Kings
of Judah and Israel (top)
United Kingdom
Reign:
Name:
Scripture:
40 yrs.
Saul
I Sam. 8-31; II Chr. 10
40 yrs.
David
I Sam. 16:1- II Sam. 2:11 I Chr. 11-29
40 yrs.
Solomon
I Kings 1-11; II Chr. 1-9
Divided Kingdom
Israel
Judah
Reign: Name:
Scripture:
Reign: Name:
Scripture
22 yrs. Jeroboam
I Ki. 11:26-14:20
17 yrs. Reoboam
I Ki. 11-14; II Chr.10-12
2 yrs. Nadab
I Ki. 15:25-30
3yrs. Abijah(m)
I Ki. 14:31-15:8; II Ch. 13
24 yrs. Baasha
I Ki. 15:28-16:7
41 yrs. Asa
I Ki. 15:9-24; II Ch. 14-16
2 yrs. Elah
I Ki. 16:8-10
7 days Zimri
I Ki. 16:11-22
18 yrs. Omri
I Ki. 16:23-29
22 yrs. Ahab
I Ki. 16:29-22:40
25 yrs. Jehoshaphat I Ki. 15:24-22:50;
II Chr. 17-20
2 yrs. Ahaziah
I Ki. 22:51-II Ki. 1:17
8 yrs. Jehoram
II Ki. 8:16-24; II Chr. 21
12 yrs. Joram
II Ki. 1:17-18:24
1 yr. Ahaziah
II Ki. 8:25-9:29; II Chr. 22
6 yrs. Athaliah
II Ki. 11; II Chr. 22-23
28 yrs. Jehu
II Ki. 9-10
40 yrs. Joash
II Ki. 12; II Chr. 24
29 yrs. Amaziah
II Ki. 14; II Chr. 25
17 yrs. Jehoahaz
II Ki. 10:35-13:9
52 yrs. Uzziah
II Ki. 14:21-15:32; II Chr. 26
16 yrs. Joash
II Ki. 13:10-13
41 yrs. Jeroboam
II Ki. 14:23-29
6 mos. Zachariah
II Ki. 15:8-10
16 yrs. Jotham
II Ki. 15:32-38; II Chr. 27
1 month Shallum
II Ki. 15:13-15
10 yrs. Mehahem
II Ki. 15:14-22
2 yrs. Pekahiah
II Ki. 15:22-26
16 yrs. Ahaz
II Ki. 16; II Chr. 28
20 yrs. Pekah
II Ki. 15:27-31
9 yrs. Hoshea
II Ki. 17
29 yrs. Hezekiah
II Ki. 18-20; II Chr. 29-32
ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY ~ II Kings 17
55 yrs. Manasseh
II Ki. 21:1-18; II Chr. 33
2 yrs. Amon
II Ki. 21:19-26; II Chr. 33
31 yrs. Josiah
II Ki. 21:1- 22:30; II Chr. 34-35
3 mos. Jehoahaz II Ki.
23:31-34; II Chr. 36
11 yrs. Jehoiakim
II Ki. 23:36- 24:6; II Chr. 36:5-8
3 mos. 10days Jehoiachin
II Ki. 24:8-16
(Coniah-I Chr. 3:16, or Jeconiah-Jer.22:24) II Chr.36:9-10
11 yrs. Zedekiah
II Ki. 24:18-25; II Chr. 36:11-13
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY~ II Chr. 36:14-21
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| Timeline (top)
Year (BC) Israel King
Relation Judah King Relation
980
Jeroboam
Sol. servant
Reoboam
Sol. son
985 5th of Reoboam
Shishak, king of Egypt ransacks Jerusalem and takes shields of gold
963 18th of Jeroboam
Abijah
Reoboam's son
960 20th of Jeroboam
Asa
Abijah's son
958 2nd of Asa
Nadab
Jeroboam's son
956 3rd of Asa
Baasha
killed house of Jer.
932 26th of Asa
Elah
Baasha's son
930 27th of Asa
Zimri
killed house of Baasha
930 27th of Asa
Tibni
929 31st of Asa
Omri
built Samaria
922 38th of Asa
Ahab
Omri's son
919 4th of Ahab
Jehoshaphat
Asa's son
902 17th of Jehoshophat
Ahaziah
Ahab's son
901 18th of Jehoshophat
Jehoram
Ahab's son
894 5th of Johoram
Jehoram
Jehoshaphat's son
886 12th of Jehoram
Ahaziah Jehoram&
Athaliah's son
886
Jehu ---- killed both kings Jehoram and Ahaziah, Jezebel
885
Athaliah
Ahab's daughter
879 7th of Jehu
Joash
Ahaziah's son
856 23rd of Joash
Jehoahaz
Jehu's son
842 37th of Joash
Joash
Jehoahaz's son
839 2nd of Joash
Amaziah
Joash's son
824 15th of Amaziah
Jeroboam
Joash's son
810 27th of Jeroboam
Azariah
Amaziah's son
772 38th of Azariah
Zachariah
Jeroboam's son
771 39th of Azariah
Shallum end of 4 Jehu generations
771 39th of Azariah
Menahem
killed Shallum
760 50th of Azariah
Pekahiah
Menahem's son
758 52nd of Azariah
Pekah
killed Pekahiah
758 2nd of Pekah
Jotham
Azariah's son
758 During Pekah's reign, Tiglathpileser carried
away Israelites to Assyria
742 17th of Pekah
Ahaz
Jotham's son
730 12th of Ahaz
Hoshea
killed Pekah
728 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, carries Israel
into captivity and repopulates Samaria with gentiles.
726 3rd of Hoshea
Hezekiah
Ahaz's son
712 14th of Hezekiah -----Sennacherib of Assyria smote
by Lord
697
Manasseh
Hezekiah's son
642
Amon
Manasseh's son
640
Josiah
Amon's son
640
Jehoahaz
Josiah's son
Pharoahnechoh enslaved Jehoahaz and made Eliakim (Jehoakim)
his brother king; Jehoahaz died in Egypt!
609
Jehoakim
Josiah's son
606 ----(1st captivity) Nebuchadnezzar comes in 4th
year of Jehoakim and carries captives to Babylon
598
Jehoachin
Jehoakim's son
----(2nd captivity)
Nebuchadnezzar comes again and carried all temple gold away and Jehoachin
587
Mattaniah(Zedekiah)
Josiah's son
578 ----(3rd captivity) Nebuchadnezzar burns temple
and city, kills Zedekiah's sons and puts out Z's eyes.
Evilmerodach, king of Babylon restored Jehoichin to
prominence. |
Introduction (top)
The books of Kings do not give a complete
and detailed history of all Judah and Israel. They give only passing reference
to powerful kings while giving great emphasis to Elijah and Elisha. Almost
every king is introduced by a special formula: the year of ascension to
the throne by reference to the year of the reign of the king of the other
kingdom; in the case of the kings of the Judah, the age at ascension, and
the name of the king's mother are given; the length of reign; and, most
important, the writer evaluates the reign of each king. The theme of these
books is that God blesses the king and the nation when they keep the covenant.
His judgment falls with inevitable certainty upon those who disobey his
law.
Outline
I. The United Kingdom.................................1:1-11:43
A. Solomon's ascension to
the throne........................................ 1:1-2:46
1. Adonijah's aspiration
to the
throne defeated................................1:1-53
2. David's
last words and death.
The crowned Solomon meters
out justice!................................................2:1-46
B. The wisdom and wealth
of Solomon...............................................3:1-4:34
1. Marries Egyptian
princess.
He was religious. Prefers
wisdom. Saves a baby....................3:1-28
2. His staff, dominion,
daily
provision, stables, and
wisdom...........4:1-34
C. Solomon's building activity.................5:1-9:28
1. Preparation for
building
the temple........................................5:1-18
2. Construction
of the
temple.............................................6:1-38
3. Residences, and
temple
furnishings......................................7:1-51
4. The dedication of the
Temple......8:1-66
5. Ratification of the
Davidic
Covenant, and the buildings........9:1-28
D. The Golden Age of Solomon........10:1-29
1. The visit of the Queen
of Sheba.......................................10:1-13
E. Solomon's apostacy, decline
and death............................................11:1-43
1. Solomon's
unfaithfulness
to God.......................................11:1-13
2. Adversaries
and im-
pending division.....................................11:14-40
II. The divided kingdom..........................12:1-22:53
A. Rehoboam spawns Jeroboam.........12:1-33
B. A true prophet deceived..................13:1-34
C. Abijah, Jeroboam, and wife,
Ahijah, Nadab, Rehoboam
Shishak, Abijam................................14:1-31
D. Bad and good kings.........................15:1-34
E. Jehu, Baasha, Zimri, Omri,
Tibni, Samaria,
Ahab, Hiel.............16:1-34
F. Elijah and a widow............................17:1-24
G. Ahab, false prophets, rain.................18:1-46
H. Elijah, Jezebel, Hazael,
Jehu, Elisha.........................................19:1-21
I. Benhadad, his Syrians,
Ahab, a prophet...................................20:1-43
J. Naboth, Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah.............21:1-29
K. Ahab, Micaiah, dogs, Ahaziah,
Jehoshaphat, Jehoram.........................22:1-53
Chapter
1 (top)
1. Who ministered to David in his old age?
2. Which one of David's sons tried to seize the
throne?
3. Who was for Adonijah and who was against him?
4. What was Nathan and Bathsheba's plan?
5. What did David promise Bathsheba?
6. Who was anointed king?
7. What did Adonijah do because he was afraid?
Chapter
2 (top)
8. What did David tell Solomon. Who did he warn
him about?
9. How many years was David's reign?
10. What did Adonijah ask Bathsheba for?
11. Did this please Solomon? What did he do?
12. What did Solomon do to Abiathar?
13. What did Solomon do to Joab?
14. After Solomon "cleaned house" who became his priest
and who became the captain of
the host?
15. What did Solomon command Shimei to do? Did
he do it? What happened to Shimei?
Chapter
3 (top)
16. Who did Solomon marry?
17. How many burnt offerings did Solomon offer
to God?
18. What did God say to Solomon?
19. What did Solomon request? Did God give it to
him?
20. Paraphrase the story of the two women who came
to Solomon?
Chapter
4 (top)
Chapter
5 (top)
21. What agreement did Hiram king of Tyre and Solomon
make?
22. What did Solomon pay Hiram each year?
Chapter
6 (top)
23. How long after the children came out of Egypt
did Solomon begin building the temple?
24. What was the ark kept in until now?
Chapter
7 (top)
25. Blueprints for the temple:
length:
width:
height:
porch length:
porch width:
1st chamber width:
2nd chamber width:
3rd chamber width:
wall material:
wall paneling material:
floor covering material:
overlay material:
length of cherub wing:
oracle doors material:
temple door post material:
temple door material:
Length of completion of temple:
26. What other buildings did Solomon build?
27. Describe the furnishings of the temple?
Chapter
8 (top)
28. What did the COI put into the temple?
29. What was in the ark?
30. After Solomon's prayer what did he sacrifice?
Chapter
9 (top)
31. What did God tell Solomon?
32. What had Solomon given Hiram in return for
wood?
33. Were they good cities?
Chapter
10 (top)
34. Who came to visit Solomon?
35. What did she think of Solomon?
36. What did she give Solomon?
37. Write out an inventory list of Solomon's riches:
Chapter
11 (top)
38. What was Solomon's downfall?
39. How many wives and concubines died Solomon
have?
40. What did they cause Solomon to do?
41. How did God say he would punish Solomon?
42. When would the kingdom be taken away?
43. What tribe would Solomon be able to keep?
44. What demonstration did the prophet Ahijah do
for Jeroboam, Solomon's servant?
45. What did it mean?
46. How long did Solomon reign?
47. Who reigned in place of Solomon?
Chapter
12 (top)
48. What did Jeroboam ask Rehoboam?
49. What was the advice that was given on the matter?
Which did Rehoboam take?
50. What tribe followed Rehoboam and who followed
Jeroboam in the divided kingdom?
51. Jeroboam made two what?
52. What was his purpose for doing this?
53. Where did he put these two objects?
54. What also did Jeroboam do?
Chapter
13 (top)
55. Who did the prophet warn Jeroboam about?
56. What was the sign that this would come to pass?
57. How did the old prophet trick the other prophet?
58. How did the prophet die?
Chapter
14 (top)
59. What did Jeroboam tell his wife to do?
60. What did Ahijah prophesy?
Chapter
15 (top)
61. How long did Jeroboam reign? Who reigned next?
62. What happened in Rehoboam's 5th year?
63. Who succeeded Rehoboam as king?
64. What year did Abijam take over?
65. How long did he reign?
66. Who succeeded Abijam as king?
67. What year did he become king?
68. How long did he reign?
69. What did Asa do?
70. Who was king of Israel?
71. Who succeeded Asa as king of Judah?
72. Who succeeded Jeroboam and what year did he
begin? How long?
73. What happened to Nadab?
74. When did Baasha begin to reign? How long?
Chapter
16 (top)
75. Who succeeded Baasha?
76. What year did he begin to reign? For how long?
77. What happened to Elah?
78. Who became king? What year?
79. What did Zimri do?
80. How long he was king?
81. Who succeeded Zimri as king? How did Zimri die?
82. What year did Omri take over? How long did
he reign?
83. What city did Omri build?
84. Who succeeded Omri? what year? For how long?
85. Who did Ahab marry?
Chapter
17 (top)
86. What did the prophet Elijah tell Ahab?
87. What did God send to feed Elijah?
88. What was the miracle of the widow woman?
89. What was the second miracle Elijah performed
for the woman?
Chapter
18 (top)
90. Who did Elijah tell Ahab to meet him on Mt.
Carmel?
91. What was the competition?
92. How did Elijah mock the false prophets?
93. How did Elijah win the competition?
94. What did Elijah do to the prophets of Baal?
95. What did Elijah predict was coming? How many
times did the servant look to the sea?
96. What did he see coming?
Chapter
19 (top)
97. What did Ahab tell Jezebel?
98. What was Jezebel's threat?
99. What was Elijah complaining about to
God?
100. What four things did God send to Elijah?
101. What two men were to be anointed by Elijah?
102. Was Elijah right in saying he was the only
one left? (vs. 18)
103. What did Elijah put on Elisha?
Chapter
20 (top)
104. Who goes to war against Ahab and the COI?
105. Who wins? How were 27,000 men killed?
106. Paraphrase the prophets's whole demonstration
to Ahab?
Chapter
21 (top)
107. What did Naboth own and wear was it located?
108. What did Ahab ask for and what was Naboth's
response?
109. What was Jezebel's plan to get Naboth's vineyard?
110. What did Elijah prophesy would happen to Ahab?
111. What did God decide because of Ahab's repentance?
Chapter
22 (top)
112. What did Ahab ask Jehoshaphat?
113. What did Jehoshaphat say they should do?
114. Why didn't Ahab want Micaiah's prophecy?
115. What was Micaiah's prophecy?
116. How did Micaiah explain what the other prophets
were saying?
117. What did Ahab do to Micaiah?
118. What happened to Ahab in the battle?
119. Who succeeded Ahab as king?
120. When did Jehosaphat begin to reign? How long?
121. Who succeeded Jehoshophat?
122. Who succeeded Ahab? When did he start? For
how long?
