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jonathan was born
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Samuel anoints Saul as king
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Saul was waiting for Samuel to come to perform the sacrifice. Eventually, he decided he had waited long enough and performed the sacrifice himself. then when Samuel comes he gets rebuked and cursed again.
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defeated a lot of Philistines with only his armor-bearer along
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After being commanded to kill the ammonites Saul saved some animals and the king. So Saul got a curse.
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Samuel anoints David with oil
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David defeated the giant Goliath
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roamed with his band of men, hiding from Saul
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Saul killed himself in battle so that he didn't fall into the hands of his enemies.
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Jonathan killed in battle at age 57
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David sins with Bathseba then trys to cover it up by killing Uriah.
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Absolam exiled and living in Geshur
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Absalom returns to Jerusalem but is not allowed in David's presence
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David allowed Absalom into his presence
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Absolam spreads discontent among people that David is not a good king
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Absalom gets caught in a tree during the battle and is killed by Joab.
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David allows the Gibeonites to avenge themselves on Saul's line but saves Jonathan's son
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David numbers the people of Israel against God's will and brings a plague
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Solomon builds the temple according to David's plans
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Adonijah is calling himself king so that the people will be in favor of him. But Nathan and Bathsheba talk to the bed-ridden David about fulfilling his promise that Solomon would be King. David agrees and Solomon is anointed, king.
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God comes to Solomon in a dream and tells him to ask for whatever he wants. Solomon asks for wisdom and God is pleased and gives him wisdom but also gives him the things he did not ask for, riches and fame.
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Two mothers come to Solomon. One claims that the other has stolen her baby to replace the original baby which she accidentally killed. The other says it is her baby. Solomon gives justice by giving the baby to the one who loves it the most.
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David dies and passes kingship to Solomon
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Rehoboam listens to bad advice and it causes him to lose favor with the people and Jeroboam to get control of Israel except for Judah and Benjamin.
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Jeroboam, king of Israel, makes golden calves to worship to keep his people from going to the official temple in Rehoboam's lands.
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Jeroboam, king of Israel, gets a prophecy about a future boy who would destroy the idol worship in his lands. Jeroboam wants to kill the prophet who delivers the prophecy but his arms shrivel up.
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Rehoboam turns from God and as a consequence, his lands, Judah and Benjamin are attacked by Shishak the king of Egypt
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Abijah becomes king after his father and does not serve the Lord
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Abijah has faith in God to save his outnumbered army and the Lord defeats Israel's army
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Asa, son of Abijah, becomes king in Judah and follows God's will by destroying idols and teaching people God's rules
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Asa makes a covenant with the king of Syria to destroy the city Baasha (king of Israel) is building. God is angry with Asa because he should have trusted in him to defeat other armies. Asa becomes angry and punishes the prophet who tells him that God is angry.
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Zimri is king for seven days. then the people hear that he killed the king so they make the commander of the army king.
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Omri becomes king after the supporters of Tibni are overcome. Omri reigned for 12 years and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Ahab king in Israel for twenty-two years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.
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Ahab is shown God's power at mount Carmel and the drought is ended.
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Jehoshaphat become king in Judah. He is wise and destroys the idols and follows only God.
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God shows his power through Ahab by defeating the Syrians
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Ahab wants Naboth's vineyard but Naboth will not sell it. So Ahab pouts and his wife, Jezebel, frames Naboth for cursing God and the King and has him killed.
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Even though Ahab disguised himself he was still shot and killed.
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Jehoshaphat goes to battle and God is displeased.
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The Ammonites and Moabites come against Judah but the Lord delivers Judah because they pray and fast to him.
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Jehoshaphat dies and his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
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Jehoram becomes king but does not walk in the ways of his father and leads Judah astray.
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Elijah is taken up to heaven in a whirl-wind leaving Elisha to take his place.
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Elisha comes to the woman's house after the boy is dead and raises him again.
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Jehoram reigns eight years and then dies from a sickness God put on him as punishment for leading the people astray
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Ahaziah son of Ahab is king in Judah.
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Ahaziah is murdered by Jehu as a punishment from God.
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Elisha heals Naaman of Leprosy by telling him to wash in the Jordan River. But refuses to accept any payment.
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Jehu (son of Jehoshaphat) is anointed by a prophet.
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Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, becomes king and kills almost all other heirs of Judah.
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Joash the last descendant of David becomes king in Judah and ends Athaliah's reign
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Jehoahaz is king in Israel. He did not follow God.
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Joash (not the same as the king of Judah) becomes king but does not do what is right in the sight of the Lord. He talks to Elisha before Elisha dies
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Amaziah the son of Joash becomes king. He follows God but not with his whole heart and eventually falls to idol worship.
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Jeroboam II reigns and does not do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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Azariah becomes king and does what is good in God's eyes
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Zechariah son of Jeroboam reigns and does what is evil in God's eyes
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Shallum reigns in Samaria for one month. then he was murdered by Menahem
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Menahem reigns and does not do what is right. he pays the king of Assyria to confirm his royal control
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Pekahiah Reigns over Israel and does not do what is right.
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Pekah reigns in Israel and conquers back a lot of lost territory
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Jotham Reigns in Judah
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Ahaz reigns in Judah. He did not do what was right and worshiped idols.
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Hoshea reigns in Isreal but the king of Assyria puts him in prison. He was the last king of Israel before exile.
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Hezekiah is king and he trusts and loves God more than all the kings before him. He offers a lot of sacrifices to God.
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Assyria captures Sameria and carries away the people to Assyria.
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Hezekiah becomes sick to the point of death and a prophet tells him he is going to die but he prays to the Lord and God decides to add 15 years to his life.
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Manasseh becomes king and does what is evil in the sight of the Lord. He worships idols and leads the people astray.
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Manasseh was captured by Assyria and they put him in prison. He prayed to God and God brought him back to Jerusalem. So Manasseh knew that God was the only true God and destroyed his idols and brought the people back to God.
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Amon reigns and does not do what is right but worships idols.
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Amon was killed by his servant but then the people of Israel killed all the people who killed Amon and made Josiah King.
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Josiah becomes King in Judah and does what is right in God's eyes
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He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord and only reigned 3 months.
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Jehoiakim reigns and does what is evil in the sight of the Lord. He reigns for eleven years.
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Jehoiachin reigns in Judah and does not do what is right in the sight of God. He was captured and taken away by the Babylonians.
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Zedekiah reigns and does what is evil in the sight of the Lord. So God casts the people out of his presence.
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Judah is exiled to Babylon and God's presence has left the people.
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Elah rules for two years and is killed by his own servant, Zimri
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Jonathan and David made a covenant
