Unlike Judah, Israel had no truly good kings. Every king is evaluated negatively in Scripture because they departed from the worship of the LORD.

1. Jeroboam I

Reign: c. 931 to 910 BC
Type: Bad king
(Established golden calves at Dan and Bethel, changed feast days, led Israel into idolatry)

2. Nadab

Reign: c. 910 to 909 BC
Type: Bad king
(Continued sins of Jeroboam, assassinated)

3. Baasha

Reign: c. 909 to 886 BC
Type: Bad king
(Murdered house of Jeroboam, continued calf worship, rejected God’s warning)

4. Elah

Reign: c. 886 to 885 BC
Type: Bad king
(Drunkenness, idolatry, assassinated by Zimri)

5. Zimri

Reign: 885 BC (7 days)
Type: Bad king
(Murdered king, short reign, committed suicide)

6. Omri

Reign: c. 885 to 874 BC
Type: Very bad king
(Strengthened idolatry, founded Samaria, institutionalized evil)

7. Ahab

Reign: c. 874 to 853 BC
Type: Extremely wicked
(Baal worship, married Jezebel, persecuted prophets, Naboth’s murder)

8. Ahaziah

Reign: c. 853 to 852 BC
Type: Bad king
(Consulted Baal-zebub, rejected the Lord, died childless)

9. Jehoram (Joram)

Reign: c. 852 to 841 BC
Type: Bad king
(Removed Baal pillar but retained calf worship, moral compromise)

10. Jehu

Reign: c. 841 to 814 BC
Type: Mixed but ultimately bad
(Destroyed Baal worship violently, but retained golden calves, incomplete obedience)

11. Jehoahaz

Reign: c. 814 to 798 BC
Type: Bad king
(Idolatry, oppressed by Syria, partial repentance)

12. Jehoash (Joash)

Reign: c. 798 to 782 BC
Type: Bad king
(Continued calf worship, temporary military success)

13. Jeroboam II

Reign: c. 793 to 753 BC
Type: Bad king
(Expanded territory, great prosperity, but deep moral and spiritual corruption)

14. Zechariah

Reign: 753 BC (6 months)
Type: Bad king
(Continued Jeroboam’s sins, assassinated)

15. Shallum

Reign: 752 BC (1 month)
Type: Bad king
(Murdered predecessor, assassinated)

16. Menahem

Reign: c. 752 to 742 BC
Type: Very bad king
(Extreme cruelty, murdered civilians, bought Assyrian protection)

17. Pekahiah

Reign: c. 742 to 740 BC
Type: Bad king
(Idolatry, assassinated by Pekah)

18. Pekah

Reign: c. 740 to 732 BC
Type: Bad king
(Rebelled against Assyria, led Israel into destruction)

19. Hoshea

Reign: c. 732 to 722 BC
Type: Bad king
(Rebelled against Assyria, imprisoned, kingdom destroyed)

The End of the Northern Kingdom

In 722 BC, Assyria conquered Samaria and deported Israel.

“This came upon the children of Israel, because they had sinned against the LORD their God.”
2 Kings 17:7, KJV

Israel’s fall was not political accident but spiritual collapse. Despite warnings from prophets like Elijah, Elisha, Amos, and Hosea, the nation refused repentance.

Key Contrast with Judah

• Israel: 19 kings, all bad, no revival, no repentance, destroyed permanently

• Judah: Mix of good and bad kings, preserved Davidic line, Messiah promised