Saul, David, Solomon.
| 1067. | Saul anointed king. |
| | The Philistines defeated at Michmash. |
| | Jabesh-Gilead saved from the Ammonites. |
| | Agag, king of Amalek, defeated. |
| | David anointed king. |
| | The Gibeonites massacred by order of Saul. |
| | David slays Goliath. |
| | David flees before Saul, and leads the life of an outlaw. He is on friendly terms with the king of Moab, with Nahash, the Ammonite king, and Achish, the Philistine king. |
| | Zadok high priest. |
| 1055. | Saul and Jonathan die in a battle with the Philistines near Mount Gilboa. |
| 1055. | David king of Judah; Ishbosheth king of the trans-Jordanic tribes. |
| 1051–1049. | Civil war between the houses of Saul and David. |
| | David sole king of the whole people; reigns at Hebron for seven years. |
| | Nathan and Gad prophets. |
| | Jerusalem made the capital after the conquest of the Jebusites. |
| | The Philistines defeated at Mount Baal-Perazim. |
| | Abiathar high priest in Jerusalem; Zadok in Gibeon. |
| | The descendants of Saul, except Mephibosheth, killed by the Gibeonites. |
| | David victorious over Moabites, Ammonites, and others. |
| | Revolt of Absalom. |
| | Sheba’s insurrection. |
| | Solomon anointed king by Nathan. |
| 1015. | Death of David; succession of Solomon. |
| 1014. | Solomon begins the first Temple. |
| | Zadok sole high priest. |
| 1007. | The first Temple consecrated. |
| | Solomon establishes a fleet. Roads built. Commerce extended. Foreign alliances. |
| | The kingdom at its greatest extent. Literature flourishes. Idolatry introduced. |
| | Rebellion of Jeroboam. |
| 977. | Death of Solomon. |
| 977. | Rehoboam king of Judah. |
| | Jeroboam king of Israel; rules at Shechem. |
| | Rehoboam allies himself with the king of Damascus. |
| | Shemaiah, prophet, averts a civil war. |
| 972. | Shishak, king of Egypt, ally of Jeroboam, enters Jerusalem. |
| | Jeroboam institutes calf-worship at Bethel and Dan; Ahijah prophet. |
| 960. | Abijam, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah. |
| 957. | Asa, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah. |
| 955. | Nadab, son of Jeroboam, king of Israel. |
| 954. | Baasha destroys the house of Jeroboam, and rules at Tirzah. |
| | Asa forbids the worship of Astarte in Judah. |
| | Baasha, assisted by Ethiopians and Syrians, makes war upon Asa. |
| 933. | Elah, son of Baasha, king of Israel. |
| 932. | The house of Baasha exterminated by Zimri. |
| 932–928. | Civil war between Omri and Tibni. |
| 928. | Omri, the first king in Samaria, introduces the worship of Baal and Astarte. |
| | Alliance between Israel and Phœnicia. Jezebel marries Ahab. |
| 922. | Ahab king of Israel. |
| 920 (about). | Elijah and the prophets persecuted by Jezebel. |
| 918. | Jehoshaphat king of Judah. |
| | Micah (I) (Michaiah) prophesies. |
| 904. | Ahab victorious over Ben-hadad II, king of Aram (Syria). |
| | Alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab. |
| 901. | Ahaziah, son of Ahab, king of Israel. |
| 899. | Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel. |
| | Jehoram and Jehoshaphat defeat Mesa of Moab. |
| 894. | Joram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. |
| 888. | Ahaziah, son of Joram and Athaliah, king of Judah. |
| | Elisha and Jehu. |
| 887. | Jehu kills Jehoram and exterminates the house of Omri; his followers kill Ahaziah. |
| | Jehu king of Israel. |
| | Athaliah queen of Judah; she has male members of the house of David executed. |
| 881. | Joash, son of Ahaziah, only surviving male descendant of David in the direct line, king of Judah. |
| 864. | The Temple repaired. |
| | Hazael, king of Syria, conquers the trans-Jordanic provinces of Israel. |
| 860. | Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel. |
| | Joash submits to Hazael. |
| 845. | Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. |
| | Samaria besieged by Ben-hadad III; Jehoash victorious. |
| 843. | Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah. |
| | Amaziah victorious over the Idumæans. |
| 840. | Death of Elisha. |
| | Amaziah of Judah taken prisoner by Jehoash of Israel at Beth-Shemesh; Jerusalem ransacked and its walls destroyed. |
| 830. | Jeroboam II, son of Jehoash, king of Israel. |
| | Jeroboam II re-conquers districts taken by the Aramæans. |
| | Jonah prophesies. |
| 815. | Amaziah killed at Lachish. |
| | The Idumæans invade Judah, and sell Judæan captives as slaves. First dispersion of Judæans. |
| 805. | Uzziah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah. |
| | Earthquake and drouth. |
| | Uzziah re-conquers districts lost since Solomon’s time. |
| | Jeroboam II takes Damascus and Hamath; peoples become tributary to him. |
| | Luxury in Samaria under Jeroboam II. |
| 800 (about). | Amos, Joel, and Hosea (I) prophesy. |
| 769. | Zechariah, son of Jeroboam II, king of Judah. |
| 768. | Shallum kills Zechariah and exterminates the house of Jehu. |
| | Shallum king of Israel. |
| 768. | Menahem kills Shallum and reigns over Israel. |
| | Uzziah usurps the offices of the high priest in the Temple. |
| | Pul, king of Assyria, invades the kingdom of Israel, acquires booty, and carries off prisoners. |
| 757. | Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel. |
| 756. | Pekah kills Pekahiah. |
| 755. | Pekah king of Israel. |
| | Isaiah utters his first prophecy. |
| 754. | Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah. |
| | Zechariah (I) prophesies. |
| 739. | Ahaz, son of Jotham, king of Judah. |
| | Pekah allies himself with Rezin of Damascus against Tiglath-pileser II. |
| | Ahaz disregards the warning of Isaiah and offers to become a vassal of Tiglath-pileser II. |
| 738. | First deportation of Israelitish captives to Assyria by Tiglath-pileser II. |
| | Ahaz introduces Assyrian worship into Judah. |
| | Micah (II) prophesies. |
| 736. | Pekah killed by Hoshea. |
| 727. | Hoshea last king of Israel. |
| | Shalmaneser IV, king of Assyria, invades Israel. |
| | Hosea (II) prophesies. |
| | Hoshea refuses the yearly tribute to Shalmaneser IV. |
| 724. | Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, king of Judah. |
| 719. | Shalmaneser IV captures Samaria, puts an end to the kingdom of Israel, and DEPORTS MOST OF ITS SUBJECTS--THE SO-CALLED Ten Lost Tribes--to Assyrian provinces. |
| | Hezekiah tries to banish idolatry. |
| | Isaiah advises neutrality between Assyria and Egypt. |
| | Shebna dictates the foreign policy. |
| | Micah and Isaiah predict a glorious future for Israel. |
| 711 (about). | Sennacherib invades Judah and demands tribute. Destruction of the Assyrian army. |
| | Hezekiah makes a treaty with Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon. |
| | Literature flourishes. |
| 695. | Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah. |
| | Idolatry flourishes. |
| | Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, takes Manasseh captive. |
| | Manasseh restored. |
| | Esarhaddon colonizes Samaria with Cuthæans. |
| 640. | Amon, son of Manasseh, king of Judah. |
| 638. | Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah. |
| | Zephaniah prophesies. |
| | Scythian invasion of Judah. |
| 627. | Josiah repairs the Temple. |
| | Jeremiah (b. 645–640, d. 580–570) prophesies. |
| 621. | Hilkiah, high priest, finds a copy of the Book of the Law in the Temple. |
| | Huldah prophesies. |
| 608. | Necho, king of Egypt, defeats Josiah at Megiddo; Josiah killed. |
| | Jehoahaz (Shallum), second son of Josiah, king of Judah. |
| 607. | Jehoiakim (Eliakim), oldest son of Josiah, made king by Necho. |
| | Idolatry flourishes. Habakkuk prophesies. |
| 607–604 | Uriah, prophet, beheaded. |
| | Jeremiah’s life imperiled; Baruch his secretary. |
| 600. | Jehoiakim pays tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. |
| 598. | Jehoiakim allies himself with Egypt against Nebuchadnezzar. |
| 596. | Jehoiachin, youngest son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. |
| | Judah overrun by Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem besieged by a Babylonian general, Jehoiachin taken prisoner. First deportation of Judæans to Babylonia. |
| 596. | Nebuchadnezzar makes Zedekiah (Mattaniah), youngest son of Josiah, king of Judah. |
| 593. | Jeremiah advises submission to Nebuchadnezzar. |
| 591. | Zedekiah renounces allegiance to Babylonia. |
| 587. | The final siege of Jerusalem begun. |
| | The siege of Jerusalem interrupted by the battle between the Chaldæan army and Hophra, king of Egypt. |
| 586, Tammuz 9. | First breach in the walls of Jerusalem. |
| | Zedekiah taken prisoner and blinded; Seraiah, high priest, and others beheaded by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah. |
| 586, Ab. 9. | The Temple razed, and Jerusalem destroyed by Nebuzaradan, general of Nebuchadnezzar. |
| | Second deportation of Judæans to Babylonia. |