The Kings of the Bible

Samuel Is Born

1120 BCE

Samuel was born because Sarah made a promise to God that she would give her son back to God if God provides one. Samuel was born and he went to live in Gods house with Eli the Priest when he was old enough.

God Calls Samuel

1105 BCE

One night when Samuel was in his bed he heard a voice calling "Samuel." He thought it was Eli but it wasn't. After several times he answered saying "Speak Lord for your Servant hearth." God told Samuel about horrible things that were going to happen to Eli's family because some of them were disobeying God.

Samuel became Priest

Period: 1102 BCE to 1060 BCE

Samuel became priest soo after Eli's death.

Jonathon Gives David a Gift

1060 BCE

Jonathon and David were great friends. Jonathon knew that David was the next King and Jonathon accepted it. Jonathon gave his sword, his robe, and his armor.

Samuel anoints Saul

1052 BCE

Samuel anoints Saul as King because the Israelites were begging for a King. Saul was from the Benjamin tribe. He wasn't sure he wanted to be King because of what happened to his tribe. He was very Humble in the beginning. He was so scared that he hid in Suitcases before he was anointed.

Saul's Reign

Period: 1052 BCE to 1009 BCE

Saul was the first King over Israel. He was tall and Handsome. Everyone thought he was a great King. He was very humble at the beginning, but further into his reign he became jealous and not worthy to God. He didn't apologize for what he did and it costed him the Kingdom.

Saul makes an Unlawful Sacrifice.

1030 BCE

Saul wanted to do a sacrifice before they continued the war. He asked Samuel to come to do the Sacrifice because only Priest could make Sacrifices. Samuel didn't come so Saul did the Sacrifice himself. Saul was punished for what he had done.

David anointed King

1029 BCE

David was anointed King when he was really young. His older brothers were rejected and he was chosen by God. Saul was still King at this point. Saul liked David until he knew that he was the next King.

David kills Goliath

1025 BCE

One day David went to bring lunch to his brothers when they were in war. There was a giant named Goliath that challenged the people for someone to fight him. David came and volunteered to do it. He went and got three stones and went up to Goliath with his sling shot and nailed him in the head. Goliath fell to the ground. David took Goliath's sword and cut off his head and killed him. David held up Goliath's head to everyone and the philistines ran away while the Israelites chased them.

Saul Hunts for David

Period: 1018 BCE to 1014 BCE

Saul was really jealous of David and he wanted to kill him. So Saul ran after David. Two times David could have killed Saul but he didn't because he didn't want to kill the Lord's anointed.

Saul kills the Priest of Nob

1011 BCE

He kills the Priest of Nobs.

Jonathon's Death

1010 BCE

Jonathon dies in Bible. He died at the same war as his father Saul. He was burried in Jabesh-Gilead. His brothers were also killed in the battle

David and Basheba

992 BCE

David stayed back from war and saw a women, which was his friends wife, was bathing on the roof. He got her to come over that night and he slept with her. She became pregnant. Her husband was sent back because David was gonna try to cover up his sin but it didn't work. he ended up dying in Battle and after that David took her in as his wife.

David and Absalom

982 BCE

David was cursed because of the sin he did. So Absalom killed his brother because he raped his sister. Absalom wanted to be the next king so he tried to kill David and steal the throne but he ended up dying in war.

Jeroboam's Life Span

Period: 973 BCE to 910 BCE

Jeroboam was Solomon's servant. Ahijah told Jeroboam that he will give him several tribes and that he shall be King. He says that he will have 10 Tribes and Solomon will have 1 tribe. Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam when he heard what Ahijah asked.

David Dies

970 BCE

David dies at old age. There is not much said about him except that his clothing was not keeping him warm, so they gave him a wife to keep him warm.David dies at old age. Before David died, he made plans for the tabernacle and what goes where. He made a promise to Solomon. David also gets so much gold and silver for Solomon for the making of the temple.

Solomon Crowned King

970 BCE

David choses Solomon to be king instead of Adonijah. Adonijah doesn't think that Solomon should be and King and he gets upset. There is half of the people that think Solomon should be King but the other half of the people think Adonijah should be King.

Adonijah is not Chosen

970 BCE

Adonijah is not chosen for King. David choses Solomon instead. He gets mad but is shown mercy by Solomon. After David dies he goes to Bathsheba and asks her to convince Solomon that it would be a good idea for Adonijah to marry Abishag which was David's widow. Solomon gets mad and tells someone to kill Adonijah.

God appears to Solomon

969 BCE

One day Solomon was burning an offering on a high place. Suddenly, God appeared to Solomon and said "Whatever you ask for I will give it to you." Solomon said that he wants to be wise. He wants to make good decisions and be a good leader to the people. God was very pleased with Solomon and granted his wish.

Solomon's Wealth

968 BCE

Solomon was planning an event for lots of people. There were so much food and drink. They would plan this event the entire year and they would prep really hard the last month before the wedding. The event would last one day.

Solomon's Wisdom

968 BCE

One day two prostitutes' came to Solomon. They said that one of their Babies were dad and they are both saying that the other child is both of theirs. They are fighting over the child. They both are fighting because that is their ticket out of prostitution. Solomon answers and says if you both want the baby, lets just cut it in half. One of the women says yes, but the other one said no. After they gave their answers Solomon knew who the true mother was.

The Queen of Sheba

966 BCE

The queen of Sheba came to Solomon and she asked many questions and he answered. She saw everything that he had and she heard everything he said. She gave him lots of gold. She also gave him special stones. In his reigning of 40 years he got around 46, trillion a year.

King of Hiram

960 BCE

Hiram was the pagan king of Tyre. He gave a lot of gifts and stuff for the temple. King Hiram helped Solomon built the temple. He even sends laborer's to help build the temple.

Temple dedication

959 BCE

The people gather around. The ark was brought in. The clouds descend in the sky. Solomon prays to the Lord. Then suddenly, fire came from Heaven. They sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep.

Rehoboam Reigned King

Period: 931 BCE to 913 BCE

Rehoboam was Solomon's son. He was King over Judah. Jeroboam comes back from Egypt when he heard that Rehoboam became King. Rehoboam raised the taxes and was more harsh with the people than Solomon was. He had 18 wives and 60 concubines'. He abandoned the law so God abandoned Rehoboam. He did not repent to God. God should have had mercy on Jerusalem because most of the people repented.

Jeroboams Son gets Sick

929 BCE

Jeroboams Son gets sick and he tells his wife to go in disguise. Jeroboam sent his wife to Shiloh. Alijah was there and he said that Jeroboam should be king.

Jeroboam's Idols

928 BCE

He built golden calves and put them apart from each other to the North and the South so that people from all over can worship them. He did what was right but he also knew who the true God was. At this time he is King in Israel.

Rehoboam's last Fall

924 BCE

One day a man of God came to Rehoboam while he was worshiping idols. The man of God said that the idols would be destroyed and the Priest would be burned on top of it.

Abijah reigns over Judah

Period: 913 BCE to 910 BCE

Abijah was an evil King. He was not good in the eyes of the Lord.

Asa's Reign over Judah

Period: 911 BCE to 870 BCE

Asa became King of Judah after Abijah. Asa was the son of Abijah. Asa did what was good in the eyes of the Lord. He got Judah to serve the Lord and do good things. God gave him peace for all the good things that he did. Asa's grandmother is like a witch and he takes her out of the Kingdom because she was out of control. His first mistake was when he didn't trust God. He went to the King of Syria so that they could fight Israel. God was not pleased so he sent a Prophet to punish Asa.

Nadab Reigns King

Period: 909 BCE to 907 BCE

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He reigned in Israel. He reigned for two years. Baasha killed him and then took his place as King.

Baasha reigns King

Period: 907 BCE to 883 BCE

Baasha was King over Israel. He reigned for 24 years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He walked into sin just like his father.

Elijah

Period: 904 BCE to 850 BCE

He was a Prophet and he was very powerful and he loved God. He called 450 false prophet. Elisha was the next prophet and he saw Elijah go up to Heaven in a chariot of fire.

Elahs Rein as King

Period: 883 BCE to 881 BCE

Elah was King over Israel. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He reigned for two years.

Elijah and the Widow

880 BCE

Elijah was sent to a Widows house after the brook of Cherith dried up. It was during a drought and the Widow had a son. She was preparing there last meal when Elijah came. He asked for a drink of water and she gave it to him. Then he asked for bread or for a meal. So the widow gave up there last meal for Elijah. Then Elijah said that there oil or flour will never get all and they will survive. It happened.....for the next year Elijah stayed with the widow and they never went hungry.

Zimri's Reign as King

Period: 880 BCE to 880 BCE

He reigned for seven days and he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Omri Reigns in Israel

Period: 880 BCE to 868 BCE

Omri was evil in the sight of the Lord. He reigned for twelve years. He bought the hill of Samaria. He worshiped Idols.

Jehosaphat

Period: 869 BCE to 844 BCE

He was a very good king and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord. He was the son of Asa. He reigned for 25 years.

Ahaziah reign over Israel

Period: 863 BCE to 861 BCE

He fell and hurt his foot and then sent his prophets to the false gods to give him a sacrifice. He was a bad person that did bad things. He reigned over Israel.

Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

Period: 863 BCE to 841 BCE

He was the son of Jehoram. He reigned for one year in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Jerhoram the King of Judah Reigns King

Period: 849 BCE to 841 BCE

He was thirty two years old when he started reigning. He reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. He walked in the ways of the Kings of Israel. Just like Ahab reigned which is not very good.

Jehosaphat's Battle

848 BCE

They were fighting against the Moabites, mt. seir, and the Ammunites. They didn't even had a battle. All they did was sang to God and they won the battle because of God.

Elisha helps Naaman with Leprosy

834 BCE

The commander of the king was Naaman. He had leprosy. He wanted to be cured so he came to Elisha to get healed because his servant girl said to. Elisha's servant came out and said that Elisha wants you to go to the Jordan River and wash 7 times and you will be healed. At first he was angry but soon he eventaully went. On the seventh dunk he came out of the water and was cured. He offered gifts but they were refused. Elisha;s servant came and took them and was punished with Leprosy.

Elisha captures the Syrians

831 BCE

The Syrians wanted to kill Elisha. The army came to Elisha's city. All of the sudden the whole army was blind. Then Elisha led them to Syria. They Israelites were surrounding them and they fed them supper and let the Syria army go.

Hazel Murders Ben-hadad

830 BCE

Ben-hadad was the King of Syria and he was sick. Ben-hadad was crying. Hazel tells him that Elisha said that you will recover. But the next day he took a bed cloth and dipped it in water and it over his face until he died. Then Hazel became the next King in his place.

Jehu Reigns

Period: 830 BCE to 803 BCE

Jehu was the best King of Israel but still not the greatest person. He killed all the descendants of Ahab and he even went further than that. When he was anointed King the servant told me to kill the descendants of Ahab even though he wasn't supposed to.

Queen Athaliah

Period: 830 BCE to 822 BCE

She was the Queen of Judah. She was a descendant from Jezebel. She killed all the good people so that she could be Queen. She ruled for 6 years and everyone lost hope and thought God lost.

Joash King of Judah

Period: 830 BCE to 790 BCE

Judah reigned over Judah for 40 years. He became king around 10 and was a good king to start off. But after a while he started to worship false gods and he became a bad king and ended up killing his first cousin/ brother.

King Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel

Period: 806 BCE to 789 BCE

Jehoahaz reigns in Israel for seventeen years. He was a bad king but he did do one good thing which was calling out to God in battle.

Joash Kills Zechariah

800 BCE

Zechariah was his 1st cousin and his brother because his father adopted Joash. He was a prophet of God and told the people in the Temple that God is not happy. Joash got angry so he kills Zechariah in the temple. Everyone was very displeased with Joash for what he did. So a little bit later, Joash was assassinated by his servants.

Jehoash King of Israel

Period: 793 BCE to 777 BCE

Jehoash's father was Jehoahaz. Jehoash reigned over Israel for sixteen years. He was a bad King. Elisha tested Jehoash before he dies. Jehoash was told to throw arrows on the ground but he only did 3. When he should have done more. So he was told they would only win 3 more wars from Syria but will lose the rest. A soldiers body was thrown into the cave where Elisha was burried and touches the bones and hops up and keeps running with the army.

Amaziah Reigns in Judah

Period: 790 BCE to 761 BCE

He was a pretty good king but still has bad things said about him. He was the son of Joash. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord. He executes the people who killed his dad. He reigned for 29 years. He was twenty five when he started reigning. After war from the edimities, he stole the gods and came back and worshiped them. He followed God and won the battle against the gods he then worshiped.

Jeroboam the 2nd

Period: 775 BCE to 736 BCE

He reigned for 41 years in Israel. He was a bad King.

Uzziah King of Judah

Period: 760 BCE to 708 BCE

Uzziah reigned over Judah for 52 years. He was at the age of sixteen when he became king. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord. As long as he sought the Lord God gave him success. But after a while he got powerful and prideful and he started to not trust God. He got Leprosy and then died a while later.

Zechariah Reigns in Israel

735 BCE

He reigned for 6 months. He did nothing. He was a bad king.

Shallum Reigns in Israel

734 BCE

He reigned for a month. He ripped the women's wombs who were pregnant.

Menahem Reigns in Israel

Period: 733 BCE to 723 BCE

He reigned for 10 years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Pekahiah Reigns in Israel

Period: 733 BCE to 731 BCE

He reigns for 2 years and continues the sin. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He is assassinated by Pekah.

Pekah reigns in Israel

Period: 730 BCE to 710 BCE

He reigns for 20 years and he also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Hoshea Reigns inn Israel

Period: 710 BCE to 701 BCE

He reigned for 9 years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. Assyria conquered Israel and captured them. Israel had sinned against God, so God made them lose the battle. The Assyrians would drag you with a chain through your nose.

Jotham Reigns in Judah

Period: 707 BCE to 691 BCE

He reigned after his father Uzziah. He reigned for sixteen years. He was twenty five years old when he started reigning. There is nothing bad said about him in the Bible. He stayed away from the temple because he was scared from the punishment that his father had gotten. He built cities and got riches and barely from the Ammonites and he did good things.

Ahaz Reigns in Judah

Period: 690 BCE to 674 BCE

He was twenty years old when he started reigning. He reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He was a bad King. He would worship images of Baal and he made offerings in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. He also burned his sons for the offering. God brought them down by having them killed in war, taken captive after they were defeated. They took the slaves and covered them in spoil who were naked. Then they clothed and fed them and then they rode on donkeys and released them.

Hezekiah Reigns in Judah

Period: 673 BCE to 644 BCE

Hezekiah was 25 when he started reigning and he reigned for 29 years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Hezekiah cleansed the temple and had a Passover. They had 3 sacrifices. Sin offering, burnt offering, and the consecrated offering. The Lord delivered Jerusalem out of the Assyrians hands. He got a sickness that he was gonna die from because it was a punishment for his pride. But God gave him grace because he had no sun and then he got to live 15 more years. Babylonians conquer.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

Period: 643 BCE to 588 BCE

He was twelve years old when he started reigning. He reigned in Judah for 55 years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He filled the temples with false gods. He sacrificed his children as worship. He is the worst King in the Bible. He did witchcraft. He created male prostitutes' for worship. He is so violent. He finally humbles himself and cries out to God. God heard his plea and gives back and restores everything in Jerusalem.

Amon Reigns in Judah

Period: 588 BCE to 586 BCE

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not listen to his fathers repentance. His own servants put him to death because of his evil. He was twenty two when he started reigning and he reigned for two years.

Josiah reigns in Judah

Period: 585 BCE to 554 BCE

Josiah was eight years old when he started reigning. He reigned for thirty-one years. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. In his eighth year he started to seek God and he fulfills the prophecy. In his eighteenth year he cleansed the land and repairs the temple. Hilkiah found the book of the law. He destroys all the bad things and idols that his family had created. Josiah has a Passover to stop the judgement from coming. He dies in Battle cause he didn't listen to Pharaoh.

Jehoahaz Reigns in Jerusalem

553 BCE

He reigned for three months and was twenty three years old when he started reigning. Then the King of Egypt took him off the throne. Jehoahaz was a very bad king.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Jerusalem

Period: 552 BCE to 541 BCE

He was a very bad king. He started reigning when he was twenty five years old and he reigned for eleven years. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Jerusalem

540 BCE

He was a very bad king. He started reigning when he was eighteen. He reigned for 3 months and ten days. The Babylonians kept on conquering them and killing them.

Zedekiah Reigns in Jerusalem

Period: 539 BCE to 528 BCE

He was a very bad king. He was twenty-one years old when he started reigning. He reigned eleven years. He did not humble himself. He rebelled against Babylon. The Babylon's get so mad that they come in and destroy Judah and they burn the city.

Gedaliah Reigns in Jerusalem

527 BCE

He was Governor of Judah. He was Jerimiah's friend. His servants killed him so the Babylonian's came back and completely destroy everything. He dud not listen to God and his judgement.