Kings of the Bible

The Birth of Samuel

1129 BCE

Samuel is a miracle child. He was born to Hannah, a young girl who couldn't have children but wanted them so bad. She begged God for a child and God gave her Samuel. Hannah had promised that if God gave her a son she would re-dedicate him back to God, so for Samuels childhood he lived in the temple.

Eli's death

1098 BCE

Eli was Samuels guardian when he was living in the temple. When Samuel was a lot older they Israelites went to battle with the ark and during the battle Eli's sons all died and the ark was stolen. Eli was so shocked he fell and broke his neck.

Saul Anointed King

1052 BCE

Saul was looking for his fathers donkeys and ran into Samuel and he anointed him. Saul is described as tall, handsome, and dark. At first he hides when Samuel tries to introduce him but later he takes the rule of king seriously.

Jonathan Defeats the Philistines

1042 BCE

Jonathan and his armor-bearer go up to the enemy and defeat them. But Saul made a rash vow that they have to fast and Jonathan breaks that vow because he just fought and Saul wanted to put to death his own son, but the people stopped him before he could.

Saul Rejected by God

1029 BCE

Saul was supposed to kill the Ammonites and all their possessions but he doesn't kill all the livestock and keeps the king alive. Samuel hacks the king to pieces and then tells Saul that he is rejected by God and that someone else will be taking his place.

David Anointed King

1028 BCE

After Saul sins multiple times God rejects him and directs Samuel to a shepherd boy, David. And he anoints him king over Israel.

David and Goliath

1025 BCE

David brings food to his brothers at the battle ground and finds out there is a philistine giant that no one wants to kill so David volunteers and defeats Goliath with his sling shot.

David and Jonathan's Friendship

1024 BCE

A shepherd boy and a prince really hit it off and are really good friends. The bible describes David and Jonathan's friendship as their hearts were knit together.

Saul tries to kill David

1024 BCE

Saul is watching as the people slowly turn to David and start praising him and he becomes very jealous, so jealous that he plans to murder David. Jonathon warns David and tells him his Father went so far that David should flee immediately.

Samuels Death

1017 BCE

When Samuel died everyone mourned for him and they buried him in his hometown, Ramah.

David Spares Saul's life

1016 BCE

Saul goes into a cave to go to the bathroom and while he's doing that David sneaks up behind him and cuts off a piece of his robe when he could have killed him.

David Spares Saul's Life Again

1014 BCE

David stumbles upon Saul sleeping and one of his mighty men want to kill him and volunteer but David stops him and they leave Saul alive.

David and Bathsheba

992 BCE

David saw a women named Bathsheba bathing on the roof of one of the houses near the castle and invited her in to his house. That night David slept with Bathsheba and a little while later Bathsheba delivers the news that she is pregnant. David tries many different ways to manipulate Bathsheba's husband Uriah. He finally tells his general Joab to put Uriah in the front lines and then pull back so Uriah dies.

David and Absalom

987 BCE

One of David's sons Amnon loves his half-sister Tamar and rapes her and Tamar's full brother, Absalom finds out about this and tells David. David does nothing about it and two years later Absalom takes matters into his own hands and kills Amnon himself. Absalom slowly steals his father's kingdom and is crowned king. Absalom finally finds them and starts a war with David's army. Absalom's army was almost completely gone so Absalom gets caught in a tree and is killed.

David Dies

970 BCE

David was buried in the city of David. He reigned 40 years and people mourned for him and Solomon took his place.

Solomon Crowned

970 BCE

Solomon is chosen over Adonijah. The people were split over who to make their next king. So David chooses Solomon as their king.

Solomon's Reign

Period: 970 BCE to 930 BCE

Solomon disobeyed God a lot while he was reigning. He married 700 wives and had 300 concubines. He also fell into the other religions of his wives and disobeyed all the commandments God gave to kings. Solomon starts worshiping Malik and Asherah. The two worst idol's in all scripture.

King Hiram

969 BCE

Hiram is the king of Tyre and was a good friend of David. Solomon asks Hiram for help to build the temple. Hiram gives Solomon all the supplies he needs to build the temple.

Solomon's Wisdom

967 BCE

Two prostitutes came to Solomon with a child and were arguing over whose child it was. Solomon says that they should just cut the baby in half and they share it. The one women agrees, she'd rather have them both prostitutes then herself going through it alone. The other woman pleads with Solomon and says that the other women could have it if it could stay alive. Solomon recognized the love this one mother had and gave the child to her, the true mother.

Solomon's Vision

967 BCE

God comes to Solomon and tells him that he will give him whatever he asks for. Solomon answers and says that he would like wisdom and God was so happy with Solomon's request that he gives him riches and honor so that no other king would be like him.

Solomon's Temple

966 BCE

Solomon built a very outstanding and beautiful temple and God said that if Solomon walked in the way of the Lord and did what was right then God would dwell among the people and never forsake him. It took 7 years to construct.

The Queen of Sheba

945 BCE

This queen comes to see Solomon's kingdom and is astounded at Solomon's accomplishments. She rewards him with gold and spices. Solomon was also very wealthy. He had to feed his wives, army, and servants each day. They needed a huge amount of flour, cornmeal, and different types of meat. And he had to feed all his animals too. He had different servants to do all of this.

The Kingdom's Split

931 BCE

The people rebelled against King Rehoboam because he would not listen to them. So when Jeroboam returned some of the people made him king over Israel and Rehoboam stayed and reigned over Judah.

King Rehoboam (Judah)

Period: 931 BCE to 913 BCE

Rehoboam was the King of Judah. During his reign he built forts around Judah and prepared for war against the Israel. He spreads people out to each fort and keeps his favorite wife with him. He was going to go to war but a prophet stopped him. He reigned for 17 years.

Rehoboam's Revolt

930 BCE

The people wanted the taxes lower so they came to Rehoboam and he told them he would give them 3 days and then give them an answer. He abandoned the counsel of his elders and turned to his younger counselor's and they told him to make the taxes harder so Rehoboam did.

Jeroboam's Fall

930 BCE

While Jeroboam is making an offering a man comes out and cries out and says "The house of David shall have a son. His name should be, Josiah and he will sacrifice the priest from the high places on you. And the altar shall be destroyed! The king heard of this and demands that he be taken away. His hand shrivels up and he begs God to heal it and he does.

Jeroboam's Idols

929 BCE

Jeroboam made two idols and put one in the North and one in the South. God looks back at these idols later on and says that these were the cause of Israel's downfall.

King Jeroboam (Israel)

Period: 929 BCE to 909 BCE

Was a servant of Solomon but planned to rebel against him. Eventually a prophet named Ahijah came to him and gave him 10 tribes. When Solomon finds out he tries to kill him but Jeroboam runs to Egypt and Jeroboam becomes king when Solomon dies. Was also the king of Israel. Reigned 22 years.

King Abijah (Judah)

Period: 913 BCE to 910 BCE

Abijah was the king of Judah and reigned for 3 years. He is also known as Abijam. He was an evil king, and worshiped idols. Jeroboam tries to defeat him at a speech but Judah takes over him.

King Asa (Judah)

Period: 911 BCE to 870 BCE

Asa takes over the throne from his father after he dies. Asa was a very good king, he was basically exactly opposite of his father. He destroys idols and brings Judah back to God.

King Nadab (Israel)

Period: 909 BCE to 907 BCE

Nadab didn't really do anything with his life. But the bible does say that he was a bad king.

King Baasha (Israel)

Period: 907 BCE to 886 BCE

Baasha was an evil king and was punished severely for his sins. He lost his house because of his sins, he lost his sons and everything that belonged to him because of his sins. He reigned 24 years.

Elijah

Period: 905 BCE to 840 BCE

Elijah was a prophet and was a very good one. He mentored Elisa and was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot. He left his rule to Elisha. Elijah was a very powerful prophet but before he went up to heaven Elisha asked to have double the power Elijah did.

Asa's Battle

900 BCE

Asa goes to Syria and asks for help defeat the Israelites and they defeat Israel but a prophet comes to Asa and says that he should have trusted in God instead of man. Asa throws the prophet in prison and God gives him a disease and he still doesn't trust God with his disease he dies.
Asa also had a grandmother who was like a witch and he was so diligent in wiping out all the idols that he killed his own grandmother.

King Elah (Israel)

Period: 886 BCE to 885 BCE

Elah reigned 2 years. One day when Elah was drunk a man named Zimri came and killed Elah and made himself king.

King Zimri (Israel)

885 BCE

Zimri was the man who killed Elah and when the people heard he had done that they knew he wasn't a good king so they planned to kill him. Zimri heard of this and burned the palace down with him inside it. So there would be no palace for the next king. Zimri only reigned for 7 days.

King Omri (Israel)

Period: 885 BCE to 874 BCE

The people were split over who to make their next king and half of the people followed Tibni and the other half followed Omri. Omri's half overtook Tibni and Omri became king.
Omri was an evil man. It says that he was more evil than every king before him. Omri reigned for 12 years.

The Widow of Zarephath

880 BCE

Elijah is out in the wilderness during a drought and wandering around. He comes to the Widow in Zarephath and asks for some water and food. The widow was picking up sticks for her and her sons last meal before they died. The widow still graciously gave Elijah some of her last water and bread. After that God put more oil and flour in her pot everyday so they never went hungry again.

King Ahab (Israel)

Period: 874 BCE to 853 BCE

Ahab was also a very wicked king. It says again that he was more evil than every king before him. Worse than his father. He reigned for 22 years. He also married Jezebel and she was also very wicked. He worshiped many idols specifically Baal.

Jehoshapat's Reign (Judah)

Period: 870 BCE to 845 BCE

Jehoshapat is the son of Asa. He was 35 years old when he started reigning. He was a very good king and made peace with the King of Israel. He did not take down a lot of the idols so the people were still worshipping idols but he did good in the sight of the Lord.

Naboth's Vineyard

855 BCE

Ahab was looking out his window and sees a pretty vineyard right beside his palace. He goes down and find's the owner of the vineyard, Naboth. He tells him he will buy it and give him more but Naboth does not want his vineyard to be destroyed so he refuses. Ahab goes and pouts in his bedroom and his wife, Jezebel comes and comforts him and tells him she will take care of it. She hosts a party and hires people to lie and say that Naboth did a terrible sin. They stone Naboth.

Ahab's Death

853 BCE

Ahab went into battle against Syria and someone shot their arrow at random and it struck Ahab between his armor and his blood flowed into his chariot and he slowly died. He was a very evil king and reigned 22 years.

Jehoshaphat's Battle Against the Moabites, Ammonites, and Mount Sier

853 BCE

Jehoshaphat made his army fast and pray before the battle. God was very pleased with his actions and told him he wouldn't have to fight but Jehoshaphat did anyway and they sang and praised God in the front lines as they went.

Ahaziah's Reign (Israel)

Period: 853 BCE to 851 BCE

Ahaziah was Ahab's son and was the king of Israel. He reigned 2 years and was an evil king. He served idols and did all the bad things his father did. One day he falls threw a lattice and sends messengers to call on his Gods to heal him. But Elijah intercepts the messengers and kills them and in the end Ahaziah dies.

Jehoram's Reign (Israel)

Period: 851 BCE to 844 BCE

Jehoram reigned for twelve years and was the son of Ahab, He was a was an evil king but didn't do as bad as his father, because he put away the idol of Baal but lead Israel away from God. The king of Moab had made a vow with Ahab to give him lots of sheep but when he died he rebelled and Jehoram went to go seek out the king of Moab with Jehoshaphat. After there long walk they needed water so they called on Elisha and the next morning the valley was flooded.

Horses and Chariots of Fire

845 BCE

The king of Syria was going to war with Israel but God told the king of Israel found out where they were camping and the King of Syria was very troubled. They found out that it was Elisha who was spying on them with the help of God and so the King of Syria sent an entire army to go kill Elisha. Elisha and a servant and Elisha says that they should not be afraid and he opens the servants eyes and he sees chariots and fire all through the hills.

King Jehoram (Israel)

Period: 844 BCE to 830 BCE

Reigned for 12 years and was not a good king and did not follow God.

King Ahaziah (Judah)

Period: 844 BCE to 830 BCE

Reigned for 1 year and was a bad king.

Jezebels Death

841 BCE

Jehu goes to Jezebel right after he kills her son and tells two eunuch to throw her out the window and then Jehu ran over her with his chariot. Later they found that she had been eaten by dogs and then Jehu got the rest of Ahab's descendants to be brought to him in baskets and then he showed the baskets to Israel to show intimidation.

King Hazel (Syria)

830 BCE

He was the king of Syria. He was the murderer of Ben Hadad. He was a very bad king.

Naaman healed of Leprosy

830 BCE

Naaman was a commander for the king of Syria but one day he get sick with leprosy. One of his wife's maids told him he should go to see Elisha so he does. Elisha tells him to wash in the river 7 times. Naaman doesn't listen at first but his servants pursuade him and he is healed. He goes back to Elisha to give him a reward but he won't take it. Elisha's servent runs after Naaman and gets the reward and when Elisha found out his servant is struck with Naaman's leprosy on him and his descendants.

Queen Athaliah

Period: 830 BCE to 824 BCE

Athaliah is the mother of Ahaziah and when he dies she kills the rest of the heirs to the throne and rules for 6 years. Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba went and stole Ahaziah's son Jehoash away and hid him for 6 years. Athaliah was a very evil person and she was eventually overthrown when Jehoash took the throne.

King Jehu (Israel)

Period: 830 BCE to 814 BCE

Jehu was anointed king over Israel. He killed Joram, Ahaziah, Jezebel, Ahab's Descendants, and the prophets of Baal. He did good for a while but then he fell into sin and he was punished.

King Joash (Judah)

Period: 824 BCE to 796 BCE

Joash was a good king to start out with and then ended bad when he killed the high priest and his son, in the temple. He was kept hidden away from his Grandmother Athaliah by his Uncle, who was the high priest. His father was Ahaziah who died and then Athaliah killed the rest of the heirs to take the throne. He also reigned 40 years.

King Jehoahaz (Israel)

Period: 814 BCE to 798 BCE

Jehoahaz was the son of Jehu and he reigned 17 years. He was an evil king but he did one thing right when he called out to God when they went to battle and God answered his prayers and they won the battle. The army was greatly diminished after this.

King Jehoash

Period: 798 BCE to 782 BCE

Jehoash reigned for 16 years and he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He goes and visits Elisha who is on his death bed and tells him about the battle he has been fighting for a very long time. Elisha tells him to shoot a arrow out the window. Then he tells him to strike the ground and when he only strikes the ground 3 times he only wins the next three wars and then continues losing. Elisha dies.

King Amaziah (Judah)

Period: 796 BCE to 767 BCE

He reigned 29 years and was a good king but he still made a lot of mistakes. He killed the servants that killed his father. After the fight against the Edomites he stole their gods and then started worshiping them

Jeroboam II (Israel)

Period: 783 BCE to 753 BCE

He reigned for 41 years and was an evil king.

King Uzziah (Judah)

Period: 767 BCE to 715 BCE

He reigned 52 years. Uzziah was a good king and he fought against the Philistines. He was doing very well but then one day he got very proud and went into the temple to burn incense to the Lord but the other prophets stopped him and told him it was not his place. And when he became angry he broke out in leprosy on his forehead and he was a leper till the day he died.

King Zechariah (Israel)

752 BCE

He reigned for 6 months and was an evil king. Jabesh killed him

King Shallum (Israel)

752 BCE

He reigned for 1 month. Menahem killed Shallum.

King Menahem (Israel)

Period: 742 BCE to 732 BCE

He reigned 10 years and was an evil king. He went and sacked Tipsah and ripped open the pregnant women.

King Pekahiah (Israel)

Period: 732 BCE to 740 BCE

He reigns over 2 years and was evil. Pekah conspires against him and kills Pekahiah.

King Hoshea (Isreal)

Period: 731 BCE to 722 BCE

He killed Pekah and was an evil king and only reigned for 9 years. Assyria became very powerful and they are the ones who conquers Israel. Israel is captured by the Assyrians who were very violent.

King Jotham

Period: 715 BCE to 699 BCE

Jotham was a very good king and he reigned for 16 years. He is the only king that nothing is said bad about him. He followed God and stayed away from the temple as much as possible because he did not want to commit the sin of his Father Uzziah who burned incense in the temple when he wasn't supposed too.

King Ahaz (Judah)

Period: 699 BCE to 683 BCE

Ahaz is the son of Jotham and he reigned 16 years. He was a bad king. He worshiped idols and sacrificed his sons to them also. So God punished him and they lost to Syria, Assyria, and Israel. Israel also took the people and made them their slaves. But Ahaz did not back down and kept worshiping the idols there. He moved the altar of the Lord to his house to do his own worshiping and witchcraft and cuts up the vessels in the temple and no one is allowed to go into Solomon' s temple.

Hezekiah (Judah)

Period: 683 BCE to 654 BCE

Hezekiah was a very good king and reigned for 29 years. The king of Assyria and Hezekiah were sending messages back and forth and Hezekiah was saved because of his faith in God.

Hezekiah's Passover

673 BCE

Hezekiah had a huge Passover were they sacrificed tons of stuff for God.

Hezekiah's Sickness

669 BCE

Hezekiah became sick and was about to die and Isaiah the prophet came to him and said that he would die. Hezekiah was very sad mostly because he did not have any heirs to take over. So God said that he could live for 15 more years and to prove it was real he would preform a miracle either he could move the sun 10 paces back or 10 paces forward and Hezekiah picks 10 paces backward so God put the sun back 10 hours back.

Hezekiah and the Babylonians

669 BCE

The Babylonians came to Hezekiah and he shows him around and even takes them into the temple even though he wasn't supposed too. Isaiah came to him and tells him that destruction will come on his sons instead of him and Hezekiah does not care as long as it wasn't in his life time.

King Manasseh (Judah)

Period: 654 BCE to 642 BCE

Manasseh was a very evil king. He dealt with witchcraft, extreme sexual immorality, he sacrificed his own sons to gods, he worshiped every idol he could find, and he was so violent that he filled Jerusalem with the blood from his victims. He is then captured, tortured and sold to Babylon and there he prays to God and it says that God was moved by his prayer so he sends him back to his kingdom and he follows God. This is the greatest story of repentance.He reigned 55 years.

King Amon (Judah)

642 BCE

He reigned 2 years and was an evil king and did everything his Father did.

King Josiah (Judah)

Period: 641 BCE to 610 BCE

Josiah was 8 yrs old when he started reigning and reigned 31 years. He was a good king. He repaired everything that Manasseh had done and followed God wholly.

Hezekiah and the Assyrians

628 BCE

The Assyrians had already defeated Israel and were coming for Judah and Hezekiah and the king from Assyria were sending message's back and forth and Hezekiah prayed about it and God saved him from the Assyrians. The messenger was Rabshakeh and the king of Assyria sent a letter and that was when Hezekiah laid it before the Lord and asked him what he was going to do about it.

Josiah Repairs the Temple

622 BCE

Josiah hires people to help him repair the temple and they find the Book of the Law in the temple

Josiah's Death

609 BCE

Josiah did make one mistake in his life. He fought against the Egyptians when he wasn't supposed to and Pharoah killed him as soon as possible.

Jehoahaz (Judah)

589 BCE

He was the son of Josiah. He started reinging at 23 years old and reigning over Judah for 3 months. He was evil. He got killed by king gof Egypt.

Jehoiakim (Judah)

Period: 552 BCE to 541 BCE

He reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. He was very evil and shed innocent blood

Jehoiachin (Judah)

540 BCE

He reigned 3 months in Jersalem and he was a evil king.

Zedekiah (Judah)

Period: 539 BCE to 528 BCE

He reigned for 11 years and he was a evil king and he rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Gedaliah

527 BCE

He is the governor of Judah and was killed by Ishmael.