Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Israel's Kings and America's Presidents

Washington, and he was also a head taller than most other Americans were. In Saul's time, there were thirteen tribes and, in George Washington's time, there were thirteen colonies. Both Saul and Washington were hesitant to accept their offices. Scripture records that, beginning with King Saul to the time of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity, a total of forty-two kings ruled in Israel. A list of these forty-two kings follows: The Three Monarch Kings 1. Saul, 40 years 2. David, 40 years 3. Solomon, 40 years After the death of Solomon, the kingdom was divided between the north and the south. There were 19 northern and 20 southern kings, until the time that Babylon invaded Israel and destroyed Jerusalem along with the Temple. Here is a list of kings from the northern and southern kingdom of Israel: The Northern Kingdom The Southern Kingdom l. Jeroboam

22 years 2 years 24 years 2 years 7 days 12 years 22 years 2 years 12 years 28 years 17 years 16 years 41 years 6 months 1 month 10 years

1. Rehoboam 2. Abijam 3. Asa 4. Jehoshaphat

17 years 3 years 41 years 25 years 8 years 1 years 6 years 40 years 29 years 52 years 16 years 16 years 28 years 55 years 2 years 31 years 3 months 11 years 3 months 11 years

2. Nadab 3. Baasha 4. Elah 5. Zimri 6. Omri 7. Ahab

5. Jehoram 6. Ahaziah 7. Athaliah (queen) 8. Joash

8. Ahaziah 9. Jehoram 10. Jehu 11. Jehoahaz 12. Joash 13. Jeroboam II 14. Zechariah 15. Shullum 16. Menahem 17. Pekahiah 18. Pekah 19. Hoshea

9. Amaziah 10. Uzziah 11. Jotham 12. Ahaz 13. Hezekiah 14. Manesseh 15. Anmon 16. Josiah 17. Jehoahaz 18. Jehoiakim 19. Jehoiachin 20. Zedekiah

2 years 8 years 9 years

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