Kingdom of Judah

Rulers recorded so far

This is not a complete king list. Only rulers reached by research so far are shown.

Researched events

• The earthquake in the days of Uzziah
• Nebuchadnezzar's campaign against Jerusalem in Jehoiakim's third year (Dan 1:1–2)
• The word to Jeremiah in Jehoiakim's fourth year, Nebuchadnezzar's first (Jer 25:1–14)
• Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem, Nisan of his twentieth year (Neh 2:1–8)
• Cyrus's proclamation permitting the return and the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 1; 6:3–5)
• The rebuilt Temple completed on 3 Adar of Darius's sixth year (Ezra 6:15)
• Darius I confirms Cyrus's decree and orders the Temple completed (Ezra 6:1–12)
• Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra in his seventh year (Ezra 7)
• Nebuchadnezzar installs Mattaniah as King Zedekiah (2 Kgs 24:17–20)
• Evil-merodach (Amēl-Marduk) releases Jehoiachin (561 BC)
• Gedaliah governs from Mizpah and is assassinated (2 Kgs 25:22–26)
• Jehoiakim submits to Nebuchadnezzar for three years, then rebels (2 Kgs 24:1–4)
• The breach of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's capture at Riblah (9/IV of Zedekiah's 11th year)
• The final siege of Jerusalem begins (10/X of Zedekiah's ninth year)
• Capture of Jerusalem and deportation of Jehoiachin (March 597 BC)
• Nebuzaradan burns the Temple and Jerusalem (5th month of Nebuchadnezzar's 19th year)
• Death of Jehoiakim and the three-month reign of Jehoiachin (2 Kgs 24:5–9)
• Necho II deposes Jehoahaz and installs Jehoiakim (609 BC)
• The deportation of Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year (Jer 52:30)
• Cyrus returns the Temple vessels to Sheshbazzar; the first return (Ezra 1:5–11)
• The Passover of Josiah's eighteenth year
• Josiah desecrates Jeroboam's altar at Bethel and the high places of Samaria
• Temple repairs and the finding of the book of the law (Josiah's 18th year)
• Josiah's covenant and the purge of Jerusalem and Judah
• Josiah killed at Megiddo by Necho II (609 BC)
• Josiah's delegation consults Huldah the prophetess
• Josiah seeks God (8th year) and begins to purge Judah and Israel (12th year) — Chronicles
• The altar rebuilt in Jerusalem and the Feast of Booths kept (Ezra 3:1–7)
• The return of the exiles with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; the list of returnees (Ezra 2)
• The foundation of the Second Temple laid (Ezra 3:8–13)
• Tattenai governor of Beyond the River inquires and writes to Darius (Ezra 5:3–17)
• Haggai and Zechariah stir the people; the Temple work resumes (Darius's second year, 520 BC)
• Opposition from the people of the land; the Temple work ceases until Darius's second year (Ezra 4:1–5, 24)
• Accusations to Ahasuerus and the Rehum–Shimshai letter to Artaxerxes; the city's rebuilding stopped (Ezra 4:6–23)
• The returned exiles keep the Passover after the Temple's dedication (Ezra 6:19–22)
• Haggai's oracles of 24/IX, Darius year 2: "from this day I will bless you"; Zerubbabel the signet
• Haggai's oracle on the latter glory of the house (21/VII, Darius year 2)
• Zechariah's first oracle: the call to return (8th month, Darius year 2)
• Zechariah's night visions (24 Shebat, Darius year 2; Zech 1:7–6:8)
• Crowns made from the exiles' gifts and set on Joshua; the oracle of the Branch (Zech 6:9–15)
• The Bethel delegation and the question of fasting; Zechariah's answer (4/IX, Darius year 4)
• Ezra's caravan from the Ahava to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:7–10; 8)
• The mixed-marriages crisis: Ezra's confession, the assembly in the rain (20/IX) and the commission (Ezra 9–10)
• Nehemiah arrives, inspects the walls by night and calls for rebuilding (Neh 2:9–20)
• Hanani's report at Susa and Nehemiah's prayer (Chislev, Artaxerxes's 20th year)
• The rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall and gates, section by section (Neh 3)
• Mockery, threats and the armed builders (Neh 4)
• The debt crisis and the remission of pledges (Neh 5:1–13)
• Plots against Nehemiah: Ono, the open letter, Shemaiah (Neh 6:1–14)
• Nehemiah's first governorship: twelve years, 20th–32nd year of Artaxerxes (445–433 BC)
• The wall completed on 25 Elul after fifty-two days (Neh 6:15–19)
• Jerusalem guarded under Hanani and Hananiah; the registry of the first returnees found (Neh 7:1–5)
• Ezra reads the Law on the first day of the seventh month (Neh 7:73b–8:12)
• The Feast of Booths kept "as it is written" (Neh 8:13–18)
• The sealed covenant to keep the law and support the temple (Neh 9:38–10:39)
• The fast of the twenty-fourth day and the Levites' confession (Neh 9)
• Nehemiah's return and second-term reforms (Neh 13:4–31)
• Jerusalem repopulated: one in ten by lot (Neh 11)
• The dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:27–13:3)
• The priestly and Levitical registers to the days of Jaddua (Neh 12:1–26)
• The first "burden" of Zechariah 9–11 (undated oracle collection)
• The second "burden" of Zechariah 12–14 (undated oracle collection)
• Malachi's disputations with priests and people (Mal 1–4; undated, mid-fifth century BC)