Kings of Israel and Judah

(Italics indicate a disputedreign or non-royal title) The article deals with the biblical and historical kings of the Land of Israel—Abimelech of Sichem, the three kings of the United Kingdom of Israel and those of its successor states, Israel and Judah, followed in the Second Temple period, part of classical antiquity, by the kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties.

[1] In contemporary scholarship, the united monarchy is debated, due to a lack of archaeological evidence for it.

[2][3][4][5] According to the Bible, the Tribes of Israel lived as a confederation under ad hoc charismatic leaders called judges.

David ben Yishai, Melekh Yisra'el Shelomo ben David, Melekh Yisra'el Rechav'am ben Shlomo, Melekh Yehudah After Rehoboam reigned three years,[7] the United Kingdom of Israel was divided in two – the northern Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, with its capital, first in Shechem, then Penuel, Tirzah, and finally Samaria, and ruled by a series of dynasties beginning with Jeroboam; and the southern Kingdom of Judah with its capital still in Jerusalem and ruled by the House of David.

[10] Amongst kings of Judah, five of them are judged to have acted good throughout their reign: Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jotham, Hezekiah, and Josiah, whereas Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah and Manasseh are all described as kings who acted good as well as bad during their reign.