(1015 B.C.?) Solomon, David's son and successor, now king over United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, magnified greatly by God. Assembles and addresses congregation and leaders. Procession to Moses' wilderness Tabernacle still at Gibeon. 1,000 burnt offerings. God speaks privately to Solomon that night, permitting a request. Solomon asks for wisdom to judge Israel. God pleased, granted, and that which he did not request (riches, wealth, and honor). Returns to Jerusalem. Amasses great army with many chariots and outposts. Kingdom prospers.

Solomon prepares for Temple construction. Requests aid of father's friend, King Hiram of Tyre. He gladly responds. Workmen selected and numbered: 153,600. Divisions for labor. 3,600 overseers appointed.

(1012 B.C.?) On 2nd day, 2nd month, 4th year of Solomon's reign, Temple construction begins on Mt. Moriah, the threshing-floor purchased from Ornan by David. Temple description and measurements. Graven ornaments of Heavenly things. (Cheribums, etc.) Vail and 2 entrance Pillars (named Jachin and Boaz).

Description continued. (Altar, Sea, 10 Lavers, 10 Candlesticks, 10 Tables, Courts, Doors, Instruments, Pillars, Vessels, etc.) Construction location outside city for quiet and reverence (I Ki.6:7), in the Plain of Jordan between Succoth and Zeredathah.

(1005 B.C.?) Temple completed and furnished. Elders and princes assembled. Ark transferred from tent of David to Temple. Sacrifices offered. Moses' Tabernacle and contents transferred from Gibeon to Jerusalem by Levites. Holy convocation. God's glory fills His house.

(1004 B.C.?) Solomon addresses the congregation. Dedicatory prayer. Covenant and conditions for remission of future transgressions of Israel.

Altar consumed by Heavenly fire. Sacrifices offered by all. Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) extended 7 additional days. Temple work finished, house dedicated for service, and inaugurated. God again makes a night appearance to Solomon. Responding to his earlier prayer, God grants all he requested, with a warning for obedience. Israel will become a byword if they turn away from Him.

(992 B.C.?) After 20 years, Solomon's house and God's house completed. Cities built by Solomon. Remnants of Canaanites pay tribute. Solomon weds daughter of Egyptian Pharaoh (beginning of his end). Solomon makes continual offerings. Priests minister in Temple now completed. Establishes maritime trade association with King Hiram.

Solomon visited by a curious Queen of Sheba bearing many gifts; awed at his wisdom and palatial kingdom. God magnified. Solomon grants her heart's desire. Solomon's annual treasures described. His throne of ivory. Solomon's wealth and wisdom exceeds any other. Nations seek his wisdom. International exchanges. Chariot cities. Solomon, king of kings. Imports great wealth. Solomon's reign recorded in various writings. (Nathan's, Ahijah's, and Iddo's mentioned.) Solomon dies. Son, Rehoboam, succeeds him.

(975 B.C.?) Rehoboam joins Israel in Shechem to be anointed 4th king of United Kingdom of Israel. Jeroboam returns from exile in Egypt. With Israel, appeals to Rehoboam for relief from Solomon's final years of hard rule, outlining the conditions for Israel's loyalty. Rehoboam delays three days, seeking counsel of Solomon's older counselors and his newly appointed contemporaries. Olders' counsel of kingly servitude rejected in favor of his contemporaries' harder than Solomon's rule. Speaks harshly to Israelites. Israel enraged, rejects Rehoboam, splitting with Judah. Rehoboam now first king of Judah. Rehoboam's tribute collector sent to Israel, stoned. Rehoboam flees from Shechem to Jerusalem. Israel now divided into a Southern Kingdom, Judah, consisting of 2 tribes, mostly Judah and the remnants of Benjamin, and a Northern Kingdom, Israel, made up of the remaining 10 tribes of Jacob.

Rehoboam assembles 180,000 warriors from Judah and Benjamin for war against Jeroboam and Israel for realignment. Denied by God through prophet Shemaiah. Judah's cities fortified for defense. Israel's priests and Levites, rejected by Jeroboam for ordination of non-levitical men to serve pagan altars, migrate to Jerusalem and Rehoboam. Israel's pure of heart come as well, strengthening Judah. Rehoboam takes many wives. (18 wives, 60 concubines; 28 sons, 60 daughters) Prefers Abijah (Abijam), his favored son, to be his successor. Family given dwellings throughout Judah.

(972 B.C.?) Rehoboam, secure now, turns away from God's Law. In the 5th year of reign, Shishak of Egypt advances on Rehoboam, capturing many fortified cities. Rehoboam's sin confronted by Shemaiah. Princes and king repent. God promises deliverance, but Judah to serve Egypt. Jerusalem seized and Temple treasures taken to Egypt, replaced only with brass instruments. Rehoboam, age 41 at outset, reigns for 17 years, continuing to do evil after spared from Egypt. Continually at war with Israel. Dies. Son, Abijam, succeeds him.

(958 B.C.?) Abijam, 2nd king of Judah, reigns 3 years. Wars with Jeroboam and Israel. Appeals to Israel from Mt. Ephraim for reconciliation, condemning Jeroboam. Surrounded and ambushed by Jeroboam. God intercedes on behalf of Abijah and Judah. Israel flees. 500,000 slain by Judah, prevailing because of their dependence upon God. Jeroboam's reign diminishes; struck by God and dies. Abijah and Judah grow strong. Obtains many wives. Reign recorded in Iddo's writings.

(955 B.C.?) Abijam dies, succeeded by son Asa, 3rd king of Judah. Returns to God, renews land, refortifies cities, and army restrengthened. Zerah, of Ethiopia, advances on Judah at Mareshah. Outnumbered, Asa calls on God. God responds, injecting Himself against Ethopia. Pursued to Gerar and defeated. Godly fear spreads throughout region. Many spoils taken. Asa returns to Jerusalem.

(941 B.C.?) Prophet Azariah's message of God's blessings when served spoken to Asa returning from victory A stern warning, with Israel seen as an example. Asa responds, purging all Judah and her holdings from idolatry. Assembly gathers in Jerusalem and covenant gladly made for one worship only, to Jehovah, under penalty of death for non-compliance. God gives rest. Asa dethrones mother, Maachah, a Baal worshiper, as Queen. Renews land, restoring worship to God only. Fails to destroy high places of Israel. Peace prevails until his 35th year of reign.

(940 B.C.?) Building up Ramah in his 36th year, Baasha, king of Israel, attempts to cut off access to Asa. Asa sins in seeking league with Syria. Sending gifts, petitions Benhadad to break league with Israel. Syria, accepting, invades Israel. Asa destroys Ramah, using its stones to build Geba and Mizpah. A seer, Hanani, rebukes Asa for league with Syria rather than reliance upon God as before with Ethopia. Angered and unrepentant, Asa imprisons Hanani, becoming hostile toward others. Struck with foot disease in 39th year. Dies in his 40th year, relying upon physicians rather than seeking God.

(914 B.C.?) Son, Jehoshaphat, 4th king of Judah, strengthens against Israel, placing garrisons throughout Judah and at Ephraim. Established by God because he sought Him as David before him. Destroys high places and groves in Judah. Princes and Levites appointed to teach all Judah God's laws. Many nations (including Philistia) fear, bringing gifts. Increases in wealth. Castles and cities built. Mighty men numbered 1,160,000.

(897 B.C.?) Jehoshaphat allys with king Ahab of Israel. Persuaded by Ahab to join in advance on Syria at Ramoth-gilead. Ahab seeks counsel of Israel's false prophets. Zedekiah boastfully prophesies victory. Prophet of God, Micaiah, whom Ahab hated, summoned. After speaking as Ahab wished, pressed for truth. Micaiah reveals his vision of Israel's defeat and Satan's lying spirit in Ahab's false prophets. Zedekiah strikes Micaiah. Micaiah imprisoned. Ahab disguises for battle while Jehoshaphat advised to remain royally attired. Jehoshaphat confused for Ahab by the Syrians. Identified and moved to spare him. Ahab, struck by stray arrow, dies in the evening, after remaining in his chariot throughout the battle.

Upon his return to Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat is rebuked by the seer, Jehu, for his league with Ahab. Rededicates kingdom. Establishes God-fearing judges in Judah, Amariah as chief priest, and Zebadiah as chief ruler. Encourages them in God's ways.

(896 B.C.?) Moabites, in league with Ammon, advance on Judah to Engedi. Jehoshaphat calls for national fast. Judah assembles to seek God's assistance. Jehoshaphat's Temple prayer before the people. God's Spirit speaks through Jahaziel, a Levite, encouraging them with His intervention and their instructions. People assemble as instructed in wilderness of Tekoa, and enemy is slain while they worship. Three days required to take spoils. Assemble and offer thanks in Valley of Berachah. Victory procession into Jerusalem led by Jehoshaphat. Nations fear upon hearing of God's victory. Peace returns. Jehoshaphat age 35 at outset of reign and reigned 25 years. Although he serves God throughout, fails to destroy people's high places of worship. His deeds recorded in the Book of Jehu. Partnership with Ahaziah of Israel for maritime commerce condemned by God and ships wrecked.

(889 B.C.?) Jehoshaphat dies, son, Jehoram, 5th king of Judah. Married to daughter of Ahab, Israel's evil king; purges brothers and many princes as possible threat to his throne. Judah spared because of God's covenant with David. Edom revolts, naming king, but is put down by Jehoram. Libnah also revolts because of his God-forsaken ways. Written message sent from prophet Elijah to Jehoram. Plagues and diseases prophesied. Philistines and Arabians advance on Jerusalem, taking spoils and capturing his wives and children. Youngest, Ahaziah, spared. Jehoshaphat contracts bowel disease as prophesied, dying within 2 years, a despised man, after reigning 8 years from age 32.

(885 B.C.?) Son, Ahaziah (Jehoahaz), age 42, 6th king of Judah, reigns 1 year. Influenced by evil mother (daughter of Ahab) and Ahab's counselors. Joins Israel against Syria. Israel's king, Jehoram, wounded, goes to Jezreel (king's summer home) for recovery. Ahaziah goes as well. Jehu, Jehoram's general, executing God's justice on Ahab's house, accosts and slays Jehoram. Ahaziah slain. Jehoram's kin, coming from Judah, slain as well. Ahaziah's mother seizes throne in Judah, slaying all her grandchildren. Youngest, 1 year old Joash, saved by Jehoshabeath, daughter of king, wife of Jehoiada the high priest. Concealed in Temple six years. Athaliah reigns 6 years as evil queen over Judah.

(878? B.C.?) Under heavy guard, at age 7, Joash anointed 7th king of Judah by Jehoiada. Plot planned by priest for queen's overthrow. Queen, surprised by the Temple's commotion, arrives crying treason. Flees and is caught and slain by horse gate of David's house. Joash reorganizes the kingdom. Ascends David's throne. People greatly rejoice and peace returns to Judah.

Joash grows as a good ruler. Takes wives; sons and daughters born. Orders Temple repaired. Delayed 23 years by priests embezzling contributions. Joash orders no further delay. Collection chest for repairs placed by gate to be collected by Levites. Repairs completed, remainder of money for restoration of vessels. Continual burnt offerings reinstituted by Jehoiada. Grows old and dies. Princes make obeisance to Joash, responsible for great apostasy of king and people. Prophets sent. No response. Zechariah, son of Jehoiada, moved by the Spirit, condemns them. Slain by an ungrateful unrepentant Joash. Small Syrian army advances against Judah with divine assistance, slaying all the princes, and spoils taken by Hazael to Damascus. Joash becomes diseased, spared, and is slain in bed in Millo by his servants. Conspirators named. Joash's deeds recorded in the "Book Of The Kings."

(839 B.C.?) At age 25, son, Amaziah, 8th king of Judah, reigns 29 years good, but with imperfect heart. Slays father's assassins, sparing his children according to Mosaic law. Numbers army, 300,000. Hires 100,000 Israelites. God displeased. After being dismissed with pay, Israelites depart angrily. Judah engages and defeats Edom, slaying many, with 10,000 cast over cliffs. Israelite mercenaries en route home take revenge on Judah for dismissal. Amaziah erects and worships Edomite gods. God angered. Prophet sent to condemn him; prophesies his end. His arrogant summon for Joash, king of Israel, incites them to war. Joash defeats Amaziah, returning him to Jerusalem in dishonor, breaking down its walls and capturing spoils. Amaziah, humiliated, flees to Lachish in response to a conspiracy. Assassinated and returned to Jerusalem for burial.

(810 B.C.?) At age 16, son, Uzziah, 9th king of Judah, reigns 52 years with a heart for God as father. Counseled by Zechariah, a man of visionary understanding. Restores Judah. Wars with Philistines, Arabians, and Mehunims. Ammon pays tribute. Strengthened by God. Many fear. Erects towers at outposts and on city walls. Provides additional wells. Army numbered: 307,500, 2,600 mighty men. Develops war machines. Arrogance leads to sacrilege of burning incense in Temple. Angered at priests' interception. Smitten with leprosy in forehead and barred from Temple. Son, Jotham, co-judges Judah in his stead. Uzziah dies. Deeds recorded in prophet Amos' recordings.

(758 B.C.?) At age 25, Jotham, 10th king of Judah, reigns 16 years with a heart toward God as father, yet absent from Temple service, as father in last years. Builds mountainous cities and castles. Wars against Ammon. Ammon pays tribute. Magnified in his ways before God. Deeds recorded in the "Book Of Kings." Dies.

(741 B.C.?) Son, Ahaz, age 20, 11th king of Judah, reigns 16 years, forsaking God as Israel's kings. Offers children as burnt sacrifices to Molech in the Valley of Hinnom. Delivered by God into Syrian's hands for judgment, with many being taken captive to Damascus. Israel also defeats Judah, taking spoils and many captive to Samaria. Prophet Oded sent to rebuke army. Elders unite against army, demanding Judean captives and spoils released. After being treated kindly by Israelite princes, captives were returned to Judah at Jericho. After Edom and Philistia strike Judah for Ahaz's judgment, he seeks league with Assyria for defense. Assyria advances on Judah. Treasures given by Ahaz to Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria fail to gain favorable treatment. Ahaz sins greater, committing idolatry in Damascus. Closes Temple to worship in Jerusalem. Temple vessels destroyed. Erected high places for pagan worship, provoking God. His deeds recorded in the Kings' Book. Dies.

(726 B.C.?) At age 25, son, Hezekiah, 12th king of Judah, reigns 29 years, doing right before God as David. Reopens Temple. Priests restored to service. Levites sanctified, cleanse Temple 16 days, sanctifying it on the 8th. Report such to king. Hezekiah enters Temple, making sin atonement for all Israel. Singers reinstated. Congregational worship. Freewill offering by the people. Sanctified priests few in number, sanctify Levites pure of heart for assistance in burnt offerings. Temple service restored with much rejoicing.

Universal call sent to all Israel for attendance at Passover reinstituted. Hezekiah's message. Israel mockingly rejects call. Some respond. Passover observed 2nd month, 14th day. Congregation large, some unsanctified but pure of heart, prayed for by king and accepted by God for participation. People healed of heart for observance. Offerings with great rejoicing and Levites' praise heard in Heaven.

(726 B.C.?) Judah purged of idolatry. Images, groves, and high places destroyed. Priests' and king's courses appointed. Required offerings from Law reestablished. Tithes in abundance. Officers appointed for their distribution. Hezekiah's sincerity of heart in work is blessed.

(713 B.C.?) Sennacherib of Assyria greedily advances on prosperous Judah. Cities besieged. Waters' flow from city fountains cut off to Assyrians by Hezekiah. Strengthens Jerusalem for defense. Encourages the people. Assyria besieges Lachish, sending message in Hebrew to Jerusalem for submission. Assailing God, blasphemous letters sent from Sennacherib to Hezekiah. Hezekiah prays with the prophet Isaiah. God angered, defeating Assyria Himself with angel. Sennacherib returns to Nineveh in disgrace and slain by own sons. International gifts brought to Hezekiah. Hezekiah, deathly ill, prays and is given extended life of 15 years with accompanying sign. Becomes arrogant and ungrateful. God sends his wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem. Hezekiah humbly repents, is forgiven, and continues to prosper. Babylon chosen by God for Hezekiah's testing. His deeds recorded in Hebrew writings. Dies and buried with great honor.

(698 B.C.?) At age 12, son, Manasseh, 13th king of Judah, reigns 55 years, departing from God into gross idolatry, rebuilding high places for pagan sacrifices. Sacrifices children, desecrates Temple, does much evil, leading Judah into sin greater than Canaanites driven out after the Exodus. Rejects God's call. Assyria brought against him, carrying him bound to Babylon. There prays and God hears, delivering him back to Jerusalem. Purges Judah of idolatry. Offers sacrifices and thanksgiving to God, ordering Judah to worship only Jehovah. People continue to use high places. Deeds and prayer recorded in various books. Dies. At age 22, son, Amon, 14th king of Judah, reigns 2 years, committing gross sins as father at outset, failing in father's latter day humility. Slain by his servants in a conspiracy. Conspirators slain by the people.

(634 B.C.?) At age 8, son, Josiah, 15th king of Judah, reigns 31 years; walked in the ways of David. Purged Judah of idolatry. Fulfills prophecy of 300 years earlier ( II Ki.23:20). Orders Temple repaired and restored. Work faithfully discharged. Book of Moses' Law found during cleaning, read aloud to king. Josiah's eyes opened to Judah and Israel's sin and current condition. Repents. Seeks God's will for self and Judah. Prophetess Huldah consulted and informs him Judah will suffer the curses in Moses' Law, but he will be spared for now. Assembles elders. Law read before congregation. Covenant of God's Law reestablished.

(623 B.C.?) Passover kept as Law instructed. Ark restored to Temple by Levites. Priestly service continued. Necho of Egypt advances on Hittite capital of Charchemish at the Euphrates. Josiah unwisely goes out against him Fails to be warned away at God's direction by Necho. Wounded by archers, dies in Jerusalem. Jeremiah and all Judah mourn him. His deeds recorded in the Kings' Book.

(610 B.C.?) At age 23, son, Jehoahaz, 16th king of Judah, reigns 3 months before being subdued and taken captive into Egypt. At age 25, brother, Eliakim (Jehoikim), appointed 17th king of Judah by Egypt, reigns 11 years, departing from God. Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon brought against him, taking spoils and first captives with king into Babylon. At age 8, son, Jehoiachin, appointed 18th king of Judah by Babylon, reigns 3 months, 10 days, doing much evil. Taken also with spoils in 2nd captivity to Babylon. At age 21, brother, Zedekiah, appointed 19th and final king of Judah by Babylon, reigning 11 Godless years. Jeremiah prophesies in Jerusalem against him. Rebels against Babylon. Temple polluted by remnants of Judah, including idolatrous priests. Many messengers sent by God to no avail; mocked. God's anger now total against Judah's evil now full, bringing Babylon in final judgment against them. Jerusalem besieged. Many slain; spoils and Judah taken in final captivity into Babylon (586 B.C.). Temple burned, walls destroyed, city razed. God's warning fulfilled. Total captivity 70 years. Cyrus, king of Persia, moved by God to restore Judah and house of God in Jerusalem.