kings of Judah

kings who ruled in Judah after David.

Name	son of	Good	Evil	Chapters
Solomon	son of David	1Kings3 10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 1Kings11 4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. 7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods. 9 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.		1Kings1–11 1Chron28,29 2Chron1–9
Rehoboam He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name.	son of Solomon mother:Naamah; she was an Ammonite.	2Chron12 1 After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD. 2 Because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. 6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.” 12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah. 14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD.		1Kings12:1–24 1Kings14:21–31 2Chron10,11,12
Abijah In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years.	son of Rehoboam mother: Maakah daughter of Abishalom.	1Kings15 3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.		1Kings15:1–8 2Chron13
Asa In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years.	son of Abijah grandmother: Maakah daughter of Abishalom.	1Kings15:9 11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. 2Chron14 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 2Chron16 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” 10 Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians.		1Kings15:9–24 2Chron14,15,16
Jehoshaphat He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years.	son of Asa mother:Azubah daughter of Shilhi	2Chron17 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals 4 but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. 5 The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. 6 His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah. 2Chron19 2 Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is on you. 3 There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God.” 2Chron20 32 He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.		1Kings22 2Chron17,18,19,20
Jehoram He was 32 years old when he became king and reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He was the firstborn son.	son of Jehoshaphat	2Chron21 6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 4 When Jehoram established himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. 12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah. But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you. So now the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow.		2Kings8:16–24 2Chron21
Ahaziah He was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. He was the youngest son.	son of Jehoram mother:Athaliah	2Chron22 3 He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 4 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. 7 Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall.		2Kings8:25–29 2Kings9:23, 27–29 2Chron22
Athaliah She ruled for six years after the death of her son Ahaziah. Jehosheba, the daughter of king Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of king Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him.	mother of Ahaziah; granddaughter of Omri king of Israel	2Chron22 3 He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah.		2Kings11 2Chron22:2, 10–12 2Chron23
Joash Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years.	son of Ahaziah mother:Zibiah;she was from Beersheba	2Chron24 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest. 17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 18 They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God’s anger came on Judah and Jerusalem. 19 Although the LORD sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.” 25 When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.		2Kings12 2Chron24
Amaziah He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.	son of Joash mother:Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem	2Chron25 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly. 14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them. 15 The anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you consult this people’s gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?” 20 Amaziah, however, would not listen, for God so worked that he might deliver them into the hands of Jehoash, because they sought the gods of Edom. 27 From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, they conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.		2Kings14 2Chron25
Uzziah or Azariah He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years.	son of Amaziah mother:Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem	2Chron26 4 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. 5 He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success. 16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD’s temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead. 21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house—leprous, and banned from the temple of the LORD.		2Kings15:1–7 2Chron26
Jotham He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.	son of Uzziah mother:Jerusha daughter of Zadok	2Chron27 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the LORD. 6 Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the LORD his God.		2Kings15:32–38 2Chron27
Ahaz He was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.	son of Jotham	2Chron28 Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD. 2 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. 22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD. 25 In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of his ancestors.		2Kings16 2Chron28
Hezekiah He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.	son of Ahaz mother:Abijah daughter of Zechariah	2Chron29 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. 2Chron31 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. 2Chron32 25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the LORD’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah. 31 But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart.		2Kings18,19,20 2Chron29,30,31,32
Manasseh He was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.	son of Hezekiah mother:Hephzibah	2Kings21 2 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 10 The LORD said through his servants the prophets: 11 “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols. 12 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. 16 Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the LORD. 2Chron33 9 But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. 10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11 So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. 12 In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.		2Kings21:1–18 2Chron33:1–20
Amon He was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.	son of Manassseh mother: Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.	2Kings21 20 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. 21 He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them. 22 He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him. 2Chron33 23 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt.		2Kings21:19–26 2Chron33:21–24
Josiah He was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.	son of Amon son of Manassseh mother:Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath	2Kings22 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. 2Kings23 25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses. 2Chron34 33 And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. 2Kings23 26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to arouse his anger. 27 So the LORD said, “I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’ ” 2Chron35 22 Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.		2Kings22 2Kings23:1–30 2Chron34 2Chron35
Jehoahaz He was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.	son of Josiah mother:Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.	2Kings23 32 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as his predecessors had done.		2Kings23:31–34 2Chron36:1–4
Jehoiakim Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.   Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim.	son of Josiah mother:Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.	2Kings23 37 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his predecessors had done.		2Kings23:34–37 2Kings24:1–6 2Chron36:5–8
Jehoiachin He was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.	son of Jehoiakim son of Josiah mother:Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.	2Kings24 9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.		2Kings24:8–17 2Chron36:9,10
Zedekiah He became king at the age of twenty-one, and he reigned eleven years. Uncle of Jehoiachin or Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim. king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.	son of Josiah mother:Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah 1Chron3:15 brothers: Johanan or Jehoahaz, Eliakim or Jehoiakim, Shallum.	2Chron36 12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel. 2Kings24 19 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 20 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence.		2Kings24:17–20 2Kings25:1–7 2Chron36:11–14