The Kings List

 

Kings of ISRAEL

- Kingdoms of ISRAEL and JUDAH -

 

House of Shaul

King	Years (Jewish / b.c.e.)
Sha'ul	2710-2750 / 1050-1010
Ishboshet	(reigned for a short time only over the Northern Tribes)

House of David

Kings	Years (Jewish / b.c.e.)
David	2750-2790 / 1010-970
Shlomoh	2790-2830 / 970-930

Israel and Judah become two kingdoms. Rehav'am, son of Shlomoh, reigned over the whole nation for a very brief period, because the Northern Tribes separated definitively from the Southern ones. The Northern Tribes took the official name of Israel, while the Southern ones were identified with Judah. The Kingdom of Judah kept Jerusalem, that King David established as the capital city, and had only the Davidic dynasty reigning. The Kingdom of Israel settled the capital at Tirtzah, but then it was moved to the newly built Shomeron (Samaria). The Kingdom of Israel had nine different "dynasties" (of which the longest had only five kings, other had four kings, three had two kings and four were just one king only). This unusual way of being a kingdom contrasts with the stability of the Davidic family on the throne of Jerusalem, that granted the Kingdom of Judah a longer resistence against their enemies; in fact, Judah survived the deportation of Israel for 135 years, and kept a major unity even in exile. The Israel dynasties are shown in the following list with different colours.

 

Kings of Judah		Kings of Israel
House of David
Rehavam Aviyam Asa Yehoshafat Yehoram Achazyahu (Yeho'achaz)		Yarov’am I Nadav Ba’asha Elah Zimri Omri / Tivni Omri Achav Achazyah Yehoram
Atalyah (usurper queen) Yeho'ash Amatzyahu Uzziyahu (Azaryahu) Yotam Achaz Hitzkiyahu Menasheh Amon Yoshiyahu Yeho'achaz Elyakim (Yehoyakim) under sovereignity of Nebukhadnetzar, king of Babylon   Yehoyakin (Yekhonyahu) under sovereignity of Nebukhadnetzar, king of Babylon   Matanyahu (Tzidkiyahu) under sovereignity of Nebukhadnetzar, king of Babylon ~ End of the Kingdom of Judah Destruction of Jerusalem Exile in Babylon ~		Yehu Yeho'achaz Yeho'ash Yarov'am II Zekharyah Shallum Menachem Pekahyah Pekach Hoshea ~ End of the Kingdom of Israel Exile in Assyrian colonies ~ The deportation of the Northern Kingdom was gradually performed by Tiglat-pileser III, king of Assyria, who sent to exile the Tribes settled in the East of the Yarden, and then also the population of Galil. Some years later, ShalmaneserV and SargonII carried on the final deportation, and peoples from other subdued kingdoms were resettled in the land of Israel. ~

 

History of Judah and Israel

 

Kings of SHEVA

 

Period		Years (Jewish / b.c.e.; c.e.)				Comments
Kushitic		until 2560 / 1200 b.c.e				Kushite tribes settle in Yemen
Early Sabean		2560-3060 / 1200-700 b.c.e.				There are no official records of this period. Semitic kingdoms of Arabia were usually ruled by queens. Queen of Sheva makes a trading agreement with Israel - Sabean states ruled by "Mukarribs"

 

Kings	Years (Jewish / b.c.e.)
The Queen of Sheva	~ 2770 / 950 ~

Period		Years (Jewish / b.c.e.; c.e.)				Comments
Ancient Sabean		3060-3650 / 700-110 b.c.e.				The Mukarribs replaced by kings - Two Sabean kings mentioned in Assyrian chronicles: Yati'amar and Kariba'ilu

 

Kings	Years (Jewish / b.c.e. - c.e.)
Samah'ali	~ 2970 / ~ 750
Yada'il Dharih
Yati'amar I (Ithamar)
Yada'il Bayn I
Yati'amar II
Kariba'il Bayn I
Dhamar'ali Watar
Samah'ali Yanif I
Yati'amar Bayn I
Kariba'il Watar I	~ 3270 / ~ 450
Samah'ali Dharih
Kariba'il Watar II
Il Sharah I
Yada' I
Yakrib
Yathi'
Kariba'il Watar III
Samah
Il Sharah II
Dhamar
Yada' II
Dhamar
Kariba'il Watar IV
Il Karib Yuhan'im
Kariba'il Watar V
Wahb-il
Anmar Yuhan'im
Dhamar'ali Dharih I
Nash'a Karib Yuhamin
Nasir Yuhan'im
Wahb-il Yahuz
Kariba'il Watar Yuhan'im
Yarim Ayman I	~ 3680-3700 / ~ 80-60
'Alhan Nahfan
Far'um Yanhab
Yarim Ayman II	~ 3725-3735 / ~ 35-25
Sha'irum Awtar
Yazil Bayn
Himyarite Kingdom
Il'asharah Yahdub	~ 3740 / ~ 20 b.c.e.
Nash'a Karib Yamin Yuharhib
Watar Yuhamin
Yasir Yuhasdiq
Dhamar'ali Yuhabir I
Tharan Ya'ubb Yuhan'im
Dhamar'ali Yuhabir II
Dhamar'ali Bayn
Kariba'il Watar VI
Halk'amar
Dhamar'ali Dharih II
Yada'il Watar	~ 3960 / ~ 200 c.e.
Al-Adhdh Nawfan Yuhasdiq	~ 4005 / ~ 245
Yasir Yuhan'im
Shamir Yuhar'ish
Yarim Yarhab
Ela'amidah (of Axum)	4100-4138 / 340-378
Malik Karib Yuhamin	4138-4145 / 378-385
Ab Karib As'ad	4145-4180 / 385-420
Waraw'amar Ayman	4180-4185 / 420-425
Sharah'bil Ya'fur
Ma'ad Karib
'Abd-Kilal
Sharah'bil Yakuf	4224-... / 464-...
Na'uf
Lahi 'Athra Yanuf
Marthad'ilan Yanuf	4256-... / 496-...
Ma'ad Karib Ya'fur
Yusuf Ash'ar Dhu Nuwas	4275-4285 / 515-525
Sumu Yafa' Ashwa'	4285-4293 / 525-533
End of the Kingdom of Sheva Overwhelmed by Ethiopians, then ruled by Persians and since 4391 / 631 c.e. under the Arab rule, what marked the definitive ruin of the ancient Yemenite civilization.

 

History of Sheva

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