Kings of Israel and Judah

Nadab
Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Continued battles with Judah over borders and idolatrous practices of his father. While he was warring with Philistines, Baasha killed him and seized the throne.

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Baasha
Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Unsuccessfully invaded Judah and was, in turn, invaded by Damascus. Lost much of Galilee and continued idolatry.

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Elah
Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Ruled only until he was murdered by Zimri, one of his officers, while “drinking himself drunk.” (1 Kings 16:8-10).

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The Jewish kings ruled over vastly different kingdoms in different periods of history. Starting in the early iron age with Saul, several kings ruled over an expanding, "United Kingdom." After the death of Solomon a fissure developed, with ten tribes separating into the Northern Kingdom of "Israel..."

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and the tribes of Benjamin and Judah continuing the Davidic line in the Southern Kingdom of "Judah."

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After the north was conquered by Assyria and the south by Babylon, a Jewish kingdom did not reappear until the second century BC with the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty. The Hasmoneans were then followed in the first century BC by the Herodian rulers, this final group being clients of Rome, (and actually Idumean).