TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

“The Whole House of Ahab Will Perish”—2Ki 9:8

“The Whole House of Ahab Will Perish.” A time line of the house of Ahab.

KINGDOM OF JUDAH

Jehoshaphat is king

c. 911 B.C.E.: Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat; husband of Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel) becomes sole ruler

c. 906 B.C.E.: Ahaziah (grandson of Ahab and Jezebel) becomes king

c. 905 B.C.E.: Athaliah murders all the royal offspring and usurps the throne. Only her grandson Jehoash is saved and kept hidden from her by High Priest Jehoiada.—2Ki 11:1-3

898 B.C.E.: Jehoash becomes king. Queen Athaliah is executed by High Priest Jehoiada.—2Ki 11:4-16

KINGDOM OF ISRAEL

c. 920 B.C.E.: Ahaziah (son of Ahab and Jezebel) becomes king

c. 917 B.C.E.: Jehoram (son of Ahab and Jezebel) becomes king

c. 905 B.C.E.: Jehu executes King Jehoram of Israel and his brothers, Jehoram’s mother (Jezebel), and King Ahaziah of Judah and his brothers.—2Ki 9:14–10:17

c. 904 B.C.E.: Jehu begins ruling as king