Biblical Timeline Visualizer

Divided Monarchy

Judah and Israel from 931 BC, with the prophets layered over their kings. Chronology after Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings.

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Judah Prophets Israel

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Legend

Pattern = biblical evaluation

Solid: did what was right in the sight of the LORD
Diagonal hatch: did evil (all Israelite kings, and most of Judah's)
Cross-hatch + gray: usurper or rival (Athaliah, Tibni, Zimri, Shallum)
Yellow outline: currently selected

Color = kingdom (kings)

Judah, House of David (purple)
Israel, shades of blue per dynasty (Jeroboam, Baasha, Omri, Jehu, Menahem)

Prophets (pinks, by primary audience)

To Judah (Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, etc.)
To Israel (Elijah, Elisha, Amos, Hosea, Jonah)
To the exiles (Ezekiel, Daniel)
To the returnees (Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
To the nations (Obadiah, Nahum)
Cross-stripe: non-writing prophet (Elijah, Elisha)
Dashed border: approximate or disputed dates

Layout

Overlapping reigns (coregencies, rivals) stack on separate rows within a lane.
Solid red lines mark the falls of Samaria (722 BC) and Jerusalem (586 BC).