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King Ahaziah fled after seeing Jehoram's death but Jehu wounded him. Ahaziah fled to Megiddo, where he died. [5] Jehu proceeded to enter the premises of the palace at Jezreel. Jezebel watched him with contempt from the palace window and mockingly compared him to King Zimri. Jehu later commanded Jezebel's eunuchs to throw her out of the palace ...
The genealogy of the kings of Judah, along with the kings of Israel.. The Kings of Judah were the monarchs who ruled over the ancient Kingdom of Judah, which was formed in about 930 BC, according to the Hebrew Bible, when the United Kingdom of Israel split, with the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel rejecting Rehoboam as their monarch, leaving him as solely the King of Judah.
Jehu King of Israel: r. 840—814 BCE: Ahaziah King of Judah: r. 842–841 BCE: Zibiah: Jehosheba: Jehoiada: Jehoahaz King of Israel: r. 814—798 BCE: Jehoash King of Judah: r. 836–796 BCE: Jehoaddan: Jehoash King of Israel: r. 798—782 BCE: Amaziah King of Judah: r. 796–767 BCE: Jecoliah: Amoz: Jeroboam II King of Israel: r. 782—753 ...
Jehoiachin made king of Judah, but he is deposed after reigning for only 3 months. [192] Zedekiah (formerly called Mataniah) made king of Judah. [193] Reigned 11 years. Year corresponds with 8th- year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign. [194] [195] 433 BCE: 4th-year of seven-year cycle 432 BCE: 5th-year of seven-year cycle 431 BCE: 6th-year of seven ...
The chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah rests primarily on a series of reign lengths and cross references within the books of Kings and Chronicles, in which the accession of each king is dated in terms of the reign of his contemporary in either the southern Kingdom of Judah or the northern Kingdom of Israel, and fitting them into the ...
Jehu was reportedly anointed as king by the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 19:16). According to the Books of Chronicles, Jehu was authorized to eliminate the descendants of his predecessor Ahab and all the priests of the god Baal (2 Chronicles 22:7). Jehu continued the worship of the golden calves at the holy places of Bethel and Dan (2 Kings 10:
After his death, the kingdom was divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah: King Solomon by Simeon Solomon: 960: Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem completed 931: Split between Northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the Southern Kingdom of Judah: 931-913: Reign of King Rehoboam of Judah, the first monarch of the ...
The Kingdom of Judah was located in the Judean Mountains, stretching from Jerusalem to Hebron and into the Negev Desert.The central ridge, ranging from forested and shrubland-covered mountains gently sloping towards the hills of the Shephelah in the west, to the dry and arid landscapes of the Judaean Desert descending into the Jordan Valley to the east, formed the kingdom's core.