Kings Flashcards
Kings of Judah 2 - 10st
Jotham: Regent, later King; son of Uzziah.
Ahaz: Son of Jotham.
Hezekiah: Son of Ahaz; husband of Hephzi-Bah.
Manasseh: Son of Hezekiah and Hephzi-Bah.
Amon: Son of Manasseh.
Josiah (or Josias): Son of Amon.
Jehoahaz (or Joahaz): Son of Josiah.
Jehoiakim: Son of Josiah.
Jehoiachin: Son of Jehoiakim.
Zedekiah: Son of Josiah; kingdom overthrown by Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar
Kings of Judah 1 - 10st
Rehoboam: First King.
Abijah (or Abijam or Abia): Son of Rehoboam.
Asa: Probably son of Abijah.
Jehoshaphat: Son of Asa.
Jehoram (or Joram): Son of Jehoshaphat; husband of Athaliah.
Ahaziah: Son of Jehoram and Athaliah.
Athaliah: Daughter of King Ahab of Israel and Jezebel; wife of Jehoram; only queen to occupy the throne of Judah.
Joash (or Jehoash): Son of Ahaziah.
Amaziah: Son of Joash.
Uzziah (or Azariah): Son of Amaziah.
Assyriska Kungar
Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) A cruel warrior king, he made Assyria into the most fierce fighting machine of ancient world.
Shalmaneser III (859-824 BC) His reign was marked by almost constant war. He was the first Assyrian king to invade Israel. King Ahab fought against him, and King Jehu paid him tribute in 841 BC. Two of his monuments name rulers from Old Tesatment: The Black Obelisk names Jehu son of Omri. The Kurkh Monolith names King Ahab, in reference to the Battle of Qarqar.
Shamsi-Adad V (824-811 BC) Most of his reign was focused on Babylonia and his own internal conflicts.
Adad-nirari III (811-783 BC) He was quite young when taking the throne. For the first five years of his reign, his mother Shammuramat was highly influential, and acted as regent.
Shalmaneser IV (783-772 BC) Very little information about his reign has survived.
Assur-dan III (772-755 BC) Succeeded his brother Shalmaneser IV. The little information about this ruler reveals Assyria being in a period of decline.
Assur-nirari V (755-745 BC) Succeeded his brother Assur-dan III. There is very little information about his reign. The king of Urartu boasted of a victory over this king of Assyria in an inscription.
Tiglath-Pileser III (Pul) (745-727 BC) Seized the throne from Assur-nirari V. He restored Assyria to a major world power. He is the “Pul” mentioned in the Bible and the one who began to destroy Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He carried many away into captivity. This captivity is mentioned in his own inscriptions, the Babylonian Chronicle. Biblical records describe how Tiglath-Pileser III exacted 1,000 talents of silver as tribute from King Menahem (2 Kings 15:19) and later defeated his successor Pekah (2 Kings 15:29). Pekah had allied with Rezin, king of the Arameans against Ahaz (King of Judah), who responded by appealing for the Assyrian monarch’s help with the Temple gold and silver. Tiglath-Pileser answered swiftly. He first marched his army down the eastern Mediterranean coast, taking coastal cities all the way to Egypt. This cut off his enemies’ access to the sea. Once this was achieved, he returned to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, destroyed their army, and deported their people (1 Chronicles 5:26). He then installed an Israelite puppet king, Hoshea in the place of Pekah.
Shalmaneser V (727-722 BC) He besieged Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The city’s fall ended the northern Kingdom of Israel, and nearly thirty thousand Israelites were deported and resettled across the Assyrian Empire. This specific resettlement resulted in the famous loss of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
Sargon II (722-705 BC) He completed the destruction of Samaria and the captivity of Israel. He was also famous for his magnificent palace with his colossal winged guardians.
Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.) He was the most famous of the Assyrian kings. He mentions the name of Hezekiah on his prism during his war campaigns, he claimed to have “Hezekiah captured in his own royal city (Jerusalem) like a caged bird.” His army was defeated at the gates of Jerusalem by the Angel of the Lord. Sennacherib returned to Nineveh and was killed violently by his own son. He also conquered Babylon.
Esar-haddon (681-669 BC) He rebuilt Babylon, invaded and conquered Egypt by crossing over the Sinai Desert with Arab camels carrying water for his army, and was one of Assyria’s greatest kings. He died fighting Egypt.
Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC) He destroyed the Thebes in Egypt and created the first systematically organized library, a collection of over 30,000 clay tablets. He is considered the last great king of Assyria.
Ashur-etil-ilani (631-627 BC) It was under his reign that the Assyrian Empire fell.
Northern Kings 2 - 9st
Jehoahaz (or Joahaz): Son of Jehu.
Jehoash (or Joash): Son of Jehoahaz.
Jeroboam Il: Son of Jehoash.
Zechariah: Son of Jeroboam II.
Shallum: Overthrew Zechariah.
Menahem: Overthrew Shallum.
Pekahiah: Son of Menahem.
Pekah: Overthrew Pekahiah.
Hoshea: Overthrew Pekah; kingdom overthrown by Assyrians under Sargon II.
Northern Kings 1 - 10st
Jeroboam I: Led secession of Israel.
Nadab: Son of Jeroboam I.
Baasha: Overthrew Nadab.
Elah: Son of Baasha.
Zimri: Overthrew Elah.
Omri: Overthrew Zimri.
Ahab: Son of Omri; husband of Jezebel.
Ahaziah: Son of Ahab.
Jehoram (or Joram): Son of Ahab.
Jehu: Overthrew Jehoram.
Persiska kungar
Cyros
Babyloniska kungar
