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• SaulPeople

  Saul was the first king of Israel, whose story appears in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel. He was the son of Kish of the tribe of Benjamin. Anointed king by Samuel, he was rejected for disobedience and died in the battle on Mount Gilboa. He is a different person from the apostle Paul, whose earlier name was also Saul.

• King James VersionBible

  The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Bible produced at the command of King James I of England and published in 1611. For centuries it served as the standard Bible of English-speaking Protestantism.

• Jeroboam IIPeople

  Jeroboam II was the fourth king of the Jehu dynasty in the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Joash. He recovered much lost territory and presided over a period of prosperity, but the contemporary prophets Amos and Hosea condemned the injustice and false worship that lay beneath that prosperity.

• ShallumPeople

  Shallum was the fifteenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He killed King Zechariah, seized the throne, and reigned in Samaria for one month before Menahem killed him (2 Kings 15).

• ElahPeople

  Elah was the fourth king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. He reigned two years in Tirzah and was killed while drunk in a revolt led by his servant Zimri.

• DavidPeople

  David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."

• SolomonPeople

  Solomon was the third king of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and the son of David. He is known as a wise king and as the builder of the Temple in Jerusalem.

• AsaPeople

  Asa was the third king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided monarchy. Scripture evaluates him favorably for reforms that removed idols, but in his later years he was rebuked for allying with Aram and imprisoning a seer.

• AmaziahPeople

  Amaziah was the ninth king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Joash and the father of Uzziah. After defeating Edom, he worshiped the gods of Edom; he later challenged the northern kingdom of Israel to battle and suffered a crushing defeat.

• BaashaPeople

  Baasha was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who appears in the Old Testament book of 1 Kings. He killed Nadab the son of Jeroboam, seized the throne, destroyed the house of Jeroboam, and reigned for twenty-four years in Tirzah.

• AbijamPeople

  Abijam was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided kingdom. The son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa, he reigned for three years. In 2 Chronicles and the Gospel of Matthew he is called "Abijah."

• Sin of JeroboamBible

  The sin of Jeroboam refers to the actions of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, who set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan and altered the system of worship on his own authority. In the books of Kings, the expression became the standard by which the kings of the northern kingdom were evaluated.

• RehoboamPeople

  Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, inherited the united kingdom of Israel but became the first king of the southern kingdom of Judah after the ten northern tribes broke away.

• AhimelechPeople

  Ahimelech was the priest of Nob during the reign of King Saul. He was put to death at Saul's command for giving the fleeing David the holy bread and the sword of Goliath.

• ShalmaneserPeople

  Shalmaneser was an Assyrian king of the late eighth century BC who, according to 2 Kings, received tribute from Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and besieged Samaria.

• ShaphanPeople

  Shaphan was a scribe in the reign of King Josiah of Judah. He read before the king the Book of the Law found during the repair of the Temple and thus played a part in the events that set Josiah's religious reform in motion.

• TirhakahPeople

  Tirhakah was a king of Cush (the Nubian region of the upper Nile) mentioned in 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37. He appears only in a report that he had come out to fight against Assyria when the Assyrian king Sennacherib attacked Judah.

• Battle of QarqarHistory

  The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC at Qarqar, near the Orontes River in Syria, between the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III and a coalition of twelve kings that included Damascus, Hamath, and Israel. Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, is recorded as a participant.

• RehobPeople

  Rehob was the father of Hadadezer, the Aramean king of Zobah who fought against David. He appears only by name, twice, in 2 Samuel 8.

• MerabPeople

  Merab was the elder daughter of Saul, the first king of Israel. An Old Testament figure, she was promised to David as his wife but was instead given in marriage to Adriel the Meholathite. Her younger sister was Michal, who became David's wife.