I.
United Kingdom of Israel
Urdu references link to the Revised Urdu Bible (URV) on bible.com.
| King | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saul | c. 1050–1010 BC (40 yrs) | 1 Samuel 31 | Samuel | Defeated by the Philistines at Mt. Gilboa; wounded, fell on his own sword |
| David | c. 1010–970 BC (40 yrs) | 1 Kings 2:10-11 | Nathan, Gad | Died of old age, natural death |
| Solomon | c. 970–931 BC (40 yrs) | 1 Kings 11:41-43 | Ahijah the Shilonite | Died naturally mixed — but the kingdom was torn from his son over his idolatry in old age |
II.
Kingdom of Israel — Northern (10 Tribes)
All 19 kings of the north are recorded as evil — none turned the nation from Jeroboam's golden calves.
| King | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeroboam I evil | 931–910 BC (22 yrs) | 1 Kings 14:19-20 | Unnamed man of God (1 Ki 13), Ahijah | Died naturally |
| Nadab evil | 910–909 BC (2 yrs) | 1 Kings 15:27-28 | — | Assassinated by Baasha while besieging Gibbethon |
| Baasha evil | 909–886 BC (24 yrs) | 1 Kings 16:5-6 | Jehu son of Hanani | Died naturally |
| Elah evil | 886–885 BC (2 yrs) | 1 Kings 16:9-10 | — | Assassinated by Zimri while drunk |
| Zimri evil | 885 BC (7 days) | 1 Kings 16:18 | — | Burned the palace down over himself as Omri's forces closed in — suicide |
| Omri evil | 885–874 BC (~12 yrs) | 1 Kings 16:27-28 | — | Died naturally |
| Ahab evil | 874–853 BC (22 yrs) | 1 Kings 22:34-38 | Elijah, Micaiah son of Imlah | Struck by a stray arrow in battle at Ramoth-gilead; bled to death in his chariot |
| Ahaziah evil | 853–852 BC (2 yrs) | 2 Kings 1:17 | Elijah | Died from injuries after falling through a palace lattice |
| Joram (Israel) evil | 852–841 BC (12 yrs) | 2 Kings 9:24 | Elisha | Shot through the heart by Jehu |
| Jehu | 841–814 BC (28 yrs) | 2 Kings 10:34-35 | Elisha | Died naturally mixed — purged Baal worship but kept the golden calves |
| Jehoahaz (Israel) evil | 814–798 BC (17 yrs) | 2 Kings 13:8-9 | Elisha | Died naturally |
| Jehoash (Israel) | 798–782 BC (16 yrs) | 2 Kings 13:12-13 | Elisha (on his deathbed) | Died naturally |
| Jeroboam II evil | 793–753 BC (41 yrs) | 2 Kings 14:28-29 | Jonah, Amos, Hosea | Died naturally |
| Zechariah (Israel) evil | 753 BC (6 months) | 2 Kings 15:10 | Hosea, Amos | Assassinated in public by Shallum |
| Shallum evil | 752 BC (1 month) | 2 Kings 15:14 | Hosea | Assassinated by Menahem |
| Menahem evil | 752–742 BC (10 yrs) | 2 Kings 15:22 | Hosea | Died naturally |
| Pekahiah evil | 742–740 BC (2 yrs) | 2 Kings 15:25 | Hosea | Assassinated by his own officer, Pekah |
| Pekah evil | 752–732 BC (20 yrs, incl. rival period) | 2 Kings 15:30 | Hosea, Oded | Assassinated by Hoshea |
| Hoshea evil | 732–722 BC (9 yrs) | 2 Kings 17:4-6 | Hosea | Imprisoned by Assyria's Shalmaneser V; Israel destroyed, 722 BC |
III.
Kingdom of Judah — Southern
A mixed line — some reformers, some among the worst kings in the whole record.
| King | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehoboam evil | 931–913 BC (17 yrs) | 1 Kings 14:29-31 | Shemaiah | Died naturally; kingdom split under him |
| Abijam evil | 913–910 BC (3 yrs) | 1 Kings 15:7-8 | — | Died naturally |
| Asa good | 910–869 BC (41 yrs) | 1 Kings 15:23-24 | Azariah son of Oded, Hanani | Died naturally, of a disease in his feet in old age |
| Jehoshaphat good | 872–848 BC (25 yrs) | 1 Kings 22:50 | Jehu son of Hanani, Jahaziel | Died naturally |
| Jehoram (Judah) evil | 848–841 BC (8 yrs) | 2 Chronicles 21:18-20 | Elijah (sent a written warning) | Died of a horrific, prolonged bowel disease |
| Ahaziah (Judah) evil | 841 BC (1 yr) | 2 Kings 9:27 | Elisha (era) | Hunted down and killed by Jehu's men |
| Athaliah (usurper queen) evil | 841–835 BC (6 yrs) | 2 Kings 11:15-16 | Jehoiada the priest confronted her | Executed by the sword on Jehoiada's order |
| Joash (Judah) mixed | 835–796 BC (40 yrs) | 2 Kings 12:19-21 | Zechariah son of Jehoiada — whom Joash had stoned to death | Assassinated by his own servants |
| Amaziah mixed | 796–767 BC (29 yrs) | 2 Kings 14:19-20 | Unnamed prophet (2 Chr 25:15-16) | Assassinated in a conspiracy, fled to Lachish, killed there |
| Uzziah / Azariah mixed | 792–740 BC (52 yrs) | 2 Chronicles 26:19-21 | Zechariah (2 Chr 26:5); Isaiah began his ministry the year Uzziah died | Struck with leprosy for illegally burning incense in the Temple; died isolated |
| Jotham good | 750–732 BC (16 yrs) | 2 Kings 15:36-38 | Isaiah, Micah | Died naturally |
| Ahaz evil | 732–716 BC (16 yrs) | 2 Kings 16:19-20 | Isaiah, Micah, Oded | Died naturally — practiced child sacrifice |
| Hezekiah good | 716–687 BC (29 yrs) | 2 Kings 20:20-21 | Isaiah, Micah | Died naturally |
| Manasseh evil | 697–642 BC (55 yrs) | 2 Kings 21:17-18 | Unnamed prophets (2 Ki 21:10-15); tradition holds Isaiah was martyred under him | Died naturally — the most evil king of Judah, but repented after Assyrian captivity (2 Chr 33:11-13) |
| Amon evil | 642–640 BC (2 yrs) | 2 Kings 21:23 | — | Assassinated by his own servants |
| Josiah good | 640–609 BC (31 yrs) | 2 Kings 23:29-30 | Huldah the prophetess, Jeremiah, Zephaniah | Killed in battle against Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo |
| Jehoahaz (Judah) evil | 609 BC (3 months) | 2 Kings 23:33-34 | Jeremiah | Deposed by Pharaoh Necho, deported to Egypt, died there |
| Jehoiakim evil | 609–598 BC (11 yrs) | 2 Kings 24:5-6 | Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Urijah (whom Jehoiakim had executed) | Died as Babylon's forces closed in; Jeremiah had prophesied he'd be left unburied "like a donkey" (Jer 22:18-19) |
| Jehoiachin evil | 598–597 BC (3 months) | 2 Kings 24:12,15 | Jeremiah, Ezekiel | Surrendered, deported to Babylon; later released and pensioned there |
| Zedekiah evil | 597–586 BC (11 yrs) | 2 Kings 25:5-7 | Jeremiah, Ezekiel | Watched his sons executed, then blinded and dragged to Babylon in chains — Jerusalem fell, 586 BC |
IV.
Foreign Kings in the Canonical Text
| King | Kingdom | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh of the Exodus | Egypt | c. 1446 or 1290s BC (disputed) | Exodus 14:26-28 | Moses, Aaron | His army drowned pursuing Israel through the Red Sea |
| Nebuchadnezzar II mixed | Babylon | 605–562 BC | Daniel 4:28-37 | Daniel, Jeremiah | Struck with 7 years of madness for pride; restored after acknowledging God, died naturally after |
| Belshazzar evil | Babylon | c. 553–539 BC (co-regent) | Daniel 5:30 | Daniel | Killed the same night the "writing on the wall" appeared; Babylon fell to the Medes/Persians |
| Darius the Mede | Media/Persia | 539 BC | Daniel 6:25-28 | Daniel | No death recorded; known for the lions' den account |
| Cyrus the Great | Persia | 559–530 BC | Ezra 1:1-4 | Isaiah named him by name in prophecy (Isa 44:28; 45:1); Daniel | No death recorded in Scripture; decreed the Jews' return from exile |
| Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) | Persia | 486–465 BC | Esther 10:1-3 | — | No death recorded |
| Artaxerxes I | Persia | 465–424 BC | Nehemiah 2:1-6 | Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi (contemporary) | No death recorded |
V.
Apocrypha — Seleucid Kings
1–2 Maccabees are not part of the Protestant canon, so there is no Urdu Revised Version (URV) link — references below are chapter citations only. Notably, the text of 1 Maccabees itself says prophecy had ceased in Israel by this period ("there was great distress in Israel... such as had not been since the time a prophet was no longer seen among them," 1 Macc 9:27) — which is why no named prophet confronts these kings.
| King | Years Ruled | Reference (chapter) | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander the Great | 336–323 BC | 1 Maccabees 1:1-7 | — (none; prophecy had ceased) | Died of illness after his conquests |
| Antiochus III the Great | 222–187 BC | 1 Maccabees 1:10 (background) | — | Died in a temple-looting raid in Elam (extra-biblical) |
| Seleucus IV Philopator | 187–175 BC | 2 Maccabees 3 | — | Assassinated by his own minister, Heliodorus |
| Antiochus IV Epiphanes evil | 175–164 BC | 2 Maccabees 9:5-12 | — (none named) | Desecrated the Temple, banned Torah observance, sparked the Maccabean revolt; died consumed by a horrific disease and worms — framed in the text as direct divine judgment |
| Antiochus V Eupator evil | 164–162 BC | 1 Maccabees 7:2-4 | — | Murdered by his cousin, Demetrius I |
| Demetrius I Soter | 162–150 BC | 1 Maccabees 10:50 | — | Killed in battle against the usurper Alexander Balas |
| Alexander Balas | 150–145 BC | 1 Maccabees 11:17 | — | Defeated in battle, fled, beheaded; his head sent to Ptolemy VI |
| Demetrius II Nicator | 145–140 BC; 129–125 BC | 1 Maccabees 14:1-3 | — | Captured and imprisoned by the Parthians; later restored, eventually killed |
| Antiochus VI Dionysus evil | 145–142 BC | 1 Maccabees 13:31-32 | — | Child-king; murdered by his own regent, Trypho |
| Trypho (usurper) evil | 142–138 BC | 1 Maccabees 15:10-14, 37 | — | Besieged, his coup collapsed, eventually killed |
| Antiochus VII Sidetes | 138–129 BC | (extra-biblical) | — | Killed in battle against the Parthians |
VI.
Apocrypha — Hasmonean Leaders (Jewish Side)
Not "kings" by title in 1–2 Maccabees (Judas, Jonathan, Simon are called leaders/high priests), but they functioned as the ruling line and are the direct ancestors of the later Hasmonean kings.
| Leader | Years Ruled | Reference (chapter) | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Maccabeus | 166–160 BC | 1 Maccabees 9:18 | — (1 Macc 4:46, 9:27 explicitly lament that no prophet was present) | Killed in battle at Elasa |
| Jonathan Apphus | 160–143 BC | 1 Maccabees 12:48; 13:23 | — | Lured into a trap and treacherously executed by Trypho |
| Simon Thassi | 142–135 BC | 1 Maccabees 16:11-16 | — | Assassinated at a banquet by his own son-in-law, Ptolemy, who wanted the throne |
| John Hyrcanus I | 135–104 BC | (extra-biblical / Josephus) | — | Died naturally |
VII.
Herodian Kings — New Testament Era
| King | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herod the Great evil | 37–4 BC | Matthew 2:19-20 | No prophet directly confronted him in the text | Ordered the massacre of the innocents; died of a gruesome disease (per Josephus: gangrene, worms) — Scripture simply records his death |
| Herod Antipas evil | 4 BC–39 AD | Mark 6:17-28 | John the Baptist confronted him directly over his unlawful marriage — then was beheaded for it | Exiled by Rome to Gaul; died in exile |
| Herod Agrippa I evil | 37–44 AD | Acts 12:21-23 | Peter and the apostles preached under his persecution | "Struck by an angel of the Lord" and "eaten by worms," died on the spot after accepting worship as a god |
| Herod Agrippa II | 50–100 AD | Acts 26:27-29 | Paul testified directly before him | Died naturally in Rome, last of the Herodian line (extra-biblical) |
VIII.
Nero — Roman Emperor
| Ruler | Years Ruled | Urdu Bible Reference | Prophets / Apostles Sent | How It Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nero evil | 54–68 AD | Acts 25:11-12 · 2 Timothy 4:6-8 | Paul (before his court, and awaiting execution during his reign); Peter, by tradition, also executed under him | Forced into suicide in 68 AD as the Senate turned against him and revolt spread across the empire; traditionally responsible for the executions of both Peter and Paul |
Nero is never named in Scripture — Paul simply "appeals to Caesar" (Acts 25:11), and Nero was the Caesar of the day. Many scholars also read the "beast" imagery of Revelation 13 as a veiled reference to Nero, based on Hebrew gematria for "Nero Caesar" summing to 666 — a reading, not a stated fact of the text.