Timeline: Prophets in the Reigns of Kings of Judah and Israel

Timeline: Prophets in the Reigns of Kings of Judah and Israel

This tables shows the reigns of each of the Kings of Judah and Israel, together with the dates and lengths of the reigns, and the prophets who were active at that time. Because I find it hard to think about BC dates, I've also included the number of years since the end of Solomon's, so that we have a scale of increasing year numbers.

This ties together all the other material: consult the separate tables for more details of the individual monarchs and prophets.

Kings of ...		Start of reign	Years since Solomon	Length of reign (years)	Prophets to ...
Judah	Israel				Judah	Israel
1. Rehoboam		931 BC	0	17
	1. Jeroboam	931 BC	0	22		(Ahijah)
2. Abijah		913 BC	18	3
3. Asa		911 BC	20	41
	2. Nadab	910 BC	21	2
	3. Baasha	909 BC	22	24		(Jehu)
	4. Elah	886 BC	45	2
	5. Zimri	885 BC	46	7 days
	6. Omri	885 BC	46	12
	7. Ahab	874 BC	57	22		(Elijah)
4. Jehoshaphat		870 BC	61	25		(Micaiah)
	8. Ahaziah	853 BC	78	2		(Elisha)
	9. Joram	852 BC	79	12
5. Jehoram		848 BC	83	8
6. Ahaziah		841 BC	90	1
	10. Jehu	841 BC	90	28
7. Queen Athaliah		841 BC	90	6
8. Joash		835 BC	96	40	Joel (guesswork)
	11. Jehoahaz	814 BC	117	17
	12. Jehoash	798 BC	133	16
9. Amaziah		796 BC	135	29		Jonah (to Nineveh) (approx)
	13. Jeroboam II	782 BC	149	41		Amos, Hosea (until Hezekiah)
10. Uzziah (Azariah)		767 BC	164	52	Isaiah (until Hezekiah)
	14. Zechariah	753 BC	178	6 months
	15. Shallum	752 BC	179	1 month
	16. Menahem	752 BC	179	10
	17. Pekahiah	742 BC	189	2
	18. Pekah	740 BC	191	20
11. Jotham		740 BC	191	16	Micah (until Hezekiah)
12. Ahaz		732 BC	199	16
	19. Hoshea	732 BC	199	9
13. Hezekiah		716 BC	215	29
14. Manasseh		687 BC	244	55
15. Amon		642 BC	289	2		Nahum (to Nineveh) (approx)
16. Josiah		640 BC	291	31	Zephaniah, Jeremiah (into exile)
17. Jehoahaz		609 BC	322	3 months
18. Jehoiakim		609 BC	322	11	Habakkuk (approx)
19. Jehoiachin		597 BC	334	3 months
20. Zedekiah		597 BC	334	11
		592 BC	339		Ezekiel, Daniel
		587 BC (maybe)	335		Obadiah (to Edom)
		520 BC	411		Haggai, Zechariah
(Esther)		478 BC	453
(Ezra)		458 BC	473
(Nehemiah)		445 BC	486
		433 BC	498		Malachi