Kings of Israel and Judah

KING OF ISRAEL
YEARS REIGN (B.C.)
CHARACTER
Jeroboam  
22 (931-910)
Bad
Nadab 
  2 (910-909)
Bad
Baasha
24 (909-886)
Bad
Elah
  2 (886-885)
Bad
Zimri
  7 days (885)
Bad
Tibni
  6 (885-880)
Overlap 6 years
Not in Halley
Omri
12 (885-874)
Extra Bad
Ahab
22 (874-853)
The Worst
Ahaziah
  2 (853-852)
Bad
Jehoram (Joram)
12 (852-841)
Bad mostly
Jehu
28 (841-814)
Bad mostly
Jehoahaz
17 (814-798)
Bad
Jehoash (Joash)
16 (798-782)
Coregency 11 years
Bad
Jeroboam II
41 (793-753)
Bad
Zechariah
  6 months (753-752)
Bad
Shallum
  1 month (752)
Bad
Menahem (w/Pekah)
10 (752-742)
Overlap 10 years
Bad
Pekahiah (w/Pekah)
  2 (742-740)
Overlap 2 years
Bad
Pekah
20 (752-732)
Bad
Hoshea
  9 (732-722)
Bad

KING OF JUDAH
YEARS REIGN (B.C.)
CHARACTER
Rehoboam
17 (931-913)
Bad mostly
Abijah
  3 (913-911)
Bad mostly
Asa
41 (911-870)
Coregency 3 years
Good
Jehoshaphat
25 (873-848)
Coregency 5 years
Good
Jehoram
  8 (848-841)
Bad
Ahaziah
  1 (841)
Bad
Athaliah (Queen)
  6 (841-835)
Devilish
Joash
40 (835-796)
Good mostly
Amaziah
29 (796-767)
Vice-regency 23 years
Good mostly
Uzziah (Azariah)
52 (790-739)
Coregency 11 years
Good
Jotham
16 (750-735)
Vice-regency 9 years
Coregency 4 years
Good
Ahaz
16 (732-715)
Vice-regency 14 years
Wicked
Hezekiah
29 (715-686)
Vice-regency 11 years
The Best
Manasseh
55 (697-642)
The Worst
Amon
2 (642-640)
The Worst
Josiah
31 (640-609)
The Best
Jehoahaz
3 months (609)
Bad
Jehoiakim
11 (609-598)
Wicked
Jehoiachin
3 months (598-597)
Bad
Zedekiah
11 (597-586)
Bad

Years of Reign adapted from: The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983.

Character Assessment from Halley, H. (1965). Halley's Bible Handbook, p. 194-195. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House.

Sometimes, Thiele’s dates when a Co-regent or vice-regent do not make sense, but I am going to go with these dates, regardless.

Thiele’s dates show the Kings of Israel and Judah side by side:

This shows the chronologies of four different scholars for the...

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