of Israel in King Uzziah's 52nd year and reigns 20 years
2 Kings 15:32
2nd year of King Pekah of Israel, King Jotham son of King Uzziah of Judah commences
2 Kings 15:33 / 2 Chronicles 27:1
King Jotham of Judah reigns 16 years aged 25 yrs
2 Kings 16:1
In King Pekah of Israel 17th year, King Ahaz of Judah son of King Jotham commences
2 Chronicles 27:9 - 2 Chronicles 28:1
King Ahaz of Judah succeeds King Jotham and reigns 16 years
2 Kings 16:2
King Ahaz of Judah was 20 years of age and reigned 16 years
2 Kings 16:5
King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel besiege Jerusalem but Do not conquer it.
2 Kings 15:7
King Ahaz of Judah sent to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria Bribing him to assist
2 Chronicles 28:5
King Ahaz of Judah defeated by Syria
2 Chronicles 28:5-8
King Ahaz of Judah defeated by King Pekah of Israel
2 Chronicles 28:16
King Ahaz sends to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria
2 Kings 17:1
12th year of King Ahaz (Read Jotham) of Judah, King Hoshea of Israel commences in Israel for 9 years
- For the Synchronisms to be correct, the redactors must have confused the names of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah at this point in History.
2 Kings 18:1
In King Hoshea of Israel's 3rd year, King Hezekiah (read Ahaz) of Judah commenced
2 Kings 18:2 / 2 Chronicles 29:1
King Hezekiah of Judah was 25 years of age and reigned 29 years
2 Kings 18:9
King Hezekiah (read Ahaz) of Judah 4th year / King Hoshea of Israel 7th year - King Shalmaneser of Assyria besieges Samaria ( Israel)
2 Kings 18:10-2 Kings 19:5
Siege of Samaria lasts 3 years 734/722 BCE
2 Kings 18:10
6th year of King Hezekiah (Read Ahaz) of Judah = 9th year of King Hoshea, Samaria ( Israel) falls to Assyrians
2 Kings 18:9-2 Kings 19:36 / 2 Chronicles 32:1
King Sennacherib of Assyria comes against King Hezekiah of Judah (701 BCE)
2 Kings 20:1 / 2 Chronicles 32:24
King Hezekiah of Judah fell sick and was healed
- This reference is chronologically misplaced
2 Kings 20:6
Prophecy of Deliverance from the Assyrians
2 Kings 20:12 / 2 Chronicles 32:31
King Merodach-Baladan of Babylon (721/710 BCE) sends envoys to King Hezekiah of Judah
2 Kings 18:13-17 / 2 Chronicles 32:9
King Sennacherib of Assyria besieging Lachish (704 BCE)
2 Kings 21:1 / 2 Chronicles 33:1
King Manasseh of Judah at 12 years of age reigns 55 years
2 Chronicles 33:11
King Manasseh of Judah taken captive by the Assyrians but later released
2 Kings 21:18 / 2 Chronicles 33:21
King Amon of Judah at 22 years of age reigns 2 years
2 Kings 21:23 / 2 Chronicles 33:24
King Amon of Judah slain by his servants
2 Kings 22:1 / 2 Chronicles 34:1
King Josiah of Judah at 8 years old reigns 31 years
2 Kings 23:29 / 2 Chronicles 35:22
King Josiah of Judah goes to meet Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo and is slain
2 Kings 23:31,32 / 2 Chronicles 36:1
King Jehoahaz of Judah at 23 years reigns 3 months - taken to Egypt by Pharaoh Necho
2 Kings 23:33,36 / 2 Chronicles 36:5
King Jehoiakim of Judah at 25 years old made king by Pharaoh Necho and reigns 11 years
2 Kings 24:1
King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made King Jehoiakim of Judah his servant for 3 years
King Jehoiakim of Judah rebelled Jeremiah 25:1
2 Kings 24:6 / 2 Chronicles 36:9
King Jehoiachin of Judah at 18 years made king but then deposed by King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon
2 Kings 24:12
Reigned 3 months surrendering in King Nebuchadrezzar's 8th year
2 Kings 24:18 / 2 Chronicles 36:11
King Zedekiah of Judah at 21 years old reigns 11 years.
2 Kings 24:20
King Zedekiah of Judah Rebelled
2 Kings 25:1,2
Jerusalem besieged in 9th year of King Zedekiah of Judah and captured in his 11th year
2 Kings 25:8
In the 5th month of 11th year of King Zedekiah of Judah The Jerusalem Temple was Destroyed
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