Josiah and David-Solomaln.
Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great.
Judah.See also:More about the Kings
Two kings reined for two years in Israel:Ish-bosheth (See 2 Samuel 2:8-10)Ahaziah (1 Kings 22:51-53)
The prophet Samuel served as a bridge between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He anointed both Saul and David as the first two kings of Israel, transitioning the nation from a period of judges to a monarchy.
they were not kings as Saul was their first king.
No, the northern kingdom of Israel had more wicked kings than godly kings. The majority of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel were described as doing evil in the sight of the Lord according to the Bible.
The last Judge who anointed two Kings was the prophet Samuel. He anointed Saul as the first king of Israel and later anointed David as the second king.
Saul, David, and Solomon. After that, the kingdom broke into two nations - Israel and Yehuda
Samuel
There were many bad kings in Israel, Jehu was the worst.
They are the generations of kings of the Israelites who ruled over the two separate houses of "Israel" and "Judah" (the Jews) after David's death, through the House of Israel's scattering by Assyria... and the House of Judah's (the Jew's) captivity by Babylon some 130 years after Israel disappeared.They also chronicle some of the kings' behavior and God's Prophets' warnings and interaction with them.First and second Kings, according to the KJV subtitles them: "Commonly called THE THIRD AND FOURTH BOOKS OF THE KINGS"... with first and second "Samuel" being the "otherwise called the FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS."I Samuel actually begins the chronicling of the kings of Israel, beginning with Israel's emerging from the "Judges" era... their rejection of God as their Sovereign King, and the anointing of Saul.
The greatest king of Israel was King David.To list all of the righteous kings:David (1 Kings 15:5), Solomon (see 1 Kings 3:3), Asa (1 Kings 15:11), Yehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:43), Yehu (2 Kings 10:30), Yehoash (2 Kings 12:3), Amatziah (2 Kings 14:3), Azariah (2 Kings 15:3), Yotam (2 Kings 15:34), Hizkiah (2 Kings 18:3), and Josiah (2 Kings 22:2). With one exception, the righteous kings were all those of Judah, not the Ten Tribes.