KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL

(Following is a list of the kings, from the divided kingdom onward, which gives the number of years each reigned, and shows roughly how the reigns in the two lines synchronized).

JUDAH

Rehoboam..................................................17

Abijam........................................................ 3

Asa.............................................................41

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Jehoshaphat................................................25

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Jehoram.......................................................8

Ahaziah.......................................................1

Athaliah.......................................................6

Joash..........................................................40

Amaziah.....................................................29

Azariah (Uzziah)........................................52

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Jotham.......................................................16

Ahaz...........................................................16

Hezekiah.....................................................29

Manasseh....................................................55

Amon...........................................................2

Josiah.........................................................31

Jehoahaz..........................................3 months

Jehoiakim...................................................11

Jehoiakin.........................................3 months

Zedekiah....................................................11

The Southern Kingdom lasted a little over 300 years and was carried away in different groups into Babylonian captivity beginning around 600 B.C. The temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in about 587 B.C.

ISRAEL

Jeroboam.................................................22

Nadab........................................................2

Baasha......................................................24

Elah...........................................................2

Zimri...................................................1 week

Omri........................................................12

Ahab.......................................................22

Ahaziah....................................................2

Jehoram..................................................12

Jehu.........................................................28

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Jehoshaz..................................................17

Jehoash....................................................16

Jeroboam II..............................................41

Zechariah.......................................6 months

Shallum...........................................1 month

Menaham.................................................10

Pekahiah....................................................2

Pekah.......................................................20

Hoshea.......................................................9

The Northern Kingdom lasted a little over 200 years and was carried away into captivity by Assyria in about 721 B.C.