Kings

  • Saul made King
    1020 BCE

    Saul made King

    Saul was anointed by Samuel. He was hiding in the baggage. Saul was very humble.
  • David was born
    1000 BCE

    David was born

    Jesse had a son named David. David had seven brothers. He was a shepherd and he played the lyre.
  • David was anointed king
    987 BCE

    David was anointed king

    Samuel anointed David king over Israel. David was about 13 years old. He was with the sheep.
  • David killed Goliath
    985 BCE

    David killed Goliath

    No one wanted to fight Goliath so David went to fight him. David killed Goliath with his sling. He cut off Goliath's head and walked around with it.
  • Saul tried to kill David
    985 BCE

    Saul tried to kill David

    David was playing the lyre for Saul. Saul got mad at him. He tried to spear him to the wall.
  • David and Jonathan
    985 BCE

    David and Jonathan

    David and Jonathan were really good friends. Jonathan tried to protect David from Saul. They had a secret code so that David knew when he was safe.
  • Saul pursues David
    983 BCE

    Saul pursues David

    Saul took a bunch of his men to go find David. Day after day Saul searched for him. God did not let Saul find David.
  • David saves Saul
    983 BCE

    David saves Saul

    Saul took three thousand men to look for David. He stopped in a cave. David cut off a piece of Saul's robe.
  • David spares Saul again
    983 BCE

    David spares Saul again

    David went down into Saul's camp. His men wanted him to kill Saul. Instead, David took Saul's spear and water jug.
  • Saul went to the medium
    982 BCE

    Saul went to the medium

    Saul told the medium to bring up Samuel. Saul claimed that God didn't answer him. He wanted to know what to do because he was going to fight the Philistines.
  • Jonathan Died
    971 BCE

    Jonathan Died

    The Philistines were fighting against the Israelites. The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.
  • Saul Died
    971 BCE

    Saul Died

    The Philistines wounded Saul. He asked his armor bearer to kill him but he refused. Saul fell on his own sword and killed himself.
  • David killed the Amalekite
    971 BCE

    David killed the Amalekite

    David heard that Saul and his sons were dead. He asked what had happened. The Amalekite man said he killed Saul so David had him killed.
  • David mourned
    971 BCE

    David mourned

    After David had heard that Saul and Jonathan had died he mourned. He lamented for them. He ordered that the people be taught a lament of the bow.
  • David is made king
    970 BCE

    David is made king

    Everyone came together and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he became king. He reigned for forty years.
  • Solomon was born
    950 BCE

    Solomon was born

    Solomon's mother was Bathsheba. Solomon had 700 wives. He had 300 concubines. He was also very very rich.
  • David died
    930 BCE

    David died

    David was buried in the city of David. He had reigned for forty years. Then Solomon became king.
  • Period: 930 BCE to 890 BCE

    Solomon's reign

    Solomon reigned for forty years. David and Saul had both reigned for forty years. Forty was a special number back then.
  • Solomon's temple
    900 BCE

    Solomon's temple

    David supplied Solomon with the things he needed in order to build the temple. However he didn't supply him with enough things. King Hiram of Tyre gave Solomon the remaining supplies that he needed.
  • Solomon died
    890 BCE

    Solomon died

    Solomon died when he was about 70. He had reigned for forty years. His son Rehoboam became king next.
  • Rehoboam
    890 BCE

    Rehoboam

    His father was Solomon. Rehoboam wasn't a great king. He reigned for 17 years. The first king of Judah.
  • Jeroboam
    890 BCE

    Jeroboam

    He was the son of Nebat. His sons were Abijah and Nadab. Jeroboam led all of Israel to sin.
  • 890 BCE

    Jerobaom

    The first king of Israel.
  • Period: 868 BCE to 845 BCE

    Baasha

    Baasha was a king of Israel. He was the son of Ahijah. He was killed by Zimri.
  • Abijah
    850 BCE

    Abijah

    Abijah was an ancestor of Absalom. He reigned over Judah for 3 years. He was an evil king who walked in the sins of his father. He had a son named Asa.
  • Nadab
    848 BCE

    Nadab

    Nadab reigned over Israel for 2 years. He walked in the sins of his father. Baasha killed him.
  • Asa
    847 BCE

    Asa

    Asa reigned for 41 years. He was an ancestor of Absalom. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He had a son named Jehoshaphat. Asa died from a foot disease.
  • Period: 845 BCE to 844 BCE

    Elah

    He reigned for 2 years. He was the son of Baasha. Zimri killed him. He was a bad king.
  • Period: 845 BCE to 823 BCE

    Ahab's reign

    Ahab reigned for 22 years. He is the most wicked king in the Bible. He was the son of Omri.
  • Mount Caramel
    844 BCE

    Mount Caramel

    Mount Carmel was a holy mountain. Elijah and the prophets of Baal were up there. They both tried to make sacrifices.
  • Period: 844 BCE to 844 BCE

    Zimri

    Zimri reigned for seven days. He killed Baasha and Elah. He caused Israel to sin. He was a bad king.
  • Period: 844 BCE to 832 BCE

    Omri

    He reigned for twelve years. He had a son named Ahab. He conquered Moab. He was a bad king.
  • The drought
    843 BCE

    The drought

    Elijah said that there would be a drought and there was. He said it would last for a few years. Even the king didn't have water.
  • Elisha
    810 BCE

    Elisha

    Elisha didn't want Elijah to leave him. Elijah left in a fiery chariot. Then Elisha took his place.
  • Jehosaphat
    806 BCE

    Jehosaphat

    Jehosaphat was a pretty good king. He was good until he made an alliance with Ahab. Then he became evil.
  • Elisha and the widow
    800 BCE

    Elisha and the widow

    There was a widow that was in debt and she didn't have money. She only had a little bit of oil left. She kept pouring oil into jars to go sell. The oil didn't run out until all the jars were filled and then she could pay off her debt.
  • Elisha blinds the amry
    792 BCE

    Elisha blinds the amry

    The Syrian army was coming to kill Elisha. He prayed that they would be blinded and they were. Then he led them into the city and fed them supper. He prayed that they would be able to see again and then he sent them home.
  • Ahaziah
    774 BCE

    Ahaziah

    Ahaziah was fleeing from his enemies and he ran on the lattice. The lattice wasn't strong enough and he fell through it. He then died because of that. He was king of Israel. He was a bad king.
  • Jehoram
    773 BCE

    Jehoram

    Jehoram was a bad king. He went to the valley and thought all the water was blood. He thought that the people of Israel and Judah had all killed each other. It was actually the sun shining red on the water.
  • 762 BCE

    Ahaziah

    Ahaziah was not a good king. He worshiped idols. He walked in the sins of his father. He was king over Judah.
  • 761 BCE

    Jehu

    Jehu was kind of a type of Christ. A lot of the things that he did were good. However overall he was not a great king. He was king over Israel.
  • Period: 761 BCE to 755 BCE

    Athaliah

    She was a bad queen. She killed almost all the royal family. Then she was killed. She reigned for six years.
  • Period: 755 BCE to 715 BCE

    Joash

    Joash was hidden in the temple for six years. He was made king when he was seven. Jehoida kind of helped him reign. Joash was a king in Judah. His grandmother was Athaliah. He was an ok king.
  • Period: 733 BCE to 716 BCE

    Jehoahaz

    He ruled over Israel. He was the son of Jehu. He reigned seventeen years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
  • Period: 716 BCE to 687 BCE

    Amaziah

    Amaziah was the son of Joash. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned over Judah. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He wants to go to war with Jehoash. Jehoash wins the battle. His son was Azariah. Azariah began to reign when he was sixteen.
  • Period: 714 BCE to 698 BCE

    Jehoash

    He was the son of Jehoahaz. He reigned sixteen years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He goes to war with Amaziah even though he doesn't want to and he wins.
  • Period: 709 BCE to 657 BCE

    Uzziah

    Uzziah was the king of Judah. Uzziah was mostly a good king. He built really big and sturdy stuff. He liked land and farming. However towards the end of his reign he made a big mistake. He did the incense offering himself. He got leprosy. He died. (Uzziah and Azariah are the same people.)
  • Period: 708 BCE to 667 BCE

    Jeroboam II

    Jeroboam the second reigned over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years. He was the son of Joash. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. Zechariah was his son.
  • Period: 667 BCE to 666 BCE

    Zechariah

    He was the son of Jeroboam the second. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. Shallum killed him. He reigned six months.
  • Period: 666 BCE to 666 BCE

    Shallum

    Shallum was the son of Jabesh. Menahem killed him. He was a bad king. He was king over Israel. He reigns one month.
  • Period: 666 BCE to 656 BCE

    Menahem

    Menahem was the son of Gadi. He reigned over Israel for ten years. He was a bad king. He killed a bunch of babies because he wants to wipe out the population. He reigns ten years.
  • Period: 657 BCE to 647 BCE

    Jotham

    He started reigning when he was twenty-five. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Uzziah was his father. He reigned over Judah.
  • Period: 656 BCE to 654 BCE

    Pekahiah

    Pekah killed him. He was the son of Menahem. He reigned over Israel. He reigned two years. He was a bad king.
  • Period: 656 BCE to 641 BCE

    Ahaz

    Ahaz was a bad king. He reigned over Judah. Jotham as his father. Hezekiah was his son.
  • Period: 654 BCE to 634 BCE

    Pekah

    Pekah killed Pekehiah. He reigned twenty years. He was a bad king. He was the son of Remaliah. He reigned over Israel.
  • Period: 641 BCE to 612 BCE

    Hezekiah

    Hezekiah was a good king. He made a canal thing from Gihon to the city of David. He reigned 29 years or something over Judah.
  • Period: 634 BCE to 625 BCE

    Hoshea

    Hoshea was the king over Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. The king of Assyria did not like him so he put him in jail. Then the Israelites were all captured and taken to some other place. They did terrible things. They worshipped idols. They even sacrificed their own children.
  • Period: 623 BCE to 568 BCE

    Manasseh

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign. He reigend fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He burned his sons as offerings. He used fortune tellers and mediums. The king of Assyria captured him. He cried out to God and God helped him. He became good toward the end of his reign but overall he was bad. His son was Amon.
  • Period: 568 BCE to 566 BCE

    Amon

    He was evil and his servants killed him. He was the son of Manasseh. He was king over Judah.
  • Period: 566 BCE to 535 BCE

    Josiah

    Josiah was a good king. He died because he went to battle when he shouldn't have. He began to reign over Judah when he was eight. He reigned for a while. Amon was his father. He tore down all the idols and cleaned the temple and stuff.
  • Period: 535 BCE to 535 BCE

    Jehoahaz

    He was Josiah's son. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign. He reigned for three months. His brother was Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was a bad king.
  • Period: 535 BCE to 524 BCE

    Jehoiakim

    He was Josiah's son. He was Jehoahaz's brother. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned for eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
  • Period: 534 BCE to 524 BCE

    Jehoiachin

    He was eighteen years old when he became king. He reigned for three months and ten days in Judah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
  • Period: 524 BCE to 513 BCE

    Zedekiah

    Zedekiah was Josiah's son. He was Jehoahaz's and Jehoiakim's brother. He did not do what his father did. He was evil. He reigned over Judah for a while. He reigned for eleven whole years. He rebelled against Babylon. He was the last king of Judah. Zedekiah eyes got gauged out. The last thing he saw was his two sons dying.