Kings of the Divided Kingdom

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Listing the first year of each king’s reign and the length of reign in years, unless otherwise noted. All dates are BC. Apparent time discrepancies may be due in part to overlapping reigns (examples below), intervals of anarchy and/or other unusual factors such as parts of years counted as years. Note that some kings were known by more than one name.

Judah (Southern Kingdom)                   Israel (Northern Kingdom)

931 Rehoboam 17                                        931 Jeroboam 22
913 Abijah/Abijam 3
911 Asa 41                                                      910 Nadab 2
”                                                                          909 Baasha 24
”                                                                          886 Elah 2
”                                                                          885 Zimri 7 days
”                                                                          885 Tibni
”                                                                          885 Omri 12
873 Jehoshaphat 25                                    874 Ahab 22
853 Jehoram/Joram 8                                 853 Ahaziah 2
”                                                                          852 Jehoram/Joram 12
841 Ahaziah/Jehoahaz 1                           841 Jehu 27
841 Athaliah 6
835 Joash/Jehoash 40
”                                                                          814 Jehoahaz 17
796 Amaziah 29                                           798 Jehoash/Joash 16
792 Uzziah/Azariah 52                              793 Jeroboam II 41
”                                                                          753 Zechariah 3 months
”                                                                          752 Shallum 1 month
750 Jotham 16                                               752 Menahem 10
”                                                                          742 Pekahiah 2
”                                                                          740 Pekah 8
735 Ahaz/Jehoahaz 16                               732 Hoshea 9
716 Hezekiah 29                                          (722 Israel’s captivity)
697 Manasseh 55
643 Amon 2
641 Josiah 31
609 Jehoaz/Jehoahaz/Shallum 3 months
609 Jehoiakim/Eliakim 11
598 Jehoiachin/Jeconiah/Coniah 3 months
597 Zedekiah/Mattaniah 11
(586 Judah’s captivity)

Examples of co-regency in Judah:

Amaziah reigned for 29 years, with 25 of those being with his son Azariah (Uzziah), so Amaziah was sole ruler for only 4 years.

Azariah/Uzziah, in addition to co-regency with Amaziah above, co-reigned with son Jotham for 10 years. This indicates Azariah ruled alone for 17 years.

Jotham reigned with his father for 10 years, and at the end of his years, with his son Ahaz for 3 years so his sole reign was 3 years.

Hezekiah co-reigned with his son Manasseh and there are differing views on the length of this time.

Above views of co-regency suggested by Andrew C. Bowling, expositor for the books of Kings in the Holman Christian Standard Bible).