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    Chart: Prophets and Kings of Judah and of Israel (Part 2)

    Kings of the Southern Kingdom (Continued)

    777 B.C.E.

    Jotham: 16 years

    762

    Ahaz: 16 years

    746

    Hezekiah: 29 years

    716

    Manasseh: 55 years

    661

    Amon: 2 years

    659

    Josiah: 31 years

    628

    Jehoahaz: 3 months

    Jehoiakim: 11 years

    618

    Jehoiachin: 3 months, 10 days

    617

    Zedekiah: 11 years

    607

    Jerusalem and its temple are destroyed by the invading Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar. Zedekiah, the last earthly king in the Davidic line, is dethroned

    Kings of the Northern Kingdom (Continued)

    c. 803 B.C.E.

    Zechariah: recorded reign of only 6 months

    Zechariah began to reign in some sense, but evidently the kingship was not fully confirmed as his until c. 792

    c. 791

    Shallum: 1 month

    Menahem: 10 years

    c. 780

    Pekahiah: 2 years

    c. 778

    Pekah: 20 years

    c. 758

    Hoshea: 9 years from c. 748

    c. 748

    It seems that Hoshea’s rule became fully established or possibly received the backing of the Assyrian monarch Tiglath-pileser III in c. 748

    740

    Assyria conquers Samaria, subjugates Israel; northern ten-tribe kingdom of Israel comes to its end

    • List of Prophets

    • Isaiah

    • Micah

    • Zephaniah

    • Jeremiah

    • Nahum

    • Habakkuk

    • Daniel

    • Ezekiel

    • Obadiah

    • Hosea