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1050 BCE
Saul anointed and crowned King
Samuel anointed Saul king when he saw him searching for donkeys. Saul was scared and so went back to the fields. Eventually, he was coronated, but he was still scared. -
1040 BCE
Saul helps Jabesh-Gilead
A city in Israel was being attacked and they sent for help. Saul saw it and cut up his oxen and sent the parts to the tribes of Israel. They rallied together and saved the city. -
1026 BCE
David is anointed King
Samuel was going to give a sacrifice to God and on his way he went to Jesse's house. He picked out the youngest son and anointed him. David is now going to be king. -
1019 BCE
David kills Goliath
Israel was fighting the Philistines again and the Philistines had a great big giant to help them. Saul was scared and said that someone should fight him. David came and said he would and killed the giant. -
1019 BCE
David becomes friends with Jonathan
Jonathan was Saul's son. David and him became very good friends and loved each other as brothers. Jonathan gave him clothes and armor for being his friend. Eventually, David had to run away from Saul and that made both of them very sad. -
1018 BCE
David marries Saul's Daughter
Saul wanted David to die, so he came up with a way for that to happen. He told David that he would have to go and basically kill a hundred Philistines and show that to Saul for him to get his wife. David did it and was married. -
Period: 1018 BCE to 1014 BCE
Saul chases David
Saul thought that David was going to usurp him for the throne. He then went and chased David for a long time. Over this time, he created a band of malcontents and debtors. -
1016 BCE
David finds his wife Abigail
David and his men had long taken care of a man named Nabal's flock of sheep. When they asked for food and compensation, he said no. David was angry and would have attacked, but the wife of Nabal appeased him and they were married. -
1016 BCE
David spares Saul's life
David and his men were running from Saul. Saul wanted to kill David so he searched everywhere for him. When Saul went to a cave to use the bathroom, David was there and cut off a piece of Saul's robe. -
1010 BCE
Saul dies
Saul went to war against the Philistines. The war went badly and his son Jonathan died. Shortly thereafter, the king and his armor bearer were being chased by the Philistines. The king was already wounded and knew that he would be captured, so he told his armor bearer to kill him. His armor bearer refused, so Saul fell on his own sword and died. -
Period: 1010 BCE to 970 BCE
David reigns as King
David reigned for a long time as king. He was a good king for the most part and loved God. He grew very rich and died in peace. -
991 BCE
David and Bathsheba
One night David was walking on the palace roof and he looked and saw a beautiful woman bathing. He slept with her even though it was against the law. He killed her husband so that no one would suspect and then married her. But a prophet came to him and convicted him -
990 BCE
Solomon is born
David's wife Bathsheba had a baby. They loved him very much and David promised that he would be king someday. He would grow up to be a very wise king. -
985 BCE
David is chased by Absalom
Absalom, David's son, was angry and was sent away. When he came back he decided to rebel against his father. David ran and eventually Absalom was killed, but his made David his father sad. -
972 BCE
David numbers the people of Israel
David decided that he wanted to take a census of all the people of Israel. He did this, but that was a sin so God had to punish him. He gave him three different punishment and David chose three days of pestilence. David repented. -
970 BCE
Solomon is crowned king
Abijah, David's son, wanted to be king of Israel. He had a party, but the real king was alerted and instead had Solomon anointed. Solomon took control then. -
968 BCE
David dies
Solomon has been crowned king. David tells him to kill or threaten a bunch of people. Solomon has control of the kingdom, and is good. -
968 BCE
Solomon asked for wisdom
Solomon had just become king after David his father died. He was very young and did not know how to rule the kingdom so he asked God for wisdom. God was pleased with this request so he gave him wisdom and many other things as well -
Period: 968 BCE to 928 BCE
Solomon's reign
Solomon reigned over Israel for forty years. He made some good choices, but a lot of bad ones. He also built the temple. -
964 BCE
Solomon builds the temple
Solomon collected many things for the temple of the Lord. He went to many countries to find the things. It was a magnificent temple -
963 BCE
Hiram gives a lot of wealth to Solomon
When Solomon needed to build the temple, Hiram helped him a lot. He was the King of Tyre and could help a lot. -
938 BCE
The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon
The queen had heard of Solomon's great wealth and wisdom and wanted to see it for herself. She was amazed by it and gave him great gifts and more riches. He also gave her some things and she went him very happy. -
928 BCE
Rehoboam becomes King
Solomon dies and entrusts his not so very trustworthy son with the kingdom. Rehoboam tells the people that he will not treat them well and so Israel splits away from Judah. -
928 BCE
Jeroboam becomes king of Israel
Jeroboam decided to rebel against the king of Judah. He had fled to Egypt before as well. He did some very bad things. -
928 BCE
The kingdom splits
Rehoboam took bad advise and so Israel rebelled. They got Jeroboam to be king. Rehoboam strengthened his tribes of Judah and Benjamin. -
928 BCE
Two golden calves
Jeroboam had become the king of the northern tribes. He decided that his people might want to go down to the other kingdom to worship so he made to calves. They were idols. -
Period: 928 BCE to 906 BCE
Jeroboam
Jeroboam was not a good king. He rebelled and had Israel. He was the servant of Solomon. -
Period: 928 BCE to 911 BCE
Rehoboam
He was not a good king. He reigned over Judah for seventeen years. He let the kingdom fall apart and listened to the young men instead of the older men. -
Period: 911 BCE to 908 BCE
Abijah/Abijam
Abijah reigned in Judah for three years. He was not a good king. He was the son of Rehoboam. -
Period: 908 BCE to 867 BCE
Asa
Asa was the son of Abijah. He was a good king. He reigned for 41 years. -
Period: 906 BCE to 904 BCE
Nadab
Nadab is the son of Jeroboam. He reigned for two years. He also was a bad king. -
Period: 904 BCE to 880 BCE
Baasha
Baasha reigned in Israel for twenty-four years. He was not a good king. He walked in the way of Jerobaom. -
899 BCE
Asa fights against Ethiopia
The Ethiopians came to Judah with a million men. Asa went and cried to God. He won then. -
885 BCE
Asa strikes down idols
Asa is a good king and takes care of false idols. He cuts them down. He even cuts down his own queen mother's idols. -
Period: 880 BCE to 878 BCE
Elah
Elah was not a good king. He reigned in Israel for two years. He was killed by Zimri. -
878 BCE
Zimri
Zimri was the commander of the army. He decided to kill the king and try to be king. But nobody wanted him to be king, so the other commander tried to get him. But he burned the palace down with himself in it. -
Period: 878 BCE to 866 BCE
Omri
Omri was not a good king. He also was commander of the army but was put into office by the people. He reigned for 12 years. -
867 BCE
Asa's Last Years
Asa was getting old. He decided to hire Syria to protect them. God was not happy with this and Asa was punished. -
Period: 867 BCE to 842 BCE
Jehosophat
Jehosophat was a good king. He reigned in Judah for twenty-five years. He walked in the way of Asa his father. -
Period: 866 BCE to 844 BCE
Ahab
Ahab was not a good king. He was more evil than all of the kings before him. He had Jezebel for a wife. He reigned for twenty-two years. -
864 BCE
Elijah predicts a drought
Elijah is a prophet of God. God tells him to tell Ahab that the land will have a drought. God provides for Elijah by telling ravens to feed him. -
862 BCE
The widow of Zarephath
The brook that Eljah was staying at was drying up. He moved to Zarephath and found a widow. She gave him food and water. -
861 BCE
Elijah and Mount Carmel
Elijah challenged Ahab to a contest about whose god was better. The prophets of baal tried very hard but they couldn't light their offering on fire. Elijah beat them and then the rain came. -
861 BCE
Naboth's Vineyard
Ahab was walking one day and saw a vineyard. He was very jealous and wanted it. So he framed the guy that owned it and was able to get it. But he got punished. -
861 BCE
The Mountain of God
Elijah ran away from Jezebel, and was scared. God found him there. God sent many supernatural wonders, but then he appeared to Elijah in a still small voice. -
861 BCE
Elijah anoints Elisha
Elisha was plowing and Elijah throws his cloke over him. Elijah wanted him to be the next prophet and so he did that. -
857 BCE
War with Ben-Haden
The king of Syria came against Samaria and was about to conquer it but Ahab defeated him. Then he came against him again but was conquered again. -
844 BCE
Ahab's end
Ahab went to war and was shot with an arrow. He died and his body was eating by dogs. -
Period: 844 BCE to 842 BCE
Ahaziah (son of Ahab)
He was the son of Ahab. He reigned in Israel for two years. He was bad, -
Period: 842 BCE to 830 BCE
Jehoram (Son of Ahab)
Jehoram was not a good king. He reigned of Israel. He reigned twelve years. He fought against Moab and won. -
Period: 842 BCE to 834 BCE
Jehoram (son of Jehosophat)
He was not a good king. He reigned in Judah for eight years. His wife was Athaliah. -
Period: 834 BCE to 833 BCE
Ahaziah (Son of Jehoram)
Ahaziah reigned in Judah for one year. He was not a good king. He was the son of Athaliah the daughter of Ahab. -
Period: 833 BCE to 826 BCE
Athaliah
She was the daughter of Ahab. She killed the entire lineage of David except for one. She reigned for seven years and she was a horrible queen. She tainted the line of David then, but Jesus still came out of her. -
830 BCE
Elisha fixes the water
Elisha fixed some water so that people could drink it. He went to a city that didn't have any water. He threw some salt in it and it was good. -
830 BCE
Jezebel dies
Jehu gets to the castle and sees Jezebel in the window. He then tells some servants to toss her out the window. And they do that. Then he runs over her with her chariot. Later, he realizes that the dogs have eaten her also. -
Period: 830 BCE to 802 BCE
Jehu
He went crazily driving to go and kill the king of Israel. He was the commander of the army. He was a half-decent king. He reigned twenty-eight years. -
828 BCE
Elisha and the Sons of the Prophets
There are three different stories in this event. One is the widows oil, another is the deadly stew, and third is the lost axe head. -
827 BCE
The Shunamite Woman
She is a wealthy women and her husband is a farmer. However, they have no kids. They desperately wanted a son and prayed for many years. Elisha would come to them and so they made him a small room above their house. Gehazi then gave him the idea to give them a son. God did give them that. One day the boy was working in the field with his father. They are most likely harvesting. The boy got sunstroke and died. Elisha raised him then from the dead by praying. The woman rejoiced and was very happy. -
826 BCE
The siege against Israel
Syria decides to come against Israel. They surround the city and stave the people. Lepers find the Syrian army gone and all their food there. They alert the city and everybody is no longer hungry. -
826 BCE
Joash collects money for the temple
Joash really wanted the temple to look better. He made a collection box and got a lot of money for it. The temple got a lot better. -
Period: 826 BCE to 786 BCE
Joash
He was the child king. He was seven when he became king. He was hidden by Jehosheba. He reigned in Judah. He reigned for forty years. -
Period: 802 BCE to 785 BCE
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz reigned in Israel for seventeen years. He was not a good king. He walked in sin and dragged Israel into it as well. -
Period: 786 BCE to 757 BCE
Amaziah
He reigned in Judah. He was a half good king. He was half with the Lord, but not all the way. He reigned for twenty-nine years. -
Period: 785 BCE to 769 BCE
Jehoash
He reigned over Israel. He was not a good king. He reigned for sixteen years. -
Period: 769 BCE to 728 BCE
Jeroboam the Second
He was the son of Jehoash king of Israel. He reigned for forty one years. He was a bad king. He knew Jonah. -
Period: 757 BCE to 723 BCE
Uzziah
Uzziah was a good king. He reigned in Judah for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. He did what was right. He became a leper when he went into the house of the Lord. His son was Jotham. -
Period: 730 BCE to 659 BCE
Isaiah
Isaiah was a prophet. He was a very good prophet and prophesied during multiple king's reigns. He had a hard life. He prophesied about the messiah. -
Period: 728 BCE to 727 BCE
Zechariah
He was a king of Israel. He was not good. He reigned for six months. He was killed by Shallum. -
727 BCE
Shallum
He was not a good king. He reigned in Israel for one month. He conspired against Zechariah and killed him. He was killed by Menahem. -
Period: 727 BCE to 717 BCE
Menahem
He was definitely not a good king. He reigned over Israel for ten years. He raided a city called Tiphsah and did not very good things to the people there. He killed Shallum. -
Period: 723 BCE to 707 BCE
Jotham
Jotham was the king of Judah. He was a good king and reigned sixteen years. He built a lot of strong things. He fought against the king of the Ammonites and got a tribute from them. His father was Uzziah. There is nothing bad said about him in the Bible. -
Period: 717 BCE to 715 BCE
Pekahiah
He was not a good king. He reigned over Israel for two years. He was the son of Menahem. His captain Pekah decided that he was tired of him, so he killed him. -
Period: 715 BCE to 695 BCE
Pekah
Pekah was the captain of the army. He killed the king and reigned in Israel in his place. He reigned for twenty years. He was not a good king. He killed Pekahiah. (This is very confusing) He was then killed by Hoshea and his reign ended. Some of his people were also caried off to Assyria during his reign. -
Period: 707 BCE to 691 BCE
Ahaz
He was not a good king. He reigned in Judah for sixteen years. He lost a war. He did child sacrifices. He had war with Pekah. He lost but Israel gave the prisoners back. -
698 BCE
Hezekiah's Passover
He called the Levites together. He made them clean themselves and the temple. They sacrificed a lot of animals. They had to push off the Passover. -
Period: 695 BCE to 686 BCE
Hoshea
Hoshea was not a good king. He was king of Israel. He was the last king of Israel. Assyria came in and destroyed it. He reigned for nine years. He killed Pekah. Assyria came and made him be a servant. He didn't like that very much and rebelled with Egypt. He was killed and tortured. The reason this happened was because of their sin. -
Period: 691 BCE to 660 BCE
Hezekiah
He was a good king. He is very famous. He reigned in Judah for twenty-nine years. -
689 BCE
Hezekiah's War with Assyria
Assyria came against Judah and destroyed all the cities except for Jerusalem. Hezekiah fortified the city. Assyrian messengers came to him and taunted the people. He spread out the message in the temple. Then God sent an angel and completely destroyed the army. Senacherib went back and was assinated by his own sons. His journal says that he conquered everything, but then he stops writing because he died and he lost completely to the Hebrews. Assyria was humbled completely and they were weak then -
686 BCE
Israel is no more
Assyria came in and made Hoshea their servant. He didn't like this and rebelled. Assyria was very angry and completely destroyed them. Hoshea was put in prison and died. Israel was destroyed. -
684 BCE
Hezekiah's Sickness
Hezekiah got sick. He didn't want to die, but the prophet came to him and said you will die. But then Isaiah turned around and said that Hezekiah would live. Hezekiah was able to choose a sign and he chose the sun moving backwards. It happened and he had fifteen more years to live. -
683 BCE
Hezekiah and Babylon
Babylon comes to Judah. Hezekiah brags about his riches and takes them into the temple. God got angry and said that his line would not be able to reign. They would get captured. Hezekiah then was like "ok, just so it's not in my reign" -
Period: 660 BCE to 605 BCE
Manassah
Manassah was the worst king Judah ever had. He reigned fifty-five years. He was carried away to Babylon, but was then let back to Judah. He was a good king for the last small bit of his reign. He was the son of Hezekiah. -
Period: 605 BCE to 603 BCE
Amon
He reigned two years in Judah. He was not good. He was assasinated and his son reigned in his place. -
Period: 603 BCE to 572 BCE
Josiah
He was a good king. He reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. He sought the Lord and fixed up the temple. He was killed in battle and his son Jehoahaz reigned then. -
Period: 572 BCE to 571 BCE
Jehoahaz (Judah)
He was not a good king. He reigned three months. Egypt came and took him out. -
Period: 571 BCE to 560 BCE
Jehoiakim
He reigned eleven years in Judah. He was not good. He was taken away to Babylon. -
Period: 560 BCE to 559 BCE
Jehoiachin
He reigned three years and ten days. He was a bad king. He was king of Judah. He was taken to Babylon. -
Period: 559 BCE to 548 BCE
Zedekiah
He was not a good king. He was set up as governor from Babylon. He reigned eleven years in Judah. Eventually, Babylon had enough of him and completely destroyed Jerusalem. This is the end of Judah.
