2 Kings 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
List of the Kings of Israel |
Kings of Israel | Dynasty | Faith | Years | Date* | Books of Kings | Book of Chr |
Jeroboam I | Yes | Evil | 22 | 930-909 BC | I Kings 12:19 | II Chr 10:2 |
Nadab | | Evil | 2 | 909-908 BC | I Kings 15:25 | |
Baasha | Yes | Evil | 24 | 908-885 BC | I Kings 15:27 | |
Elah | | Evil | 2 | 884-884 BC | I Kings 16:8 | |
Zimri | | Evil | 7 Days | 884 BC | I Kings 16:9 | |
Omri | Yes | Evil | 12 | 884-881 BC | I Kings 16:17 | |
Ahab | | Evil | 22 | 873-852 BC | I Kings 16:29 | II Chr 18:1 |
Ahaziah | | Evil | 2 | 852-851 BC | I Kings 22:40 | |
Jehoram | | Evil | 12 | 851-841 BC | II Kings 3:1 | II Chr 22:7 |
Jehu | Yes | Evil | 28 | 841-814 BC | II Kings 9:2 | II Chr 22:7 |
Jehoahaz | | Evil | 17 | 814-798 BC | II Kings 13:1 | |
Joash | | Evil | 16 | 798-782 BC | II Kings 13:10 | II Chr 25:7 |
Jeroboam II | | Evil | 41 | 782-745 BC | II Kings 14:16 | |
Zachariah | | Evil | 6 Months | 745 BC | II Kings 14:29 | |
Shallum | | Evil | 1 Month | 745 BC | II Kings 15:10 | |
Menahem | Yes | Evil | 10 | 745-736 BC | II Kings 15:14 | |
Pekahiah | | Evil | 2 | 736-735 BC | II Kings 15:22 | |
Pekah | | Evil | 20 | 735-732 BC | II Kings 15:25 | |
Hoshea | | Evil | 9 | 732-724 BC | II Kings 15:30 | |
Assyrian Captivity | | | | 722 BC | II Kings 17:1 | |
The Kings of Israel reigned from 930 BC - 722 BC (208 years) and were all evil |
*Exact dates are uncertain and may vary |
The kings of the northern kingdom of Israel were all evil. They followed in the ways of the first king Jeroboam I who was an idol worshipper. God finally cast them out of His sight, the Assyrians deported them away in 722 BC.
2 Kings 17:13 - Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, [and by] all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.