Rejected for disobedience at Gilgal and against Amalek (1 Sam 13, 15)
Man after God's own heart (Acts 13:22). Eternal throne covenant (2 Sam 7)
Built the Temple. Heart turned to foreign gods in old age (1 Kgs 11:4)
Made Israel sin — golden calves at Bethel and Dan (1 Kgs 12:28)
Assassinated by Baasha during the siege of Gibbethon
Wiped out house of Jeroboam; condemned by Jehu the prophet
Assassinated by Zimri while drunk at his steward's house
Burned the palace over himself when Omri besieged Tirzah (1 Kgs 16:18)
Founded Samaria; more evil than all before him (1 Kgs 16:25)
Married Jezebel; Baal temple in Samaria; Elijah's primary opponent (1 Kgs 16–21)
Fell through a lattice; consulted Baal-zebub of Ekron (2 Kgs 1)
Removed the Baal pillar; still walked in the sin of Jeroboam
Anointed by God; destroyed Ahab's house; did not depart from Jeroboam's sin
Army reduced to 50 horsemen under Aramean oppression (2 Kgs 13:7)
Defeated Amaziah of Judah; tore down 180 meters of Jerusalem's wall
Longest reign in Israel; restored borders per Jonah's prophecy (2 Kgs 14:25)
Assassinated publicly by Shallum; ended the Jehu dynasty (2 Kgs 15:10)
4th consecutive king to die by violence; killed by Menahem
Paid 1,000 talents of silver tribute to Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria
Assassinated by Pekah and fifty Gileadites in the citadel
Allied with Syria against Judah (Syro-Ephraimite War); lost territory to Assyria
Withheld tribute; imprisoned by Shalmaneser V; Samaria besieged for 3 years
Refused elder counsel; caused the split; erected Asherah poles (1 Kgs 12, 14)
Walked in all his father's sins; heart not fully devoted to God (1 Kgs 15:3)
Removed idols and male cult prostitutes; heart fully devoted to God (1 Kgs 15:11–14)
Walked in ways of David; sent Levites throughout Judah to teach the Law (2 Chr 17)
Married Ahab's daughter Athaliah; walked in the ways of the kings of Israel
Son of Athaliah; killed by Jehu during the purge of Ahab's house (2 Kgs 9:27)
Seized throne; executed all royal heirs except infant Joash hidden in the temple; built Baal temple in Jerusalem
Good while Jehoiada the priest lived; later had Jehoiada's son Zechariah stoned (2 Chr 24:22)
Did right but not wholeheartedly; later worshipped captured Edomite gods (2 Chr 25:14)
Did right; struck with leprosy for presuming to burn incense in the temple (2 Chr 26:16–21)
Did right; did not enter the temple presumptuously; people still acted corruptly (2 Kgs 15:34)
Sacrificed his son in fire; replaced the altar with an Assyrian design; closed the temple doors (2 Kgs 16)
Greatest reformer; cleansed the temple; 185,000 Assyrians struck dead overnight by the angel of the LORD (2 Kgs 18–20)
Most evil king; 55-year reign; altars to Baal in the temple courts; repented during Babylonian captivity (2 Chr 33:12–13)
Walked in all of Manasseh's sins; did not humble himself; assassinated by his own servants
Greatest king since David; discovered the Book of the Law; led mass national reform; turned to God with all his heart (2 Kgs 22–23)
Deposed and bound by Pharaoh Necho at Riblah; taken to Egypt; died there (2 Kgs 23:33)
Burned Jeremiah's scroll; Daniel's 1st deportation to Babylon occurred in his 3rd year (Dan 1:1–4)
2nd deportation; taken to Babylon; released by Evil-merodach after 37 years (2 Kgs 25:27)
Last king of Judah; sons executed before his eyes; eyes put out; taken in bronze shackles to Babylon (2 Kgs 25:7)