{"id":3114,"date":"2005-08-13T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-13T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2019-03-12T22:26:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T22:26:51","slug":"who-were-the-judges-and-kings-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/who-were-the-judges-and-kings-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Who were the judges and kings of Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

What were the names of the kings of Israel? How many judges were there that ruled over Israel?<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

The judges of Israel were:<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Othniel<\/li>\n
  2. Ehud<\/li>\n
  3. Shamgar<\/li>\n
  4. Deborah<\/li>\n
  5. Gideon<\/li>\n
  6. Abimelech (Not a true judge. He was merely a corrupt ruler during the period of the Judges.\u00a0Judges 9:22)<\/li>\n
  7. Tola<\/li>\n
  8. Jair<\/li>\n
  9. Jephthah<\/li>\n
  10. Ibzan<\/li>\n
  11. Elon<\/li>\n
  12. Abdon<\/li>\n
  13. Samson<\/li>\n
  14. Eli<\/li>\n
  15. Samuel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The kings of united Israel were:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Saul<\/li>\n
    2. David<\/li>\n
    3. Solomon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The kings of divided Israel (the northern ten tribes) were:<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Jeroboam<\/li>\n
      2. Nadab<\/li>\n
      3. Baasha<\/li>\n
      4. Elah<\/li>\n
      5. Zimri<\/li>\n
      6. Tibni<\/li>\n
      7. Omri<\/li>\n
      8. Ahab<\/li>\n
      9. Ahaziah<\/li>\n
      10. Joram<\/li>\n
      11. Jehu<\/li>\n
      12. Jeohahaz<\/li>\n
      13. Jehoash<\/li>\n
      14. Jeroboam<\/li>\n
      15. Zechariah<\/li>\n
      16. Shallum<\/li>\n
      17. Menahem<\/li>\n
      18. Pekahiah<\/li>\n
      19. Pekah<\/li>\n
      20. Hoshea<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The kings of divided Judah (the southern two tribes) were:<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Rehoboam<\/li>\n
        2. Abijam<\/li>\n
        3. Asa<\/li>\n
        4. Jehoshaphat<\/li>\n
        5. Jehoram<\/li>\n
        6. Ahaziah<\/li>\n
        7. Athaliah<\/li>\n
        8. Joash<\/li>\n
        9. Amaziah<\/li>\n
        10. Azariah \/ Uzziah<\/li>\n
        11. Jotham<\/li>\n
        12. Ahaz<\/li>\n
        13. Hezekiah<\/li>\n
        14. Manasseh<\/li>\n
        15. Amon<\/li>\n
        16. Josiah<\/li>\n
        17. Jehoahaz<\/li>\n
        18. Jehoiakim<\/li>\n
        19. Jehoiachin<\/li>\n
        20. Zedekiah<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Question: What were the names of the kings of Israel? How many judges were there that ruled over Israel? Answer: The judges of Israel were: Othniel Ehud Shamgar Deborah Gideon Abimelech (Not a true judge. He was merely a corrupt ruler during the period of the Judges.\u00a0Judges 9:22) Tola Jair Jephthah Ibzan Elon Abdon Samson…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[279,1391,621,268],"class_list":["post-3114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-history","tag-judges","tag-kings","tag-old-testament"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46925,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-abimelech-be-counted-as-a-judge-of-israel\/","url_meta":{"origin":3114,"position":0},"title":"Should Abimelech be counted as a judge of Israel?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am teaching the Judges to the children. 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