2 Kings 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
| List of the Kings of Israel | ||||||
| Kings of Israel | Dynasty | Faith | Years | Date * | Books of Kings | Book of Chr |
| Jeroboam I | Yes | Evil | 22 | 930-909 BC | I Kings 12:19 | II Chr 10:2 |
| Nadab | Evil | 2 | 909-908 BC | I Kings 15:25 | ||
| Baasha | Yes | Evil | 24 | 908-885 BC | I Kings 15:27 | |
| Elah | Evil | 2 | 884-884 BC | I Kings 16:8 | ||
| Zimri | Evil | 7 Days | 884 BC | I Kings 16:9 | ||
| Omri | Yes | Evil | 12 | 884-881 BC | I Kings 16:17 | |
| Ahab | Evil | 22 | 873-852 BC | I Kings 16:29 | II Chr 18:1 | |
| Ahaziah | Evil | 2 | 852-851 BC | I Kings 22:40 | ||
| Jehoram | Evil | 12 | 851-841 BC | II Kings 3:1 | II Chr 22:7 | |
| Jehu | Yes | Evil | 28 | 841-814 BC | II Kings 9:2 | II Chr 22:7 |
| Jehoahaz | Evil | 17 | 814-798 BC | II Kings 13:1 | ||
| Joash | Evil | 16 | 798-782 BC | II Kings 13:10 | II Chr 25:7 | |
| Jeroboam II | Evil | 41 | 782-745 BC | II Kings 14:16 | ||
| Zachariah | Evil | 6 Months | 745 BC | II Kings 14:29 | ||
| Shallum | Evil | 1 Month | 745 BC | II Kings 15:10 | ||
| Menahem | Yes | Evil | 10 | 745-736 BC | II Kings 15:14 | |
| Pekahiah | Evil | 2 | 736-735 BC | II Kings 15:22 | ||
| Pekah | Evil | 20 | 735-732 BC | II Kings 15:25 | ||
| Hoshea | Evil | 9 | 732-724 BC | II Kings 15:30 | ||
| Assyrian Captivity | 722 BC | II Kings 17:1 | ||||
| The Kings of Israel reigned from 930 BC - 722 BC (208 years) and were all evil | ||||||
| * Exact dates are uncertain and may vary | ||||||
The kings of the northern kingdom of Israel were all evil. They followed in the ways of the first king Jeroboam I who was an idol worshipper. God finally cast them out of His sight, the Assyrians deported them away in 722 BC.
2 Kings 17:13 - Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, [and by] all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.